On December 23rd, Netflix will premiere GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY.
In the follow up to Rian Johnson’s KNIVES OUT, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.
Starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista, check out the brand new teaser.
According to Johnson, Blanc’s penchant for bombast is partly to thank for the film’s title, which pays homage to the 1968 Beatles song of the same name. “I’m always fishing for something fun that Blanc can grab onto as an overwrought metaphor that he can beat to death,” he says. “This is all in plain sight from the very start. So, the idea of glass came to me, something that’s clear. I’ll be very honest. I literally got out my iPhone and searched my music library with the word glass.“There’s got to be some good glass songs.”I was like, “Oh, is it a glass fortress? Is it a glass castle? Is it a glass man?” The first thing that came up, because I’m a huge Beatles fan, is ‘Glass Onion.’” Read more on the new mystery here: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/glass-onion-knives-out-2-release-date-photos
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are set to star in Netflix’s upcoming
series BALL AND CHAIN.
Loosely based on the 90s comic book Ball and Chain, the film follows a troubled married couple that receive superpowers that only work when they are together. Writer and Academy Award Nominee Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick, Little America) will adapt the story from Scott Lobdell’s 90s comic book by the same name
Johnson and Blunt will co-star in Disney’s Jungle Cruise which will be released next summer.
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Blunt has reprised her role in A Quiet Place Part II which
will premiere later this year and is currently in post production on Wild
Mountain Thyme.
Johnson most recently starred in Sony’s Jumanji: The Next
Level which grossed over $796 million worldwide, the continuation of the 2017
blockbuster Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. He is in production on Netflix’s
Red Notice alongside Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, and Netflix is currently in
development on John Henry and The Statesmen with Johnson attached to star and
produce. Johnson also recently announced the return of “The Titan Games” airing
on May 25 on NBC in which he serves as host and producer.
“One of our main initiatives at Seven Bucks is to continue
to find the best platforms to tell stories that entertain and inspire on a
global scale. Netflix is the perfect partner to deliver this epic
superhero/romantic comedy experience alongside us, and we’re excited to be back
in business with the Netflix team. I’m also excited to not only reunite with
dear friend Emily Blunt in front of the camera, but to also collaborate as
producing partners as we bring Emily V. Gordon’s script to life,” said Dwayne
Johnson, star, producer, and Co-Founder of Seven Bucks Productions.
NetFlix has released a final trailer leading up to the premiere of their series STRANGER THINGS.
The 17 episodes of Season Two begins on October 27th.
Stranger Things: A love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.
Stranger Things 2: It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
Season Two stars Winona Ryder, Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb Mclaughlin and David Harbour.
The first trailer for Stranger Things 2 is here. Season 2 premieres October 27.
A love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.
Before the New England Patriots’ stunning comeback to win SuperBowl LI, NetFlix dropped on grateful viewers a TV spot for the second season of the wildly popular series STRANGER THINGS.
Stranger Things 2 is coming. Halloween 2017.
A year after Will’s return, everything seems back to normal… but a darkness lurks just beneath the surface, threatening all of Hawkins.
A love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air.
As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.
Stranger Things
Stranger Things was created by the writing and directing team of brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer, and executive produced by Shawn Levy who also directed two episodes.
Netflix’s original scripted series stars Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Chief Hopper), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Millie Brown (Eleven), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler) and Matthew Modine (Dr. Brenner).
The first season debuted on Netflix globally on Friday, July 15th.
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In Season 2 news, Dacre Montgomery has been cast in the role of BILLY, Max’s hyper-confident, and edgy older step-brother. He steals girlfriends away from their boyfriends, is great at drinking games, and drives a black Camaro. But lurking under his apparent charisma, is a violent and unpredictable nature. SERIES REGULAR
Sadie Sink has been cast in the role of MAX, a tough and confident girl whose appearance, behavior and pursuits seem more typical of boys than of girls in this era. She has a complicated history and is generally suspicious of those around her. SERIES REGULAR
Also, the following cast members from season 1 have been flipped from recurring to series regulars:
Joe Keery who plays STEVE HARRINGTON
Noah Schnapp who plays WILL BYERS
This winter, beloved actor and comedian Bill Murray brings an extra-special dose of holiday cheer to Netflix with the premiere of an all-star musically-driven holiday special, A Very Murray Christmas.
Directed by Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), Murray co-wrote the special with Coppola and another longtime friend and frequent collaborator, Mitch Glazer (Scrooged, Rock the Kasbah). The assortment of top-notch performers and guest stars includes George Clooney, Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Jason Schwartzman, Paul Shaffer, Michael Cera, Rashida Jones, Maya Rudolph, Jenny Lewis, Julie White, the band Phoenix, Miley Cyrus, among others.
Check out the teaser below.
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“It was sort of something we were just making for ourselves,” Coppola says of the homegrown project, which marks the first time she has worked with Murray since 2003’s Lost in Translation. “It really came out of talking (to Bill and Mitch), and it just seemed fun to get people together that we’re all fans of.”
Set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel, A Very Murray Christmas opens with Murray preparing to host a live, international holiday broadcast. After a blizzard shuts down the production, he makes the best of the situation by singing and celebrating with friends, hotel employees and anyone else who drops by.
“I like when Bill shows his crooner side,” Coppola says. “I love putting him in a tuxedo, too. … He has a little Dean Martin vibe, I guess.”
Old-school Saturday Night Live fans will be thrilled to see Murray perform alongside Shaffer, who also served as the special’s musical director. It has been nearly 40 years since the pair popularized SNL’s hilarious “Lounge Singer” sketch, but their chemistry remains just as strong.
“Because I’d never done anything musical before, I relied a lot on (Paul’s) help to figure out the best way to accomplish what we were trying to do,” Coppola says. “He brought in all these great musicians, some of them legendary guys that Bill knew from back in the old SNL days. He put the musical numbers together, and he arranged everything. I feel like he can do anything.”
The fact that the special was shot during an actual New York City snowstorm only enhances its cozy holiday vibe.
“There were two blizzards the week we were there,” Glazer says. “Everybody kind of felt like we were living the show: You were trapped in this hotel with people that you loved, singing Christmas songs. It was fantastic.”
In addition, A Very Murray Christmas marks the first time Murray, Coppola and Glazer have worked with Netflix.
“It was a really good experience,” Coppola says. “I think (our special) is sort of weird, and they just kind of let us do what we wanted. For creative people, it’s the best way to work.”
“It was really familial, as a Christmas special should be,” Glazer says. “It was generous and uplifting and creative. And really, at the end of the day, these people came because they were friends of Bill Murray’s, and they wanted to be involved in it. The only agenda was, ‘This is gonna be fun, and we get to be with our friend.’ And that’s really rare.”
“It’s funny: After this, we were like, ‘Let’s do another one!’” Coppola says. “It was really fun just to get back together. … And I’m always happy to find Bill singing.”
A Very Murray Christmas premieres exclusively on Netflix on Friday, Dec. 4.
The Netflix original film, War Machine, a provocative satirical comedy from David Michôd with Brad Pitt set to star in the leading role, will be exclusively available to members of the leading Internet TV service globally and in select theaters next year.
Produced by Netflix and Pitt alongside his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and producer Ian Bryce (World War Z, Saving Private Ryan), War Machine brings together Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, World War Z, Moneyball) with Michôd, the acclaimed Australian writer and director (Animal Kingdom, The Rover). Principal photography is scheduled to start in August.
Inspired by the best-selling book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan by the late Michael Hastings, War Machine concerns a four star, “rock star” general whose lethal reputation and impeccable track record vaults him to command the American war in Afghanistan. Determined to win the “impossible” war once and for all with a radical new approach, the general and his motley staff of commanders and press advisers race across the globe navigating delicate international alliances and troop requests, the charged battlefield of Washington politics, the voracious appetite of the media, and the day-to-day management of the war itself – all the while struggling to stay connected to the lives of men and women out in the field.
“War Machine is a rip-roaring, behind-the-facade tale of modern war decision-makers, from the corridors of power to the distant regions of Americas ambitions,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. “Brad and David are a perfect team to make this timely, compelling and entertaining film.”
“We are so excited to be a part of the inspiring commitment by Netflix to produce cutting-edge content and to deliver it to a global audience” said Pitt.
Added Michôd “I’m humbled to be making a big, bold movie about the whole sprawling, complex, cumbersome and crazy machinery of modern war and the many lives it touches.”
