Tag: Bird Box
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‘Red Notice’ Scores Top Slot on Netflix’s Film Chart for 3rd Week in a Row
“Red Notice” may not have been favored highly by film critics, but Netflix subscribers seemingly can’t get enough of the comedy-action movie or its A-lister cast including Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The Rawson Marshall Thurber feature was, for the third week in a row, at the top of Netflix’s weekly global streaming…
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Priscilla Ross Smith launches genre film sales agency The Coven (exclusive)
Dark Blood, Unearth on sales roster.In the run-up to the virtual Cannes market, veteran sales agent Priscilla Ross Smith has launched genre film sales agency The Coven based in Lyon, France.Smith, who previously served as president of sales at Archstone in Los Angeles for nearly six years, has acquired We Need To Do Something produced…
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Netflix Hit ‘Bird Box’ to Get Spanish Movie Spin Off
A Spanish movie spin-off of Netflix 2018 supernatural thriller hit “Bird Box,” which starred Sandra Bullock and was directed by Susanne Bier, is in the works.The as yet to be titled movie will start production toward the end of this year in Spain.Alex and David Pastor, whose credits include Netflix crime thriller “The Occupant,” HBO…
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Netflix commissions Spanish ‘Bird Box’ spin-off film
Feature will start production towards the end of this year.Netflix has commissioned a feature film spin-off from 2018 horror Bird Box, to be shot in Spain later this year.The new film is neither a prequel or sequel to the first title, but is described by the streaming giant as an expansion of “the Bird Box…
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Michelle Pfeiffer to Star as Betty Ford in Showtime’s ‘The First Lady’
Michelle Pfeiffer is set to star in Showtime’s “The First Lady,” an upcoming anthology series that will examine the lives of several former first ladies.Variety reported on Thursday that Pfeiffer, who starred in recent films such as the upcoming “French Exit,” as well as “mother!,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” will…
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‘Bird Box,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ and More Netflix Properties Will Stream for Free
If you’ve yet to watch “Bird Box” or have been waiting for an excuse to get into “Stranger Things,” the time is now. Netflix is offering free streaming for several of its most popular titles, including the aforementioned film and television show.Netflix unveiled a new “Watch Free” section on its website and all of the…
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‘The Two Popes,’ ‘Bird Box,’ and Other Netflix Originals Will Be Free to Watch Without a Subscription
Netflix is making several of its original TV shows and movies — including the Oscar-nominated film The Two Popes, the horror sensation Bird Box, and the first episode of its monster hit Stranger Things — free to watch without a subscription. These titles, as well as seven others, will be available to watch for free…
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Netflix Unveils Its 10 Biggest Film Debuts: ‘Irishman’ Strong, No Film Over 100 Million Views
Netflix pulled back the curtain on its biggest original films this week by unveiling an official list of its 10 most watched original movies (via Bloomberg), which includes films directed by Michael Bay and Martin Scorsese. Netflix data should always be taken with a grain of salt as the streaming giant records a viewer as…
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Netflix Reveals Its 10 Most Popular Original Movies, and ‘Extraction’ is Still Number One
Netflix has been notoriously stingy when it comes to releasing viewership data, but for the first time, the streaming service has revealed a list of its 10 most popular original movies. The Chris Hemsworth-led action movie Extraction still reigns supreme, but find out where the Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box, the David Spade comedy The…
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‘Bird Box’ Sequel in Development at Netflix, Based on Josh Malerman’s Follow-Up Novel ‘Malorie’
Bird Box was Netflix’s big winter event movie just before Christmas back in 2018. Sandra Bullock starred in the adaptation of Josh Malerman‘s sci-fi thriller novel of the same name, which takes place in the aftermath of the decimation of the world’s population by an mysterious entity that compels people to commit suicide, usually in…