Netflix expands TV game lineup with Conjuring spinoff
Netflix expands TV game lineup with Conjuring spinoff

Netflix just announced The Conjuring: Unspoken, a new horror game set in The Conjuring universe that you can play with your phone as a controller, and it will launch exclusively on the service on October 13th. Here’s Netflix’s description of the game: The Conjuring: Unspoken is an interactive paranormal investigation you can play from your […]

Paramount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance

The deal brings together two major streaming platforms, Paramount+ and HBO Max, along with networks including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, and Food Network.

Netflix is pivoting away from prestige
Netflix is pivoting away from prestige

Many of Netflix’s biggest critically acclaimed hits have been the products of its multiyear production deals with noted directors like David Fincher and Shawn Levy. In the past few weeks, though, the streamer has brought some of those partnerships to an end in a way that feels indicative of a larger strategic shift. With rival […]

Netflix’s Wonka show uses an AI Gene Wilder voice, and viewers object
Netflix’s Wonka show uses an AI Gene Wilder voice, and viewers object

Netflix’s new reality competition, Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, uses an AI recreation of Gene Wilder’s voice, and viewers have pushed back. The voice narrates the show and explains the rules to contestants. Wilder, who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 film…

East of Eden release date and time on Netflix
East of Eden release date and time on Netflix

The Florence Pugh-led Joh Steinbeck adaptation might be the most anticipated TV show of the year. But when does East of Eden arrive on Netflix?

Netflix faces backlash for using AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in Wonka reality show
Netflix faces backlash for using AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in Wonka reality show

Netflix’s AI generation of Gene Wilder’s voice doesn’t recreate the magic from the original movie.

Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube launch a streaming lobby group in Washington
Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube launch a streaming lobby group in Washington

Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube have formed a new policy coalition to lobby Washington on behalf of streaming services, including on live sports. The Streaming Access and Choice Alliance (SACA) launched on 14 September, with the three companies as foundin…

Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’
Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’

Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series “built for kids who want to feel a little edge,” and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it […]

Florida sues Netflix, alleging it built its ad business on families’ data
Florida sues Netflix, alleging it built its ad business on families’ data

Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has sued Netflix. He alleges that the company collected detailed data on subscribers and their children, then used it to build the advertising business it had said it would never run. The 66-page complaint wa…