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Netflix is backing an upcoming, UK-based dystopian thriller, titled The Kitchen, written and produced by Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya. The film will take place in London in the year 2044, a time in which wealth inequality is at an all-time high, all social housing institutions have been wiped out and working-class citizens must live in temporary habitations outside the city. The plot finds a focal point on 12-year-old Benji, who has lost his mother, and Izi, a local who is determined to escape, as they struggle to survive in dire circumstances. Kibwe Tavares, who previously won the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short Robots of Brixton, will make his feature directing debut on this film. Tavares was also nominated for Sundance’s Short Film Grand Jury Prize for&...

Netflix is backing an upcoming, UK-based dystopian thriller, titled The Kitchen, written and produced by Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya. The film will take place in London in the year 2044, a time in which wealth inequality is at an all-time high, all social housing institutions have been wiped out and working-class citizens must live in temporary habitations outside the city. The plot finds a focal point on 12-year-old Benji, who has lost his mother, and Izi, a local who is determined to escape, as they struggle to survive in dire circumstances. Kibwe Tavares, who previously won the Sundance Special Jury Award for his animated short Robots of Brixton, will make his feature directing debut on this film. Tavares was also nominated for Sundance’s Short Film Grand Jury Prize for&...

Amazon Prime unveiled a lineup of forthcoming Japanese originals at its showcase in Tokyo on Wednesday. The shows include a rebooted version of Kitano’s game show Takeshi’s Castle with returning host Takeshi Kitano and an adaptation of the anthology series Modern Love set in Tokyo. Originally streaming in the 1980s on TBS, Takeshi’s Castle is described as an unscripted adventure variety show and will debut in 2023 across more than 240 Prime markets. At the time of airing, Takeshi’s Castle was one of the most-watched Japanese game shows ever. Modern Love Tokyo, which is inspired by the New York Times weekly essay series, was first adapted by Prime in the United States in 2019. The Japanese iteration will star ​​Asami Mizukawa, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yûsuke Santamaria, Sôsuke Ikematsu and Naomi Sc...

Amazon Prime unveiled a lineup of forthcoming Japanese originals at its showcase in Tokyo on Wednesday. The shows include a rebooted version of Kitano’s game show Takeshi’s Castle with returning host Takeshi Kitano and an adaptation of the anthology series Modern Love set in Tokyo. Originally streaming in the 1980s on TBS, Takeshi’s Castle is described as an unscripted adventure variety show and will debut in 2023 across more than 240 Prime markets. At the time of airing, Takeshi’s Castle was one of the most-watched Japanese game shows ever. Modern Love Tokyo, which is inspired by the New York Times weekly essay series, was first adapted by Prime in the United States in 2019. The Japanese iteration will star ​​Asami Mizukawa, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yûsuke Santamaria, Sôsuke Ikematsu and Naomi Sc...

Netflix is relaunching the Spy Kids franchise in partnership with Robert Rodriguez, the visionary behind the decades-old action-comedy film series. Rodriguez, who also created We Can Be Heroes (2020), is confirmed to write, direct and produce the upcoming feature film for Netflix, the streaming giant announced on Wednesday, exactly 21 years following the first Spy Kids movie’s theatrical premiere in 2001. Plot details for the forthcoming installment in the franchise are currently unknown, though the film will likely introduce a new squad of spies. The original Spy Kids film follows two kidnapped spies, played by Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino, and their two children, played by Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara, who are tasked with rescuing their lost parents. Since it...

Netflix is relaunching the Spy Kids franchise in partnership with Robert Rodriguez, the visionary behind the decades-old action-comedy film series. Rodriguez, who also created We Can Be Heroes (2020), is confirmed to write, direct and produce the upcoming feature film for Netflix, the streaming giant announced on Wednesday, exactly 21 years following the first Spy Kids movie’s theatrical premiere in 2001. Plot details for the forthcoming installment in the franchise are currently unknown, though the film will likely introduce a new squad of spies. The original Spy Kids film follows two kidnapped spies, played by Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino, and their two children, played by Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara, who are tasked with rescuing their lost parents. Since it...

HBO’s Games of Thrones spin-off series House of the Dragon will arrive towards the end of the summer on August 21. The streamer announced the upcoming release today with a promotional image of a hatching dragon egg. Based on George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire and Blood, the show is a prequel set 200 years before the events of the main Game of Thrones series. Per its name, the new show will focus on the fall of the House of Targaryen and the beginning of the Targaryen civil war. Martin released Fire and Blood in late 2018 and co-created the show with Ryan J. Condal, which received a straight-to-series order in October 2019. The first season will consist of ten episodes. Paddy Considine stars as King Viserys I Targaryen, while Matt Smith plays his younger brother, Prince Daemon Targaryen. Also ...

HBO’s Games of Thrones spin-off series House of the Dragon will arrive towards the end of the summer on August 21. The streamer announced the upcoming release today with a promotional image of a hatching dragon egg. Based on George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire and Blood, the show is a prequel set 200 years before the events of the main Game of Thrones series. Per its name, the new show will focus on the fall of the House of Targaryen and the beginning of the Targaryen civil war. Martin released Fire and Blood in late 2018 and co-created the show with Ryan J. Condal, which received a straight-to-series order in October 2019. The first season will consist of ten episodes. Paddy Considine stars as King Viserys I Targaryen, while Matt Smith plays his younger brother, Prince Daemon Targaryen. Also ...