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New ‘Chappelle’s Home Team’ Netflix Series On Deck, Opens With ‘Earthquake: Legendary’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Lester Cohen / Courtesy of Netflix The much-anticipated series of comedy specials executive produced by Dave Chappelle will air on Netflix, starting off with veteran comic Earthquake. Chappelle’s Home Team is a series of stand-alone comedy specials, all with Chappelle serving as the executive producer. Each special, which will air on Netflix, features a comic who he has worked with in the past who possesses over 30 years of experience on the comedy stage. The first of these four specials to make its debut is Earthquake: Legendary. This special showcases the hilarious comedy of Earthquake, a D.C. native who has been a fixture on the scene for decades notably with BET’s Comicview, and is a recurring character on CBS’ The Neighborhood along with hosting his ...
Adam Sandler Mentors a Basketball Phenom in Teaser Trailer for Hustle: Watch
It’s fine to like basketball, but Adam Sandler needs you to “love this game” in the new teaser trailer for Hustle. The sports flick is co-produced by Sandler and LeBron James and arrives on Netflix June 10th. Sandler plays a recently fired basketball scout who discovers a rare unicorn of a prospect (Utah Jazz forward Juancho Hernangómez in his film debut) in Spain. Despite dominating street ball, this player has something of a troubled past, and if Sandler is going to convince an NBA team to take a chance on both of them, they need to work on his his mental game. “There’s a thousand other guys waiting in the wings who are obsessed with the game,” Sandler says in the trailer. “Obsession is gonna beat talent every time. You got all the talent in the world, but are you obsessed? Let’s fa...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 To Be Split In Two, Season 5 Is Already A Go
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Stranger Things After seven years of entertainment, horror and mystery, Netflix’s Stranger Things has officially started down the road to its long-awaited (or dreaded) finale. But fret not Stranger Things fans for it won’t happen until next year as this upcoming season promisesto serve as the huge precursor to the final season. Source: Netflix / Stranger Things In a press release from Netflix, the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer have announced that the final season(s) will be coming this Spring, but will be so long of a story that it will be split into two volumes with the first premiering on May 27 and the second hitting us in Summer ’22, July 1st. In an open letter to fans, the Duffer brothers explained that given the “unprecedented leng...
Netflix Is Making a BioShock Live-Action Movie
Add BioShock to the list of video games being adapted into a movie. Netflix has announced it has partnered with BioShock publisher 2K and parent company Take-Two Interactive to create a film based on the retrofuturistic franchise. No director or actors have been attached to the project, which is being produced by Vertigo Entertainment and Take-Two. The BioShock series began in 2007 and is comprised of three main games: BioShock, 2010’s BioShock 2, and 2013’s BioShock Infinite. The first two take place during the 1960s in the fictional underwater city of Rapture, with the latter title shifting to 1912 on the floating city of Columbia. Advertisement Related Video A first-person shooter with role-playing elements, the franchise has taken inspiration from the works of Ayn Rand as well as ideal...
Netflix announces new series on Bitfinex hack involving 120,000 Bitcoin
Streaming and production giant Netflix will soon produce a documentary series on the infamous Bitfinex hack — one of the biggest financial crimes from 2016 stealing 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth $72 million at the time. The Netflix documentary will be centered around a New York-based couple and their link to laundering nearly 120,000 BTC tied to the crime. According to Netflix, the documentary will be directed by American filmmaker Chris Smith with Nick Bilton as the co-executive producer. The announcement read: “Netflix has ordered a documentary series about a married couple’s alleged scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency in the biggest criminal financial crime case in history.” The plot is based on two main characters — Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather M...
Kanye West Talks Kobe Bryant, Racial Inequity & More at ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Documentary Screening in Los Angeles
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) appeared at a screening of the first episode of Netflix’s three-part documentary Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy on Friday (Feb. 11) in Los Angeles to celebrate the doc’s release on the streaming service. Part 1 of the Coodie and Chike-directed doc features previously-unseen footage of young Ye on the road to stardom and all of the hustle that went into getting his first album, The College Dropout, noticed by Roc-a-Fella Records. An inspiring, raw portrait of the “old Kanye,” Jeen-yuhs showcases early moments in the rapper’s career with celebrities like Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kobe Bryant, Beyonce and others. It also features touching moments between the artist and his beloved late mother, Donda West. Explore Explore Kanye West See latest videos, charts and news See la...
Netflix’s Marvel Series Are Moving to Disney+
Fans of Netflix’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders will will no longer be able to stream on the platform after March 1st. Deadline reports that Netflix’s license for their slew of Marvel series is ending, reverting the rights over to Marvel’s parent company, Disney. Some viewers have anticipated this news since Netflix announced they’d be canceling all their Marvel series in 2019, coinciding with the launch of Disney+. While many of these shows contain more explicit content that doesn’t quite fit with the family-friendly branding of Disney+, the move seems like the best fit in order to keep all streamable Marvel content on the same platform. Fans have also speculated that Disney+ is looking to broaden their content beyond PG-rated fare in orde...
“Tinder Swindler” Simon Leviev Has Finally Been Banned From Dating Apps
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix After being outted as the “Tinder Swindler” on a Netflix documentary by the same name, serial dating app creep Simon Leviev has been banned by every dating app available on your smart phone. TMZ is reporting that a rep for Match Group has informed them that the notorious dating app swindler has been banned from all of their properties including OkCupid, Hinge, PlentyofFish, OurTime, Meetic, Pairs, and Match after a few women pulled his card on the Netflix documentary, The Tinder Swindler. The rep said Leviev “violated the terms of service at Tinder” as was banned from all their dating platforms due to his transgressions. “As we reported … a Tinder spokesperson told us Simon — and his many aliases — would no longer be allowed to open an a...
Netflix Unveils Official Trailer for New Series Vikings: Valhalla: Watch
Netflix is going way, way back in time for their next original series. Today, the streamer has shared the official trailer for Vikings: Valhalla, an action-drama series that tells the tale of some of history’s most heroic explorers. Set over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, and over a hundred years after the events of Michael Hirst’s History Channel series Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla stars Sam Corlett (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Leif Eriksson, Frida Gustavsson as his sister Freydis Eriksdotter, and Leo Suter as Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson. The series sees the trio travel from Kattegat to England and beyond, clashing with English royalty over their conflicting Christian and pagan beliefs. Above all, the Vikings must fight for their own survival and glory on these t...
Netflix Unveils Trailer for Kanye West Doc jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy: Watch
Netflix has dropped the trailer for its upcoming Kanye West documentary, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. In the new trailer, director Clarence “Coodie” Simmons focuses on his personal relationship with Ye, chronicling early predictions of his pal’s greatness as well as the dissolution of their friendship. “It felt like the bigger Kanye got, the further we grew apart,” he says. Co-directed by Coodie & Chike Ozah, the trilogy had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month. Beforehand, Ye took to social media to demand approval of the doc’s final edit, writing, “Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.” Related Video Of course, one of the major selling points of the project was that it was made without the rapper’s...
Jonathan Van Ness on Getting Curious, Making Positive Change, and Gymnastics
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Jonathan Van Ness sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his new Netflix series, Getting Curious, which is based on his podcast of the same name. Related Video The Queer Eye member discusses how episodes about his curiosity with hair, binary and gender identity, figure skating, and skyscrapers offer the opportunity to give voice to underrepresented people. JVN also speaks on where the fun and quirky songs within the series come from, and previews his upcoming comedy tour, which will feature some on-stage gymnastics from the star. Advertisement Listen to Jonathan Van Ness discuss Getting Curious and more via the player abov...
“Next in Fashion” to Return For Season 2, and Gigi Hadid Is Tan France’s New Cohost
Image Source: Getty “Next in Fashion” is returning to Netflix for season two of the streaming platform’s international fashion competition. The second series will see Gigi Hadid replace Alexa Chung as the show’s cohost alongside Tan France. Following the show’s cancellation after season one, “Next in Fashion” fans are excited (and surprised) to see the return of “Queer Eye” star France and some of the world’s best emerging fashion designers. While we loved the chemistry between Chung and France, we are buzzing to see Hadid on our screens, adding an American take to France’s British perspective on style. “Who would have thought when we met over Facetime 4 years ago (thanks @evachen212) that we’d be hosting ‘...
