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South African Government Now Seeks to Regulate Netflix Content
Sourced from Getty Images. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_360.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_360.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } A new white paper proposal from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is set to enforce locally produced content on digital streaming services, with Netflix zeroed in. The paper also seeks to apply other regulations to these services, according to Business Tech. The white paper proposal, contained in the department’s Audio and Audio-Visual Content Services policy framework, suggests that the department will regulate up to 30% of the video catalogue that Netflix has available in South Africa. Netflix’s director of public policy for sub-Saharan Africa, Shola Sanni, says that the streaming goliath is already investing heavily in produci...
Twin Peaks Departing Netflix in June
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T01:58:12+00:00“>May 24, 2021 | 9:58pm ET If you haven’t yet solved the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer, your investigation may have to move to another platform. As Entertainment Weekly notes, the first two seasons of Mark Frost and David Lynch’s iconic television series Twin Peaks will be leaving Netflix at the end of June. Twin Peaks debuted on ABC in 1990, and instantly established itself as damn good content… and hot! But ratings began to dwindle by the time Season 2 rolled around, and although it was unceremoniously cancelled, it quickly achieved a reputation as one of the finest television series ever made. In 1992, it was followed by the prequ...
Netflix Debuts Trailer For Upcoming Horror Trilogy ‘Fear Street’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Who’s in the mood for a horror film trilogy this summer? We know we are. Knowing many will be choosing to stay at home with the air conditioner on full blast instead of melting out in these streets come summer 2021, Netflix is premiering a brand new horror trilogy based off of R.L. Stine’s book series, Fear Street. The young adult horror series which debuted in 1989 has been known to feature ghosts and other supernatural phenomenon, but it seems like the Netflix adaptation will center around serial killers that run amok in the fictional city, Shadyside. Seemingly to be a mix of Scream, American Horror Story, and Friday The 13th, the Fear Street trilogy will be debuting split into three different years (1994, 1978, 1666) and will be premi...
Edward Norton to Star in Knives Out Sequel
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-12T01:26:12+00:00“>May 11, 2021 | 9:26pm ET From Fight Club to The Illusionist, Edward Norton knows a thing or two about solving mysteries — or actually, maybe he’s just good at getting caught up in them. Either way, it’s fitting that he’s now joining the cast of Rian Johnson‘s upcoming Knives Out sequel. Norton will star alongside returning lead Daniel Craig, who plays the Southern detective Benoit Blanc, and new addition Dave Bautista, who was revealed as a co-star earlier today. Rian Johnson is back to write and direct what is said to be the first of two sequels to his 2019 smash hit Knives Out. Both movies have already been snatched up by Netflix, which reportedly paid $450 m...
Streaming Wars 2021 Mid-Year Scorecard: How Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, and HBO Max Stack Up
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-10T19:00:25+00:00“>May 10, 2021 | 3:00pm ET Q1 earnings for media and tech companies are now behind us, so it’s a good time to recap how Netflix and its four biggest challengers — Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, and HBO Max — stack up and are trending for the rest of 2021. Just 18 months ago, Netflix largely played alone. What a difference those months make for the reigning champ in these “streaming wars.” Now, Netflix faces giant global competitors seemingly around every turn. Ditto for us consumers, as streaming became our activity of choice (frequently, our only activity!) during the past pandemic year’s global lockdown. While life during the COVID-19 pandemic has been...
Kevin Hart Navigates Being A Single Dad In Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Fatherhood’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Being a parent is a tough job but doing so all alone is even harder, and it is rare that the struggle single fathers face is depicted in films. Kevin Hart is set to play a widower and sudden single dad in the upcoming movie, Fatherhood, and a new trailer shows some of the stand-up comic’s range as an actor. Fatherhood is based on a novel by author Matthew Logelin, who wrote Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love after losing his wife a day after she gave birth to their daughter. The film follows the same premise with Hart cast as Matt and details what he learns about raising his baby girl and the doubts heaved upon him by the family. However, it appears in the film that despite the hardships, Matt will learn the hardest lesson...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Teaser Drops, We Are Ready
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Netflix just released a teaser for the forthcoming fourth season of Stranger Things, and it can’t get here soon enough. SPOILERS AHEAD The new clip seems to confirm the return of Dr. Martin Breen, portrayed by Matthew Modine, the doc who raised Eleven at the Hawkins National Laboratory where he experimented on numerous children, tracking them by number designations. At the end of the teaser, the viewer stops in front of a door marked 11 and Dr. Brenner is heard saying, “Are you listening, Eleven?,” and we see her open her eyes. At the end of the third season, the fate of Hopper was in question for a minute before it turned out he was probably in Russia. This was confirmed in a trailer that dropped over a year ago that found our acerbic s...
HHW Exclusive: Jamie Foxx Talks BSB Bourbon and Why He Has No Plans of Slowing Down
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty When it comes to being multi-talented, Jamie Foxx is a clear example and after his recent acquisition of BSB Bourbon, the Oscar-winning triple threat has shown that there isn’t a business venture he can’t make successful. In films and on TV, Jamie Foxx has hit all the right notes. From his latest project, Netflix series Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! which he co-produces with his daughter Corinne, to his upcoming biopic where he is portraying heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson, Foxx knows how to choose winning projects. So when he announced that he acquired ownership of BSB-Brown Sugar Bourbon in March, Foxx transitioned his storytelling talent to entrepreneurship, paving the way for Black creatives who aspire to capitalize on the int...
Lagos governor celebrates Ikorodu Bois
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday hosted popular Nigerian comedy group, Ikorodu Bois. The Governor took to his Twitter account to share photos of him and the talented kids at the state government house, Alausa in Ikeja. In a post accompanying the pictures, the Governor commended the group, which he described as “generational filmmaking talent,” for their exploits that had brought them global recognition. Sanwo-Olu cited the group’s current appearance on an advert displayed on Broadway Times Square in New York City by Netflix, the US movie streaming platform. He also commended their nomination for the 2021 edition of the 2021 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. He stated that the state was proud of the group and he assured of his administration’s commitment to promoting ...
Flying Lotus Releases Soundtrack From His Netflix Anime Series “Yasuke”: Listen
Back in March, it was revealed that Flying Lotus had an anime series on the way. Starring LaKeith Stanfield and directed by LeSean Thomas, Yasuke was finally released on Thursday to a multitude of glowing reviews. As one would expect from the world-class producer, the show features an incredible original soundtrack. Now, those who want to take in the sounds of the show can enjoy the full soundtrack. A still from the Flying Lotus-scored Netflix anime show “Yasuke.” Flying Lotus (via Twitter) While all but four of the 26 tracks are solo offerings, on his collaborative tunes, FlyLo received help from Denzel Curry, Niki Randa, and longtime collaborator Thundercat. Unsurprisingly, the album is full of rich sounds and textures that showcase the Gram...
Bo Burnham Announces First Comedy Special in Five Years
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T22:12:45+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 6:12pm ET Bo Burnham has returned to announce his first comedy special in five years, Inside. Via Variety, the musical stand-up event is “almost finished” and slated to premiere on Netflix. Burnham shared the news on Twitter alongside a short clip of Inside. “hi. i made a new special,” he wrote. “it was filmed by me, alone, without a crew or an audience, over the course of the past year. it is almost finished. i hope you like it.” The teaser begins where his 2016 special Make Happy ended: with a clean shaven Burnham playing a beautiful, solemn melody on his piano. The moment is interrupted by a smash cut to the same room five years la...
Lakeith Stanfield Voices Lead For Netflix’s Black Samurai Anime ‘Yasuke’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix The tale of Yasuke, thought to be the world’s first Black samurai, is a little-known fact that deserves a larger story. A new anime based on the legendary figure is set to make its debut this Thursday on Netflix. Lakeith Stanfield voices the titular character for Yasuke, who was said to be a servant of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Vaglignano. The pair traveled to Japan around 1579, where they met warlord Oda Nobunaga. Because of his size, Nobunaga made Yasuke his personal bodyguard according to accounts. Yasuke’s time as a samurai was short-lived as Nobunaga was overthrown by way of a coup and the warrior was sent back to the missionary, and much of his story has been lost to history. The Netflix retelling of Yasuke’s story isn’t...
