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Netflix Loses Bid to Dismiss Case

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A federal courtroom has superior the important thing defamation declare in a lawsuit in opposition to Netflix over its portrayal of a lady depicted as a stalker in Richard Gadd‘s Child Reindeer, whereas dismissing different allegations.

U.S. District Decide R. Gary Klausner on Friday discovered that Netflix might’ve defamed Fiona Harvey, the inspiration behind Jessica Gunning’s Martha depicted as a twice-convicted stalker sentenced to 5 years in jail for sexual assault, by stating that the collection was “primarily based on a real story.” Netflix could have “insisted on including” the disclaimer regardless of Gadd’s considerations, the courtroom mentioned.

“This implies a reckless disregard of whether or not the statements within the collection have been false,” the order acknowledged.

Child Reindeer follows Gadd’s Donny Dunn, a struggling comic who encounters Martha on the bar the place he works. Martha is then revealed to be a harmful, serial stalker. Over the course of a number of years, she’s depicted as sending him greater than 41,000 emails, 744 tweets, 100 pages of letters and 350 hours of voicemails.

In June, Harvey introduced a lawsuit in California federal courtroom in opposition to Netflix searching for at the least $170 million, together with the corporate’s earnings from the collection.

Netflix moved to dismiss the lawsuit beneath California’s anti-SLAPP legislation, which permits for the early dismissal of lawsuits supposed to relax free speech. The courtroom, nevertheless, discovered that Harvey has a “chance of prevailing” on allegations over defamation.

Claims for negligence, proper of publicity and punitive damages have been dismissed, whereas a declare for intentional infliction of emotional misery was allowed to proceed.

The collection depicts Martha as a convicted prison who spent 5 years in jail for stalking Gadd and one other lady. She’s additionally proven to stalk a policeman and sexually assault Gadd. Harvey, whose actual title wasn’t used within the collection, has maintained that she’s by no means been convicted of any crime.

The lawsuit alleged Netflix “did actually nothing” to substantiate statements within the collection, which is represented as a real story, regarding Harvey.

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John Daly to Appear in Adam Sandler’s Netflix Sequel

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The title character in Netflix‘s forthcoming Adam Sandler-led sequel Comfortable Gilmore 2 gained’t be the one individual onscreen identified for generally letting feelings get the very best of him.

Skilled golfer John Daly spoke to OutKick’s Mike Gunzelman for a latest social media submit and revealed that he has filmed a job in Comfortable Gilmore 2. Director Kyle Newacheck‘s golf-focused comedy characteristic started taking pictures Sept. 9 in New Jersey.

When requested if Sandler had reached out a few half within the film, Daly replied, “I’ve already filmed. We’re getting it achieved.” He then made a shush gesture to the digicam for viewers to maintain the information underneath wraps.

Like Sandler’s character Comfortable Gilmore, Daly has been well-known for his lengthy drives and colourful habits. A two-time main champion dubbed “Lengthy John” for his highly effective swings, Daly has been suspended a number of instances by the PGA Tour and received right into a battle with a spectator on the golf course in a 1994 incident. Daly’s private life has additionally been a supply for headlines, with the athlete having been open about his struggles with alcoholism and extreme playing.

In Could, Sandler appeared on the Dan Patrick Present, the place the actor shared that his longtime writing companion Tim Herlihy, who labored on the Comfortable Gilmore 2 script with Sandler, had met up with Daly at a latest golf event. Sandler famous that Daly was regaling Herlihy with memorable tales.

When requested whether or not Daly would seem within the film, Sandler mentioned on the time, “I wish to suppose so. You by no means know, however I like him. I at all times did love him.” Sandler additionally famous that he would love for Tiger Woods to seem within the movie as nicely.

Daly isn’t the one distinguished sports activities determine set to seem in Comfortable Gilmore 2, with Sandler beforehand revealing that Travis Kelce will make a cameo. Margaret Qualley, Dangerous Bunny and Benny Safdie are among the many sequel’s castmembers, with Christopher McDonald and Julie Bowen reprising their roles from director Dennis Dugan’s authentic Comfortable Gilmore that hit theaters in 1996 from Common Photos.

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Florence Pugh-Led ‘East of Eden’ Series Greenlit at Netflix

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Netflix will revisit a traditional novel for its newest status collection.

The streamer has formally greenlit East of Eden, a seven-episode restricted collection primarily based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel. The e-book was beforehand tailored for a 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan that was notable as James Dean’s first lead function.

Zoe Kazan, Elia Kazan’s granddaughter, is adapting the novel and can function co-showrunner with Jeb Stuart (Die Arduous, Vikings: Valhalla). Florence Pugh heads the forged, with Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist (taking part in the function Dean had within the movie) and Hoon Lee additionally starring. Fifth Season and Nameless Content material are producing.

“Within the means of bringing this household saga to life, the resonance of my very own familial connection to the fabric has not been misplaced on me,” Kazan stated in an announcement. “However it’s Steinbeck’s writing — private, surprising, profound and free — that has stored me enthralled to East of Eden since I first learn the e-book as a younger teen. Engaged on this has been the best pleasure, and I’m thrilled by the forged and crew we’re assembling – and deeply grateful to Netflix, Fifth Season and Nameless Content material for his or her assist.”

Added Peter Friedlander, vp scripted collection (US and Canada) for Netflix: “Zoe’s considerate and creative imaginative and prescient pays homage to her grandfather’s revered movie adaptation whereas superbly honoring and introducing new audiences to a real canon of American literature. She is an inspiring, inventive pressure and we can’t wait for everybody to see what she and Jeb, alongside the good forged led by Florence Pugh, carry to display screen.”

The undertaking has been in improvement since 2022, when Netflix landed it following a bidding warfare. Pugh has been connected from the beginning and also will be an govt producer.

Kazan, Stuart and Pugh will govt produce East of Eden with administrators Garth Davis (High of the Lake), who will helm the primary 4 episodes, and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (Impeachment: American Crime Story), who will take the final three installments; and Antoine Douiahy and Zack Hayden.

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Netflix Unveils New Nordic Slate

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Netflix has reaffirmed its dedication to Scandinavian originals, on Thursday an upcoming slate of productions from Sweden, Norway and Denmark that, in response to Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content material on the streamer, is Netflix’s “most numerous and bold so far.”

Netflix has commissioned greater than a dozen new and returning Nordic sequence, with highlights together with catastrophe drama La Palma, a few Norwegian household whose Canary Islands’ vacation is disrupted by a volcanic eruption; The Helicopter Heist, a dramatization of a daring real-life money depot theft in Sweden in 2009; and Danish thriller The Habitat, which follows the mysterious disappearance of a younger Filipino au pair in an prosperous Danish neighborhood.

Three new, beforehand unannounced titles, all set to launch globally in 2025, embrace Synden, against the law sequence set in rural Sweden; the Danish function movie SULT, tailored from Tine Høeg’s 2022 novel, a few couple attempting to conceive through fertility therapies; and new episodes of Norwegian hit sequence Dwelling for Christmas, which might be again after a three-year hiatus.

Alongside new seasons of native hits Possibly Child 2, a Danish comedy following two households navigating the fallout of a hospital toddler mix-up; Swedish fantasy story Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, and Pernille (aka Pørni), the Norwegian comedy sequence Netflix picked up from Scandi streamer Viaplay after the group scaled again its manufacturing ambitions, the streamer has greenlit a variety of non-fiction and actuality codecs. Chief amongst these: Love is Blind: Sweden, an area spinoff of the blind relationship phenom, which will get a second season after its profitable bow earlier this yr, and Making it In Marabella, an unscripted sequence revolving round Swedish actual property brokers hawking houses to the wealthy and well-known on the sunny coast of Spain.

On the movie facet, Netflix confirmed it’s backing Troll 2, the action-packed sequel to Roar Uthaug’s 2022 function, which has develop into the most-watched non-English-language movie on the platform. Uthaug returns to the director’s chair for the sequel, which hits Netflix subsequent yr.

Followers of Jo Nesbo’s Detective Gap novels should wait a bit longer for the Netflix sequence Nesbo is adapting from his personal books. Manufacturing is underway on the Nordic noir drama concerning the sensible however introverted murder detective, performed by The Final Kingdom star Tobias Santelmann, however the sequence received’t hit Netflix till 2026.

Stjernströmer Björk unveiled the brand new Nordic slate at Netflix’s snazzy new headquarters in Stockholm. The worldwide streamer is eager to emphasise its ongoing funding in Scandinavia, in distinction to its opponents, who, within the case of HBO Max, have shut down all authentic manufacturing within the area, and within the case of Viaplay, have slashed their originals funds, slicing its manufacturing of authentic content material from round 50 to 10 titles per yr.

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Adam Sandler Gives Update on Netflix Sequel’s Shoot

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Adam Sandler is giving an replace on filming for Blissful Gilmore 2, whereas additionally sharing a take a look at how a sure insider feels in regards to the newest model of the screenplay.

Sandler took to Instagram on Tuesday to put up a photograph of his bulldog Bagel stress-free on a duplicate of the script, which has the pooch’s identify printed on it. Two golf balls are close by, with Sandler including the caption, “Going good to this point.”

Kyle Newacheck is directing Netflix‘s sequel function that’s set to co-star Margaret Qualley and Dangerous Bunny, with Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald coming back from the primary movie. Moreover, Travis Kelce will make a cameo.

Specializing in Sandler’s titular unlikely golfer who turns into identified for his lengthy drives, the unique Blissful Gilmore hit theaters in February 1996 from Common Photos. The sports activities comedy was directed by Dennis Dugan, who’s an govt producer on the sequel.

Blissful Gilmore 2 started manufacturing in New Jersey on Sept. 9, which was Sandler’s 58th birthday. On that very same day, he appeared on ESPN 2’s ManningCast, hosted by Peyton Manning and Eli Manning.

“We simply began capturing that film at present,” Sandler advised the brothers and former NFL stars through the broadcast. “It was nice. It was enjoyable.” The actor additionally provided recommendation to Peyton Manning on how one can excellent his lead character’s signature operating method to his golf swing: “I’m going with a three-step or a four-step drop.”

Again in 2015, Dugan advised The Hollywood Reporter {that a} Blissful Gilmore sequel appeared unlikely to occur at the moment. Dugan stated again then of Sandler reprising his position, “I can’t think about he’d ever try this, nevertheless it’s Hollywood, so that you by no means say that’ll by no means occur.”

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Vince McMahon Slams Netflix Docuseries Mr. McMahon as ‘Deceptive’

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Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon says that he has seen Netflix‘s upcoming docuseries about his life, and he isn’t pleased with it.

In a press release posted to his social media accounts Monday, the wrestling promoter mentioned that he not too long ago screened an “early partial reduce” and that based mostly on what he has seen to date, “this doc falls brief and takes the predictable path of conflating the ‘Mr. McMahon’ character with my true self, Vince. The title and promos alone make that evident.”

The Netflix docuseries, which debuts on Wednesday, follows McMahon’s profession as he took his father’s regional wrestling promotion and turned it into a world leisure agency. Nevertheless, it additionally explores the darkish facet of the enterprise, from the steroid abuse scandal that rocked the corporate within the Nineteen Nineties, to the allegations of sexual misconduct that led to his resignation earlier this 12 months.

“So much has been misrepresented or neglected completely in an effort to go away viewers deliberately confused. The producers use typical enhancing tips with out of context footage and dated soundbites and so on. to distort the viewers’ notion and assist a misleading narrative,” McMahon wrote Monday. “In an try to additional their deceptive account, the producers use a lawsuit based mostly on an affair I ended as proof that I’m, in truth, ‘Mr. McMahon.’”

McMahon added in his assertion nevertheless that “I don’t remorse collaborating on this Netflix documentary. The producers had the chance to inform an goal story about my life and the unbelievable enterprise I constructed, which have been equally stuffed with pleasure, drama, enjoyable, and a good quantity of controversy and life classes.

“I hope the viewer will preserve an open thoughts and keep in mind that there are two sides to each story,” he added.

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Meryl Streep Narrates PSA Promoting Eco-Conscious Storytelling

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Meryl Streep is lending her voice to the local weather change disaster — actually.

The Oscar-winning icon narrates “Need to Inform a Nice Story,” a brand new PSA that debuted right now from the Sustainable Leisure Alliance made in partnership with the NRDC’s Rewrite the Future.

“Hey, need to see a narrative about local weather change?” Streep asks within the opening seconds earlier than a collection of clips from Get Out, The Lego Film and Anchorman present characters saying “no” in fast succession. “We get it, we actually do. Local weather change is horrifying. It could make us really feel, nicely, a bit of anxious. And we flip to films and TV to flee. However what if we modified the query?”

Streep does simply that and alters the question: “Need to see a terrific story? Tales can interact with the local weather whilst they entertain. Whether or not they’re dramatic or humorous or tales of braveness, tales about defending what you’re keen on, or a narrative of journey, local weather change is the story of our time and it’s being advised proper now, in small moments and blockbuster occasions which can be connecting with audiences worldwide.”

Her voiceover is delivered on prime of a gentle stream of clips that function climate-related dialogue or environmental imagery. Included within the PSA are scenes from The Day After Tomorrow, Don’t Look Up, Free Willy, Avatar, Pink Discover, Mad Max: Fury Street, 30 Rock, Jurassic World Dominion, The Final of Us, The Workplace, Huge Little Lies, Deepwater Horizon, Moana, Interstellar, The Crown, Beatriz at Dinner, My Octopus Instructor, Extrapolations, Dune, Ted Lasso, 3 Physique Downside, Outer Banks, Wednesday, Abbott Elementary, Peter Rabbit 2, Black Panther, Avatar: The Means of the Water, The Greatest Little Farm, Nomadland, Parasite, Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Aquaman, Wall-E, Okja, The Climb, Beats of the Southern Wild, The Good Place and extra.

To shut it out, Streep then asks, “Need to inform a terrific story?” as she directs viewers to ClimateOnScreen.org, a website “the place local weather and nice tales join.” The clip additionally options the Coldplay observe “Journey of a Lifetime,” and could be seen in full on the hyperlink above.

Sustainable Leisure Alliance, previously often known as the Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance, is an initiative of movie, TV and streaming corporations dedicated to a inexperienced trade by onscreen and offscreen actions. Members embody A24, Amazon Studios, Amblin Companions, Disney, Fox Company, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount World, Sony Photos Leisure, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros. Discovery. The alliance is now targeted on an enlargement by growing assets and alternatives for trade engagement round sustainability onscreen after having created frameworks for sustainable manufacturing by its Inexperienced Manufacturing Information.

“We’re excited to discover how we will meet viewers demand for tales that interact with our altering local weather and extra the trade towards a extra sustainable future, each on and off display screen,” says Sam Learn, Sustainable Leisure Alliance’s govt director.

Provides NRDC’s Rewrite the Future director, Daniel Hinerfeld: “Storytellers are main the best way by creating award-winning movie and tv content material that’s reflecting environmental points and resonating with audiences. Each story doesn’t have to be about local weather change however merely acknowledging that we reside in a climate-altered world could make any story extra related and compelling.”

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One Tree Hill Sequel to Be Told Through ‘Female Lens’

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Hilarie Burton Morgan is teasing the One Tree Hill sequel collection and the way working with a female-led crew has already been a greater expertise for her in comparison with the unique collection.

The actress lately opened as much as Individuals journal concerning the upcoming Netflix present, which sees her returning in addition to Sophia Bush.

“What I can say is that this go-around, with the ability to work with a crew of ladies and take a look at these tales [and] these characters via a feminine lens is one thing that — whether or not I used to be doing a reboot or a model new present or a distinct film at this part in my life, feminine teamwork is one thing that’s so very important to me,” Burton Morgan mentioned.

“It’s the core of something I’ve finished that’s profitable,” she added of the sequel. “So I’m excited to have the ability to crew up with people who I look as much as, people who I really like dearly.”

Burton Morgan, who performed Peyton Sawyer for six seasons on the hit teen drama that ran from 2003 to 2012, mentioned she needs the reboot to incorporate tales on this present “part” of her life, which “are very completely different than they had been once I was 20.”

The sequel collection at Netflix was introduced final month, seven years after Burton Morgan and Bush had been amongst One Tree Hill solid and crew members who accused present creator Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment. Schwahn has by no means publically addressed the allegations however was faraway from his function as showrunner of E!’s The Royals in 2017.

Burton Morgan and Bush are additionally serving as govt producers alongside their former co-star Danneel Ackles for the reboot.

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Erik Menendez Slams Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monsters’: ‘Dishonest Portrayal’

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Erik Menendez just isn’t very pleased with Ryan Murphy‘s newest true-crime anthology sequence, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

The Netflix present chronicles the case of real-life brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, who had been convicted in 1996 for the murders of their dad and mom, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

Erik shared in a press release, which his spouse Tammi Menendez posted on social media Thursday night time, “I believed we had moved past the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, making a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant likes rampant within the present. I can solely consider they had been accomplished so on goal. It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I say, I consider Ryan Murphy can’t be this naive and inaccurate in regards to the information of our lives in order to do that with out unhealthy intent.”

“It’s unhappy for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken the painful truths a number of steps backward — again via time to an period when the prosecution constructed a story on a perception system that males weren’t sexually abused, and that males skilled rape trauma otherwise than girls,” the assertion continued. “These terrible lies have been disrupted and uncovered by numerous courageous victims over the past twenty years who’ve damaged via their private disgrace and bravely spoken out. So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative via vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander.”

“Is the reality not sufficient? Erik added.

The Menendez case and trial turned a media sensation within the early Nineties. Throughout their unique 1993 trial, the brothers claimed they shot their dad and mom after struggling years of sexual abuse by the hands of their father and with the information of their mom. Following Erik and Lyle’s conviction for premeditated homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide, each boys got consecutive life sentences with out the potential for parole.

Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch painting Lyle and Erik Menendez, respectively, within the sequence, along with Javier Bardem as José, Chloë Sevigny as Kitty, Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne and Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson. “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way in which for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks these audiences: Who’re the true monsters?” the present’s logline reads.

Erik concluded in his assertion, “Let the reality stand as the reality. How demoralizing to know that one man with energy can undermine many years of progress in shedding gentle on childhood trauma. Violence is rarely a solution, by no means an answer, and is at all times tragic. As such, I hope it’s by no means forgotten that violence towards a baby creates 100 horrendous and silent crime scenes darkly shadowed behind glitter and glamor and barely uncovered till tragedy penetrates everybody concerned. To all those that have reached out and supported me. Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart.”

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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Teaser Shows the Game Never Stops

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The primary teaser trailer for season two of Squid Recreation exhibits the sport by no means stops, even once you assume it’s over.

Netflix unveiled the brand new footage at an in-person fan occasion on Thursday in Atlanta, capping off its Geeked Week flood of bulletins centered on style programming. It was beforehand introduced that the streamer’s greatest sequence ever returns on Dec. 26, greater than three years after the primary installment turned a worldwide sensation in 2021.

Within the teaser, a brand new sport is ready to start, nevertheless, an on-edge Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) finds himself again within the sport as Participant 456 as soon as once more, sporting the inexperienced tracksuit.

“We’re prepared to begin the sport,” a voice says in Korean. Watch the teaser beneath.

Squid Game: Season 2 | Special Teaser | Netflix

Along with Lee, returning castmembers for season two of the Emmy-winning sequence embody Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo. They’re joined by Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri and Received Ji-an.

Earlier this yr, Netflix introduced that Squid Recreation could be ending with a 3rd and closing season, which is ready to premiere in 2025.

“Seong Gi-hun, who vowed revenge on the finish of season one, returns and joins the sport once more,” Squid Recreation government producer, author and director Hwang Dong-hyuk beforehand shared concerning the present’s endgame. “Will he reach getting his revenge? Entrance Man doesn’t appear to be a simple opponent this time both. The fierce conflict between their two worlds will proceed into the sequence finale in season three, which shall be dropped at you subsequent yr.”