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Netflix’s Penelope looks like an intriguing mix of coming-of-age story and wilderness survival adventure series – and it might be cancel-proof

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Netflix’s Penelope looks like an intriguing mix of coming-of-age story and wilderness survival adventure series – and it might be cancel-proof

If you’re increasingly wary of committing to a show for fear that it’ll join the ranks of Netflix‘s cancelled shows just as you’re getting hooked, you’re not alone. And a new show, the young-adult drama Penelope, is trying to do something about it.  Penelope stars Megan Stott from Little Fires Everywhere as a disaffected 16-year-old … Read more

Netflix’s tease for One Piece season 2 hints loudly at which arc the show will adapt next

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Netflix’s tease for One Piece season 2 hints loudly at which arc the show will adapt next

The first teaser for One Piece season 2 has landed, and it pretty much confirms the story the season is going to tell and which characters are going to appear in it. The tease was a video uploaded to TikTok, in which Iñaki Godoy celebrated Monkey D. Luffy’s birthday with a cake that looks like a big ol’ … Read more

I tried Netflix’s Physical: 100 endurance test and it was one of the most difficult workouts I’ve ever done

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I tried Netflix’s Physical: 100 endurance test and it was one of the most difficult workouts I’ve ever done

Physical: 100 has developed something of a cult following, and it’s easy to see why. Netflix’s South Korean fitness bonanza marries bizarre concepts (pulling a boat up a slope, anyone?) with genuinely grueling physical tests to deliver compelling entertainment.  For those who haven’t seen it, the show starts with 100 contestants of all different shapes, … Read more

What scientists think of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

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What scientists think of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Zhang Yongzhen, the first person to publicly release the genome sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19, was camping outside his laboratory.Credit: Dake Kang/AP via Alamy Noted Chinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen appears to be back at … Read more

Amazon’s My Lady Jane is Prime Video’s royally fun twist on Netflix’s Bridgerton – and it’s coming in June

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Amazon’s My Lady Jane is Prime Video’s royally fun twist on Netflix’s Bridgerton – and it’s coming in June

If you’re a fan of historical dramas featuring quick wits and absolute… bad people, Prime Video‘s My Lady Jane looks like it should be at the top of your watch list. Inspired by the best-selling book of the same name, the new series is set in an alternative version of the Tudor world where Lady … Read more

Netflix’s Wednesday season 2 cast clicks into gear with Westworld star addition as Apple’s Neuromancer series finds its lead

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Netflix’s Wednesday season 2 cast clicks into gear with Westworld star addition as Apple’s Neuromancer series finds its lead

There’s good news for fans of William Gibson’s fictional AI Neuromancer and Wednesday, the ongoing tales of Charles Addams’ creepy and kooky family. Both shows’ already impressive casts have just announced some equally impressive new additions.  First up, BAFTA award-nominated Callum Turner from Masters of the Air and The Boys in the Boat is going … Read more

Netflix’s official Atlas trailer puts Jennifer Lopez in another generic Terminator clone, but with Titanfall-like mechs

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Netflix’s official Atlas trailer puts Jennifer Lopez in another generic Terminator clone, but with Titanfall-like mechs

When we watched the teaser trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s new sci-fi movie Atlas, we said that it looked like a cross between Terminator and The Creator with Neon Genesis Evangelion-like mechs thrown in for good measure. And now that a longer trailer has dropped, we’re thinking much the same.  The new Netflix movie looks very entertaining, with lots of … Read more

Heart of the Hunter is Netflix’s most-watched movie – here are 3 more thrillers to watch next

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Heart of the Hunter is Netflix’s most-watched movie – here are 3 more thrillers to watch next

Fans of proper nail-biter flicks probably already know that Heart of the Hunter, the explosive conspiracy thriller from the streamer’s latest collaboration with South African filmmakers, is a huge hit on Netflix. At the time of writing, it’s number one of the English movies chart, racking up 11 million views and nearly 20 million viewing … Read more

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender show hits more trouble as it loses yet another showrunner

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Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender show hits more trouble as it loses yet another showrunner

Albert Kim, the showrunner for Netflix’s live-action fantasy series Avatar: The Last Airbender, is moving on – and that means the show will enter its second season with its third showrunner in charge. That may seem like a lot of showrunners for a show with only one season so far, but it was in development for a … Read more

Netflix’s 3 Body Problem isn’t a universal success, but its creators are already working on season 2

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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem isn’t a universal success, but its creators are already working on season 2

3 Body Problem, the new Netflix series from the creators of Game of Thrones, is getting mixed reviews from viewers – but its creators are reportedly already preparing for a second season. As we said in our review of the sci-fi series, Netflix is taking a big gamble with the show. The books by Liu … Read more