SDCC 2017: Voltron Legendary Defender returns on August 4, new trailer debuts
Voltron’s second season ended on a dramatic cliffhanger. Great news then, as the animated revival arrives back on Netflix for its third season in mere weeks!
SDCC 2017: The first full trailer for Netflix’s fantasy Orc-cop movie Bright is here
Bright is the upcoming Netflix Original action thriller with a fantasy twist. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton star as a pair of mismatched cops with very different backgrounds, in an alternate modern day world where humans and fantasy races live side-by-side.
Netflix reveals earlier Stranger Things season 2 premiere date with apocalyptic first poster
Netflix's breakout retro TV series Stranger Things will return for season 2 earlier than previously expected! "It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab"
Netflix’s Original documentary Icarus tackles Russian state-sponsored sports doping
Icarus is the upcoming Netflix Original documentary on Russian state-sponsored doping. For director Bryan Fogel what started as a small investigation into how doping could improve his cycling performance morphed into an exposé on the scandal that engulfed the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
First trailer for the Godzilla anime comes roaring in!
GOJIRRA! The giant lizard with the radioactive breath is making his first anime feature film debut later in the year, and you can get your first look at it here!
Castlevania Review – A bloody good video game adaptation
With a deck stacked against it in a genre that produces more turds than diamonds, producer Adi Shankar was talking big about Netflix’s stab at Konami’s Dracula mythos when Castlevania was first announced as an upcoming animated series. This wasn’t just going to be a quick spin-off with a few flashy fight scenes, but rather the best damn R-rated vampire-slaying adaptation ever made. Shankar wasn't lying.
The Umbrella Academy could be getting adapted into a TV series by Netflix
The comic book series developed by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way could be finding its way to Netflix in the near future.
Netflix now supports Dolby Atmos
The online streaming service has enabled Dolby Atmos support for those with the very best in home theatre equipment. There’s only one movie that supports the feature now, but there is a lot more content planned.
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