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Ever since Netflix officially made its way to Australian audiences last year, video-on-demand or “VOD” are terms being thrown around more than ever before. What started as a disruption to the traditional movie distribution model has morphed into one of the fastest growing niches in entertainment, with services like Presto, Stan, Quickflix and ABC’s own…

Netflix fans rejoice! Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, defence attorneys on binge watch favourite Making A Murderer will visit Australia later this year, speaking to audiences across the country about the show and the American legal system. Australian fans are invited to watch and participate in a moderated discussion and Q&A session with the two lawyers, with five dates set…

Charlie Cox, the man behind the Daredevil mask braced the stage at a Netflix event in Paris early Monday morning to discuss the future of the eponymous TV series. After an unquestionably-successful two-season run as the first Marvel heroes with a series of their own, Cox didn’t have a lot of light to shed on…

Despite a tumultuous debut season of Netflix’s Bloodline, things aren’t slowing down in Florida. At least, if the new trailer for Season 2 is anything to go by. John, the formerly straight-laced cop, finds himself in deep with his siblings, played by Linda Cardellini and Norbert Leo Butz. Sissy Spacek also returns as the matriarch…

Despite early reports to the contrary, it looks like Melissa McCarthy will be reprising her role as Sookie in the upcoming Gilmore Girls reboot on Netflix. McCarthy broke the news during a recent appearance on Ellen, saying “I’m gonna go back and do it, and I am so excited”. Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is returning…

Jon Daly has been cast as Bill Murray in the upcoming Netflix original biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The news comes following last week’s casting of Joel McHale as a young Chevy Chase. A Futile and Stupid Gesture is set to be directed by David Wain and will tell the story of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the…

After years torturing one another through Community, Joel McHale has begun final negotiations to play former-co-star Chevy Chase in the upcoming Netflix Original, A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The biopic will follow National Lampoon co-founders Douglas Kenney (played by Will Forte) and Henry Beard (played by Domhnall Gleeson). The film will be a ‘sad story…

The popular worldwide media hub Netflix has just announced its very own first French language TV drama, Marseille staring Gerald Depardieu. Depardieu plays a politician whose 25 year reign is challenged by his former protege, Lucas Barres (Benoît Magimel). Though there may be a language barrier for some, this looks like one to watch for. Geraldine Pailhas, Nadia Fares, Stephane Caillard, Jean-Rene Privat,…

Jessica Henwick has joined the cast of the upcoming Marvel’s Iron Fist Netflix series. She’s set to play the role of Colleen Wing alongside fellow Game of Throne-alumni Finn Jones, who plays the titular Iron Fist. No word yet as to whether this bodes well for Henwick’s role in Game of Thrones as Nymeria Sands. Marvel’s Iron Fist is…

Earlier in the month at SXSW, I had the chance to sit down with the cast and crew behind the first Pee Wee movie in almost 30 years (you can read these chats HERE). One thing that was universal with all the interviews I conducted was that this now classic – yet still bizarre in all…

Pee-Wee Herman returned to the big (and small) screen last week with the Netflix debut of Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. At SXSW, we caught up with stars Jessica Pohly and Alia Shawkat to talk butt pads, bank robberies and their role in the Pee-Wee revival. Well, congratulations on the film. I’m curious as to when you first received…

Joe Manganiello recently sat down with The Iris’s Larry Heath to talk about the reprisal of his childhood icon in Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. When you got offered this role and you knew that essentially, it was kind of for you how was it feeling you were going to be playing a version of yourself? Well, when…

The Iris found themselves locked in a room with screenwriter Paul Rust last week to talk about his role in bringing Pee-Wee to new audiences without losing the sentiments of the Tim Burton original. Congratulations on the film, it seems like you’re doing so much on Netflix right now, do you find it affords you…

It has been announced that actor Elijah Wood will be joining the cast of the upcoming BBC America Comedy, Dirk Gently. The series, set to be written and directed by Max Landis, will see Wood play the title detective assistant Todd. AMC Studios, Ideate Media and IDW Entertainment are co-producing the series, based on  the Dirk Gently’s…

From the minds of comedy geniuses Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comes The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, “the most whip-smart, subversive, life-loving and hilarious sitcom produced this year” (The Guardian). Starring a spectacular comedic cast including Ellie Kemper (Bridesmaids), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and Tituss Burgess (30 Rock). Rescued after fifteen years…

In 2015 Netflix teamed up with Marvel to bring us Marvel’s Daredevil, and it was a revelation. Not only was it a gritty realisation of one of the comic world’s dark anti-heroes but it showed that viewers weren’t just interested but eager to see this sort of grimy real-world depiction of the character. This was…

Hidden away as a surprise for fans who have already reached the end of Daredevil‘s second season, Netflix have let loose the first teaser trailer for Marvel’s Luke Cage. It’s only a short piece but it does a great job of reintroducing Cage (Mike Colter) and his powers. Overall, it’s also a little lighter in tone than Jessica…

It’s almost been a year since Netflix brought us the first season of Marvel’s Daredevil. For comic fans it was finally an adaptation worthy of the source material. For TV viewers it was a phenomenon to watch with its gritty and dark setting, intricate conspiracy narrative and complex flawed characters. It was a ratings juggernaut…

How I Met Your Mother graduate and awards season staple Neil Patrick Harris will star in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Harris will try his hand at the villainous Count Olaf, a role that previously gifted us all with peak Jim Carey in the 2004 film adaptation. According to Deadline, Harris…

It’s been a long wait for fans of Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt but the Netflix comedy’s second season is almost here The trailer itself looks to be more of the same, with Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) continuing to adjust the rhythm of modern life, Titus Andromedon (Tituss Burgess) trying to make it in the big city and…

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Fringe star Anna Torv has signed on to David Fincher’s upcoming Netflix drama Mindhunter. In typical Fincher fashion, details surrounding the series remain somewhat vague. However, we do know, the series is based on John Douglas and Mark Olshanker’s 1996 book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit and…

Actor Mike Colter has announced that Marvel’s Luke Cage will be coming to Netflix audiences on September 30th of 2016. The actor himself made the revelation during the NYC-based premiere for the second season of Daredevil. Luke Cage is Netflix’s third Marvel-affiliated superhero series after Daredevil and Jessica Jones with the series itself following the titular Cage, an ex-convict with super-strength…

If you’ve been enjoying Fuller House on Netflix, we’ve got good news – the original Full House is now on the service too. Seasons 1-8 of the classic sitcom are now streaming on Netflix and are sure to make for great binge-watching material alongside the reboot. Full House originally aired in 1987 and stars John Stamos,…

Making a Murderer co-creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos stopped by Sydney this week for an exclusive talk as part of The Sydney Herald Spectrum Now Festival Presented by ANZ. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, it was a fascinating night of shared enthusiasm for the Netflix true crime series that released over the holidays. Theories were exchanged, Len Kachinsky’s name was…

The latest season of House of Cards was launched on Netflix on Friday. It’s been a long, cold year waiting for this season so if you need a quick recap read on. If not, skip ahead to the next paragraph. Simplified: Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), who after knocking out Walker had a tough time with…

Fuller House, the sequel series to ABC’s Full House, has been renewed for a second season. According to the show’s Twitter account, the new series will be coming “soon” on Netflix with no official date being announced. The series cast includes Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber reprising their roles as DJ Tanner, Stephanie Tanner…

We’re practically counting the days before Marvel’s Daredevil returns for it’s second season and Netflix have released another trailer for fans to get excited over. Where the previous trailer focused on newcomer The Punisher (Joe Bernthal), this one is all about Elektra (Elodie Yung). Check it out below: Daredevil‘s second season launches through Netflix on the 18th of…

Speaking at a panel discussion at New York’s IFC Center on Thursday, Making a Murderer creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos revealed they have spoken to Steven Avery’s new lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, about the prospects of filming and have continued to record their conversations with Avery. According to Ricciardi, “From our perspective this story is obviously not over”. “It’s real life…

Created and written by comedic auteur Judd Apatow, Love  approaches things from a different place to Netflix’s other efforts. As I said in my impressions piece, Love is best described as a slightly more-grounded You’re The Worst.  It’s not interested in the melodramatic highs of modern relationships – but the long awkward and often-mundane moments between them. It’s a show…

Netflix has a lot of big series returning over the next few months and they’ve released a teaser for the second season of Tina Fey‘s electric comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Check it out below: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt returns on April 15th. ———- This content has recently been ported from its original home on The Iris…