Netflix and Sega announced a live-action Crazy Taxi comedy feature written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand and produced by Neal Moritz, Toby Ascher and Toru Nakahara. Carlos Stevens and Nakahara are developing an animated Sonic the Hedgehog series for the upper-preschool audience, while RGG Studio's Stranger Than Heaven is being developed as a live-action film. The announcement confirms development and attached creatives but gives no cast, production start or release dates.
Read this story →The partners announced original content with Royal Ballet principal dancer Fumi Kaneko, a limited collection launching online September 18 and in the Royal Ballet and Opera Shop on October 23, and a Royal Opera House pop-up October 28–31. Free ticketed storytelling activities and screenings will be offered, with booking details to follow. A new Barbie Nutcracker special reaches Netflix in November, and the Royal Ballet performs The Nutcracker December 3, 2026–January 13, 2027; the Netflix day remains unannounced.
Read this story →Netflix and Paramount jointly said they mutually ended the animated-film agreement while keeping Brad Bird's Ray Gunn and the untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project on Netflix and continuing their broader content-licensing relationship. TheWrap reports that John Lasseter and Louie del Carmen's Cosmic Motors, previously intended for Netflix, is now planned for a Paramount theatrical rollout in 2027. The statement does not identify the destination of other Skydance Animation projects.
Read this story →TheWrap, following Axios and a TechNet statement, reports that Netflix, Amazon and YouTube launched the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance under TechNet. The group says it will advocate technology-neutral entertainment policy and continued investment in live sports and other programming. Its launch comes as the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission consider the legal environment around pooled sports broadcasting rights, but the alliance has not published a detailed position on every proceeding.
Read this story →A coordinated rollout begins September 7 with the animated special The Monster at the End of This Story on Netflix and YouTube, an album through Warner Music Group's Arts Music, a Roblox obstacle course and Random House's new The Cookie at the End of This Book. Merchandise and a Yoto audio release follow from September 10.
Read this story →The series will first premiere on Japanese television in October 2026, then stream through Netflix in more than 190 countries and regions with multilingual subtitles and English and Spanish dubs. TV Asahi says its production uses artificial-intelligence, visual-effects and computer-graphics tools, but the announcement does not specify the global streaming date, budget or each technology's role.
Read this story →Netflix announced September 3 that Beatrice Kitsos will play Liz Buxbaum opposite David Iacono as Wes Bennett. Deacon Phillippe, Nicole Bruner, Luke Kirby, Judy Greer, Claire Coffee, Ora Duplass, Veronica Garrubbo and Kynlee Heiman complete the named cast; Julia Hart directs and co-writes with Jordan Horowitz and Heather Flanders. No release date or production timetable was announced.
Read this story →The production appointed Seiya as a promotional ambassador and confirmed that he will also voice a guest character in season three, but it is withholding the character and episode for a later announcement. The season begins October 3 on Nippon TV, rolls out across its Japanese network and streams exclusively on Netflix immediately after broadcast.
Read this story →Netflix announced September 1 that The One About Matthew Perry premieres October 27. Mary Robertson directs the three-part series for Sony Pictures Television's Maxine Productions; it uses unreleased family photos and videos, testimony from Perry's sister Mia Perry Bowick, and memories from lifelong friends and creative collaborators.
Read this story →Netflix released a new teaser September 1 showing the film's three periods and its themes of queer memory and historical inheritance. The Canadian premiere is September 15 at the Toronto International Film Festival, a United States theatrical run begins October 16, and Netflix streams the film in Canada and the United States on December 2.
Read this story →Netflix released the main trailer and key art September 1 and set a global September 17 premiere. The footage introduces rival groups taking dangerous assignments, including the Wanjin Rescue Squad led by Hsieh Kun-ta, and frames their fights through rituals, temples and community ties rather than a generic mercenary world.
Read this story →What's on Netflix reported August 31 that Netflix holds options on Geiger, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night, Radio Spaceman, The Infinite Horizon and Invisible Emmie. The outlet dates the deals across December 2025 to July 2026; Netflix declined comment, and no format, cast, creative team or production order is confirmed.
Read this story →Netflix and EverPass reached a multi-year agreement covering Netflix's NFL events in U.S. commercial venues. The 2026 slate includes the September 10 49ers–Rams game in Melbourne, a Thanksgiving Eve game, two Christmas games, a Week 18 game and NFL Honors. A separate EverPass arrangement lets DirecTV for Business market and distribute the package; fees, exclusivity and venue counts were not disclosed.
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