#Netflix

#Netflix

Netflix's video podcast ambitions may extend beyond its recent deal with Spotify. A new report from Bloomberg suggests Netflix is preparing to create original video podcasts exclusive to its streaming service as well. The streaming giant has reportedly contacted talent to create the new shows and plans to update the layout of its mobile app to help users find the video podcasts.

Apple has no plans to follow suit. During a recent interview with Screen International, Apple executive Eddy Cue said that the company currently has no plans to introduce an ad-supported tier on Apple TV. Cue, however, left the door open for Apple to reverse course in the future. "I don't want to say no forever," Cue said, "but there are no plans. If we can stay aggressive with our pricing, it's better for consumers not to get interrupted with ads."

"In Your Dreams," a new animated feature from Netflix, is a colorful movie filled with imaginative sights: a world of living breakfast food, a flying bed, a gigantic sand castle in which the legendary Sandman resides. But like the best children's movies, the actual story is grounded in Earth: The main characters, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport) and Elliot (Elias Janssen) are ordinary suburban children whose parents (Simu Liu and Cristin Milioti) are dealing with financial trouble that's straining their marriage.

Squid Game: The Challenge, the unscripted reality TV adaptation of the mega-hit South Korean drama, returns to Netflix for its second season. Season 2 features hundreds of new contestants to follow and brand new games exclusive to the reality spin-off. So, with Thanksgiving plans consuming all your attention, you might need a little help knowing when you can watch the new episodes. Much like a masked guard hovering over your shoulder, Esquire has your back.

"I certainly never set out to make anything that was propaganda and I reject the idea that it is. What I would invite people to do is to watch and see how they feel about the questions the show is trying to provoke. We were on an emotional mission. There's politics involved in all of these questions: what's happening to trans people now, and the policies that are being inflicted on trans service members."

Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 that the streaming service is branching out into immersive and interactive experiences, starting with real-time voting. The move marks a new way for the streamer to boost engagement, as it allows audiences of live shows to interact in real time. Viewers will be able to vote while watching live content to directly influence the outcome of what they're watching on their TV or mobile device.

Instead of just making movies on its own, Netflix Inc. ( NASDAQ: NFLX) may buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. ( NASDAQ: WBD). Warner Bros. is one of the oldest and most storied studios in the world. Netflix would get streaming services that would add to its subscriber count considerably. Netflix has paid to create its own content for some time. The company said it would spend $18 billion this year on programming. Among the most prominent of these are "Squid Game," "Wednesday," and "Stranger Things."

(Spoilers for the first Troll movie below.) Don't confuse the Netflix franchise with 2010's Trollhunter, shot in the style of a found footage mockumentary. A group of college students sets off into the wilds of the fjordland to make a documentary about a suspected bear poacher named Hans. They discover that Hans is actually hunting down trolls and decide to document those endeavors instead, but soon realize they are very much out of their depth.

Futures are gaining momentum ahead of a big earnings week. At the moment, the S&P 500 is up about 12 points. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( NYSEARCA: VOO) is up another $1.34 in premarket. The Dow is up 50, as the Nasdaq gains 67. More than 80 S&P 500 companies are slated to post earnings this week, including Netflix, General Motors, and Tesla.

Roald Dahl made his career writing children's books that dared to be mean (yes, sometimes in rather unfortunate ways). Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others. And no other work of Dahl's gets more pitch-black than "The Twits," a thin, acidic little text about deeply repugnant people.

Boots follows 13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope, a closeted teen who signs up to the marine corps after struggling to find a sense of purpose at home. While at boot camp, with his best friend Ray (newcomer Liam Oh), he learns that it's not just tough and gruelling, but homophobic too. The Netflix drama is set in 1990, when being gay in the US armed forces was still illegal.

The days of Battleship bombing at the box office are over: toys and games are now ripe for successful creative adaptations. From to , any thing that's popular enough has the power to become movie source material. Still, some subject matter is easier to adapt than others. Is the Monopoly movie currently in development going to be a gritty real estate drama or a lighthearted family adventure that's also about the foibles of capitalism?