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Netflix has released a quirky new trailer for its forthcoming reboot of the cult classic sci-fi comedy series, Mystery Science Theater 3000. The 14-episode SVOD original series will premiere exclusively via the platform on April 14.
Hosted by Jonah Ray and starring Patton Oswalt and Felicia Day, the brand new season is helmed by the show’s original creator Joel Hodgson and will start with the Danish monster film Reptilicus. The series, which centers around “a human host who is trapped by mad scientists with his two robot sidekicks and forced to watch an endless run of B movies,” originally premiered in 1989 and lasted for 198 episodes. It attracted a strong cult following as well as many critical acknowledgements including a Peabody Award and two Emmy nominations.
In other news…
YouTube Red has debuted the official trailer and first full episode of YouTube star Eva Gutowski and comedy legend Rhea Perlman’s SVOD original series, Me and My Grandma. According to a press release, the hilarious new half-hour comedy series centers around a twenty-one-year-old and her grandma who pick up and move to Hollywood in pursuit of a career in the spotlight:
Netflix has released the official trailer to its forthcoming six-episode docu-series, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On. Premiering April 21, the brand new original series will center on “the state of the industry, the talent, the consumers, and the technology that powers it all.” [Click here to watch the trailer]
Sundance Now announced today that it has expanded its SVOD operations to Canada. The U.S.-based streaming hub for festival-featured documentaries, movies and nostalgia TV is following in the footsteps of Netflix and Amazon by extending its international reach. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Netflix has released a riveting teaser clip for its forthcoming live-action film adaptation of the popular Japanese manga, Death Note. Starring Nat Wolff and featuring Willem Dafoe (as the voice of Ryuk the Shinigami), the Adam Wingard-helmed original film follows a high school student who attains a supernatural notebook with powers to kill:
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