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Netflix Expands Film and TV Portfolio
Netflix is expanding its content library with multiple new projects. The company will adapt Gary Paulsen’s ‘Hatchet’ into a feature film, while also premiering the horror series ‘The Body.’ Additionally, actor Antonio Banderas stars in a historical drama about Hernán Cortés.
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Variety
Netflix is developing a feature adaptation of ‘Hatchet,’ Gary Paulsen’s 1987 young adult survival novel. The film will be written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, best known for films such as “Blue Valentine” (2010) and “The Place Beyond the Pines” (2012).
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The trailer for Netflix’s high school-set horror series The Body, has arrived just in time for spooky season. The show premieres November 11 on Netflix. This raunchy teen psychodrama from creator Quinn Shephard (Not Okay, Under the Bridge) takes the intense pressures, rivalries, and intimacy of high
2026-10-12 15:00 UTC
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Antonio Banderas has signed on to star as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in Cortés, a feature film directed by French filmmaker Paul Mignot from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. Production is already underway in Paris, with additional shooting scheduled in Spain. Utopai Studios and Ex Machina Stu
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