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Mike Verdu had Netflix’s been VP of generative AI for games, with Alain Tascan taking over as gaming boss, but Verdu has left the company, it confirmed to Game File.

But it’ll be a video game. Netflix is continuing to push its gaming efforts towards tie-ins with its streaming offerings, and the latest example is Kid Cosmo, a puzzle game that launches for subscribers on March 18th, just a few days after The Electric State premieres.

This new clip from Netflix’s Devil May Cry series definitely makes Dante (Johnny Yong Bosch) look like a demon-killing badass, but it seems like his social skills are going to need some work when the series debuts on April 3rd.

Netflix says that the show’s second season was its most viewed series in the second half of 2024 with 87 million views — this despite not releasing until late December. These mega franchises are a big deal for the streamer, and two of the biggest also happen to be ending this year.

Netflix’s slasher franchise continues, this time with the spinoff Prom Queen. While it may not be as inventive as a three-part movie event, the first teaser does look it could still be fun. It starts streaming way ahead of Halloween, too, with a May 23rd premiere date.

Netflix has “come aboard” the in-development live-action movie adaptation of Sifu and selected a screenwriter, Deadline says. The adaptation was initially announced in late 2022, but there’s still no indication of if or when it might be released.

Over the next four years, Netflix plans to spend $1 billion dollars to energize the production of new films and series out of Mexico according to The Hollywood Reporter. The investment is nowhere near the $2.5 billion Netflix committed to South Korean productions a few years ago. And a time when the studio has come under fire for platforming questionable depictions of Mexico (see: Emilia Pérez), the move definitely feels like some strategic damage control.

Netflix is developing a live-action series based on Dungeons & Dragons called The Forgotten Realms, Deadline reports. Shawn Levy, the writer and director of Deadpool & Wolverine, is working on the series.

Ahead of the first two Netflix House venues opening in 2025, Netflix Bites has opened at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The restaurant features an extensive menu themed around Netflix shows and movies including a WWE Smashburger, a Beverly Hills Cobb salad, and The Hellfire Club sandwich.

As of yesterday, all tiers are now more expensive: £5.99 per month for the ad-supported version (up from £4.99), £12.99 for Standard (previously £10.99), and £18.99 for the Premium subscription (previously £17.99). There are also changes to the Extra Member add-on Netflix introduced to crack down on password-sharing — now £4.99 with ads, or £5.99 without.

While the rest of internet’s arguing over whether Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s theme song is a bop, Netflix’s Devil May Cry series is just rollin’ with Limp Bizkit.

This morning Netflix revealed that Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will start streaming in the fall. And while a new image came with the announcement, there still isn’t an official trailer — though a glance at YouTube might make you believe differently. The director is warning folks that there are a bunch of fake trailers floating about, and it’ll be some time before we see the real thing.

In what kinda feels like a play to the “TV and movies have gotten too sexy” crowd, Netflix is moving forward with a Little House on the Prairie reboot from executive producer / showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys) that the streamer describes as “a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.”

British households currently don’t need to pay the £169.50 (about $211) annual charge that funds the public-service broadcaster if they only use streaming apps like Netflix and Amazon Video, but that could soon change.

With 13 nominations (some of which are confounding) Emilia Perez is looking looking like a strong contender at this year’s Academy Awards. But with The Brutalist and Wicked both snagging 10 nominations of their own, it’s going to be a tight race when when the Oscars airs on March 2nd.

The price of Netflix’s standard plan has more than doubled since 2011, with its new price hike bringing it to $17.99 / month.