Hollywood keeps getting in trouble for using AI to modulate voices and the most recent scandal involves Netflix’s boneheaded decision to recreate the voice of murdered travel vlogger Gabby Petito. The Petito disappearance in the summer of 2021 transfixed Americans. Unfolding against the backdrop of the pandemic, the case went viral on social media, where […]
Shawn Levy Is Bringing Dungeons & Dragons to Netflix
After failing a saving throw at Paramount+, Hasbro is trying to make a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series work again–and one of the increasingly busiest men in Hollywood is helping them to do so. Deadline reports that Shawn Levy–still hot off the blockbuster success of Deadpool & Wolverine last year, and recent rumors that his long-in-limbo Star […]
8 Things We Loved, and 4 We Didn’t, About Cobra Kai’s Final Episodes
The final five episodes of Cobra Kai are now on Netflix, ending an almost seven-year journey deep into the world of The Karate Kid. It’s a show we’ve held near and dear to our hearts since the beginning (read our love letter to it here) and these episodes are the cherry on top. The black […]
The Devil May Cry Show’s Intro Song Is So Stupidly Glorious
Earlier this week, Netflix pulled back the curtain on its 2025 slate, which includes the previously announced Devil May Cry adaptation. Along with a premiere date of April 3, we got a look at the show’s opening credits, and they’re a riot. What makes them so good? The song, naturally. Of all the tunes to open a […]
Netflix Cancels Sandman in Wake of Neil Gaiman Allegations
After quietly avoiding promotion of the series in the wake of a series of accusations of sexual harassment against writer and creator Neil Gaiman, Netflix has announced that its adaptation of Sandman will conclude with season two. Variety reports that the upcoming sophomore season of the show was already potentially being floated as a conclusion to […]
Castlevania: Nocturne Creators Talk Legacy, Going ‘Woke,’ and Hopes for the Future
In the spirit of maintaining its momentum of critically acclaimed video game adaptations, Netflix began 2025 with the release of the second season of Castlevania: Nocturne on January 16. Because we simply can’t help wondering how the vampiric sausage was made, io9 spoke with directors Samuel and Adam Deats about the pressure of upholding the […]