Bloomberg reported that Netflix's recent stock plunge has shaken employee confidence by diminishing or eradicating the value of their stock options. According to the report, based on discussions with multiple unnamed sources, a significant number of Netflix employees are currently seeking new jobs. More: - Last week, Netflix announced a dip in global subscribers for the first time in a decade, precipitating a record decline in its share price.
- According to The Information, in the aftermath, the company's staffers have apparently asked management to issue new stock grants to make up for some of the losses.
- Netflix closed out 2021 with around 11,000 employees.
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 Epix renewed the sci-fi horror series "From" for a 10-episode second season. The show comes from first-time creator John Griffin and "Lost" vets Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner. More: - "From" is set in an ordinary-seeming small town that traps anyone who enters and prevents them from leaving.
- The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, Hannah Cheramy, Simon Webster, and Ricky He.
- Season 2 will begin production this summer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will air in 2023.
- Season 1 had the most-viewed premiere of any series in Epix history.
- Amazon acquired the Epix cable network and streaming service when it purchased MGM.
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MONDAY, APRIL 25 WE OWN THIS CITY: Six-episode crime drama series, based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, and developed for TV by "The Wire" vets David Simon and George Pelecanos. The series examines corruption within the Baltimore Police Department's notorious Gun Trace Task Force. The cast includes Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, Josh Charles, Dagmara Domińczyk, and Rob Brown; Reinaldo Marcus Green ("King Richard") directed. [HBO Max] GENTLEMAN JACK: Period drama series co-produced by BBC One and HBO, based on the diaries of 19th Century British landowner and industrialist Anne Lister, who described her private lesbian relationships utilizing a secret code. Suranne Jones stars as Lister; the cast also includes Sophie Rundle, Joe Armstrong, Amelia Bullmore, Rosie Cavaliero, and Gemma Whelan. Sally Wainwright ("Happy Valley") created the series and wrote the scripts. [HBO Max] THREE BUSY DEBRAS: Surreal dark comedy series about the lives and three deranged housewives, all of whom are named Debra, in the suburban town of Lemoncurd. Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha, and Mitra Jouhari created and wrote the series, and co-star as the Debras. Season 2 debuted Sunday night on Adult Swim; new episodes hit HBO Max on Mondays. [HBO Max] NIGHTMARE ALLEY (BLACK AND WHITE VERSION): The black-and-white special edition of Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated 2021 film noir -- based on the '40s novel by William Lindsay Gresham -- comes to Hulu today. To access this version, go to "Nightmare Alley" and then look under the "Extras" tab. [Hulu] RADFORD BUILDS: Docuseries following up on the film "Radford Returns," about a group of enthusiasts attempting to revive the classic British car manufacturer and release a new version of the iconic Lotus Type 62 sports vehicle. [Discovery+]
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 Hulu shared a trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy film "Fire Island," starring Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang. Booster, who also wrote the screenplay, compares the film to a "gay 'Pride & Prejudice.'" More: - Booster stars as Noah (loosely based on Jane Austen's character, Elizabeth Bennet), who visits Fire Island for a vacation with his friends, and then meets a cute doctor (James Scully).
- The cast also includes Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers, Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, and Conrad Ricamora; "RuPaul's Drag Race" vet Peppermint makes a cameo.
- The film hits Hulu on June 3.
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 "Ray Donovan" vet David Hollander will no longer lead the Paramount+ TV adaptation of "American Gigolo" following an internal misconduct investigation. Paramount Television Studios also severed their overall deal with Hollander. More: - Though the nature of the allegation against Hollander was not specified, it apparently did not involve sexual harassment.
- Hollander was going to direct, executive produce and showrun the "American Gigolo" series; he'll be replaced by co-executive producer David Bar Katz, his collaborator from "Ray Donovan."
- Production is apparently underway on the 7th episode out of the show's first 10-episode season.
- Jon Bernthal stars in the re-imagining of the 1980 film as a sex worker returning to society after spending 15 years in prison; the cast also includes Rosie O'Donnell, Lizzie Brocheré, Gabriel LaBelle, Leland Orser, and Wayne Brady.
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 Discovery+ announced a four-episode docuseries about the history of Black food from producer Viola Davis and author and scholar Caroline Randall Williams. "Hungry for Answers" will follow Williams around the U.S. as she uncovers fascinating and largely untold stories about the origins of some of America's favorite foods, including Nashville Hot Chicken and Tennessee whiskey. More: - The show will also explore larger topics related to the Black culinary experience, including the development of the sugar industry and the history of Black farmers.
- Williams is the co-author of "Soul Food Love," and serves as a writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University.
- All four episodes come to Discovery+ on June 8.
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 Wanda Sykes Netflix's Los Angeles comedy festival, "Netflix Is a Joke," kicks off later this week and runs through May 8. The 11-day, 250-show festival -- with installments planned for over 30 venues -- is the largest-scale in-person event in the company's history. More: - The line-up includes performances from Aziz Ansari, Patton Oswalt, Wanda Sykes, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Sebastian Maniscalco, John Mulaney, and Amy Schumer, among many others.
- Iglesias will be the first comedian in history to perform at Dodger Stadium, in two sold-out shows on May 6 and 7.
- The event was originally planned for 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic.
- It's the brainchild of Netflix's vice president of stand-up and comedy formats, Robbie Praw, who previously worked at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.
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 People shared the latest trailer for HBO's "Spring Awakening" documentary, "Those You've Known." The film captures preparations for the Broadway show's 15th anniversary benefit concert last November. More: - The one-night-only performance featured original cast members Jonathan Groff and Lia Michelle at the Atlantic Theater, where the original production premiered Off-Broadway.
- The cast also includes original Broadway stars John Gallagher Jr., Skylar Astin, Krysta Rodriguez, Gideon Glick, Jonathan B. Wright, Lilli Cooper, Jennifer Damiano, Brian Charles Johnson, Phoebe Strole, Remy Zaken, Gerard Canonico, Robert Hager, Stephen Spinella and Christine Estabrook; playwright/lyricist Steven Sater, composer Duncan Sheik, director Michael Mayer, and producer Tom Hulce also returned.
- The Tony Award-winning rock musical is based on an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, and centers on two teenagers exploring their sexuality in 19th Century Germany.
- "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" hits HBO and HBO Max on May 3.
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 |  | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." |  | | Editor | Jonathan Harris is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles. | |
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