Sunday Ticket deal / Netflix New Jersey hub / Nike Training Club / HBO Max 2023 preview

Plus today's calendar, LuPone joins "Coven of Chaos," Garlin on "Never Have I Ever," "Rebel Moon" tease, and more

Inside.com Part of   Network December 22, 2022

Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Rams The National Football League (NFL) signed a seven-year deal with Google to stream Sunday Ticket games via YouTube and YouTube TV. Google will pay around $2 billion per year for the Sunday Ticket package. More: Sunday Ticket will be available through the YouTube TV cable replacement platform, or as a standalone offering accessed via YouTube Primetime Channels. No pricing for either package has yet been announced. DirecTV has held Sunday Ticket rights since its inception in 1994 and has paid $1.5 billion annually to the NFL since renewing the deal in 2014. Though the NFL had been shopping around a potential stake in NFL Media -- including the cable channels NFL Network and RedZone -- this was not included in the final agreement. CNBC

Netflix revealed its plans for a new production hub on the site of the former New Jersey military base Fort Monmouth. The streamer will pay $55 million for the 293-acre property and plans to invest an additional $850 million to build the state-of-the-art facility. More: The new production facility will include 12 soundstages, along with a backlot and various production support.  The streamer plans to shoot both films and TV shows at the facility. Netflix director of content and studio affairs Rajiv Dalal explained that the company needed an additional East Coast hub that was convenient for a large crew base living in New York and New Jersey, and also provided "great scenic backdrops." Lionsgate also plans to build a new production facility in Newark, scheduled to open in 2024. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

DAILY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 TOP GUN: MAVERICK: This action drama sequel is the top-grossing film of 2022. Tom Cruise stars as Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, who agrees to train a group of skilled novices -- including the son (Miles Teller) of his late best friend -- for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, and Val Kilmer co-star; Joseph Kosinski ("Oblivion") directed. [Paramount+] THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS: Limited series continuing the story from the 1999 film "The Best Man" and its 2013 sequel "The Best Man Holiday," following along as college friends Harper, Quentin, Lance, Murch, Jordan, Robyn, Candace and Shelby reunite once more for a wedding. Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Melissa De Sousa, and Regina Hall all reprise their roles from the films; original movie writer/director Malcolm D. Lee created the series. [Peacock] I HATE SUZIE: The British comedy-drama series was co-created by Billie Piper and "Succession" writer Lucy Prebble, who also serves as showrunner. Piper stars as a former pop star and actor who struggles to keep her personal life together, and relaunch her career, after compromising photos are stolen from her phone and leaked online. Season 2 comes to HBO Max in the US today. [HBO Max] THE HEAD: The Spanish-produced, English-language thriller series returns for a second season. In the new episodes, disgraced biologist Arthur Wilde (John Lynch) and young doctor Maggie (Katharine O'Donnelly) embark on a new expedition on board the Alexandria, only to be thrown into a new murder mystery at sea. [HBO Max] SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD'S REVENGE: 2022 anthology horror-comedy film, following up on the original 2020 "Scare Package" film. The frame story is set at the funeral of horror aficionado "Rad" Chad Buckley (Jeremy King), where guests have to survive an elaborate series of humorous death traps. Zoe Graham, Rich Sommer, Kelli Maroney, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, and Graham Skipper co-star. [Shudder] SNAP: Six-episode anthology series, described as a combination of "Black Mirror" and "The Twilight Zone." In each episode, characters face an unexpected social scenario or ethical dilemma that challenges all their long-held beliefs about life and themselves. [ALLBLK] A CHRISTMAS GIFT: In this original holiday comedy-drama feature, mom-to-be Roz McKenzie (Noree Victoria) brings her extended family together for a chaotic holiday celebration. [BET+] ALICE IN BORDERLAND: The Japanese sci-fi thriller series -- based on a manga by Haro Aso -- returns for a second season. The action centers on a group of survivors who are transported to a largely-abandoned Tokyo, where unseen captors force them to compete in a series of deadly competitions. [Netflix] MATHIEU DUFOUR AT BELL CENTRE: In this French-language special recorded at the Montreal arena, the comedian shares anecdotes about paintball mishaps, questionable behavior at McDonald's, and more. [Netflix]

"Run Ready Flow | Nike Training Club" Nike Training Club fitness classes begin streaming on Netflix next week. Around 30 hours of exercise sessions are coming to Netflix in total, split into two separate releases. More: Both sets of content will include various workouts for all fitness levels, and will stream in multiple languages. The first group of workout videos arrive on December 30 and includes 45 individual episodes; a second batch will follow in 2023. The first batch of episodes includes classes like "Kickstart Fitness with the Basics," "Two Weeks to a Stronger Core," and a beginner's guide to Vinyasa Yoga. This is some of the first fitness content to be released by Netflix; based on the response from subscribers, the streamer may continue expanding into the workout space as a rival to Apple Fitness+ and Peloton. Nike Training Club content streams via a standalone app; a number of videos are also available on YouTube. TECHCRUNCH

"Coming Soon in 2023 | HBO Max" HBO Max dropped a preview of its 2023 release slate, including new looks at the hotly-anticipated video game adaptation "The Last of Us." The "Last of Us" series -- starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey -- debuts on January 15. More: The trailer also highlights the debut drama series "The Idol" from R&B artist The Weeknd and "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson; the series centers on the relationship between a pop idol (Lily-Rose Depp) and a strange self-help guru (The Weeknd). There are also quick looks at new seasons of the HBO Max favorites "Succession," "Perry Mason," "The Gilded Age," "The Righteous Gemstones," "A Black Lady Sketch Show," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Winning Time," and "True Detective," among many others. COLLIDER

Stage legend Patti LuPone signed on for an undisclosed role in the Disney+/Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series "Agatha: Coven of Chaos." Kathryn Hahn stars in the series as the evil witch Agatha Harkness, reprising her role from the prior Disney+ series "WandaVision." More: The cast also features Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, and Sasheer Zamata. Though no details about LuPone's character were released, Deadline reported that she's likely playing a witch. "WandaVision" vet Jac Schaeffer will write and executive produce the spinoff series. LuPone is a three-time Tony winner, most recently for her featured role in the 2021 Broadway revival of "Company." DEADLINE

Actor Jeff Garlin joined the cast of Netflix's "Never Have I Ever" for its fourth and final season. He'll play Len, a new love interest for lead character Devi's grandmother, Nirmala (Ranjita Chakravarty). More: Garlin previosuly starred on ABC's "The Goldbergs" for nine seasons; he exited the show in 2021 following HR investigations into alleged misconduct on set. Garlin also produces and co-stars in the HBO comedy series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" alongside Larry David. The final episodes of "Never Have I Ever" will premiere in 2023. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

QUICK HITS According to rumors on social media, a version of the Apple TV app could be coming to Android phones soon. Director Zack Snyder shared a behind-the-scenes image from the set of his upcoming Netflix sci-fi epic "Rebel Moon." Netflix ordered a new docuseries, "Inside the World's Toughest Forces," from Emporium Productions, the UK-based creators of "Inside the World's Toughest Prisons"; the new series will take viewers behind-the-scenes within specialized military forces around the globe. "The Witcher" creator and showrunner Lauren Hissrich teased the upcoming third season in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, noting that the new episodes closely follow the events of the Andrzej Sapkowski novel "Time of Contempt" and give exiting star Henry Cavill "the most heroic sendoff." "Daredevil" actor Charlie Cox told NME that he'll spend most of 2023 shooting the Disney+ revival series "Born Again," which he described as an "old-school procedural show." Bravo posted a trailer for the upcoming 13th season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," hitting cable and Peacock in February. Serial killer Charles Sobhraj -- the subject of the BBC drama series "The Serpent" -- will be freed from a Nepalese prison after 19 years.

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 Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade.

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