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| Thanks for opening today's Inside Streaming! It sounds like HBO is determined to make some kind of new show with the "I Think You Should Leave" duo, Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, as they're now on their second high-concept comedy pilot for the network. I get why HBO wants them. "ITYSL" may not have global recognition, but it's a cult favorite among just about every hardcore comedy fan that I know. It seems unthinkable to me that Netflix wouldn't spend whatever it needs to in order to hang on to those guys. Tim Robinson is one of the few true breakout Netflix stars, who became famous specifically because of his Netflix content. Outside of the "Stranger Things" cast and maybe a few "Squid Game" vets, it's hard to think of truly notable celebrities who owe their popularity entirely to Netflix. You'd think it'd be in Netflix's interest to keep those folks in-house rather than immediately losing them to movie studios (as they did with "Bridgerton" favorite Regé-Jean Page after just one season) or TV networks. Lon
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| 1 | | Jake Gyllenhaal's production company Nine Stories signed a three-year first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios. The company will develop narrative feature films for both movie theaters and the Prime Video platform. More: - The company's new remake of "Road House" -- which stars Gyllenhaal -- had the most-streamed debut of any original movie in Prime Video history, with 50 million views in its first two weeks.
- Gyllenhaal previously produced and starred in the Guy Ritchie action-war film "The Covenant" for Amazon MGM.
- Gyllenhaal founded Nine Stories in 2015 with business partner Riva Marker; the company has also produced the films "The Guilty," "Wildlife," "Stronger," and "The Devil All the Time."
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| 2 | | HBO ordered a pilot for the comedy series "The Chair Company" from "I Think You Should Leave" duo Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin. Robinson stars in the proposed series, and will write and executive produce along with Kanin. More: - Filmmaker Adam McKay is attached to the project as an executive producer through his company, Hyperobject Industries.
- Robinson plays a man who investigates "a far-reaching conspiracy" following an embarrassing workplace incident.
- Robinson and Kanin first collaborated as writers on "Saturday Night Live" before co-creating the Comedy Central series "Detroiters," and then Netflix's breakout sketch comedy series "I Think You Should Leave."
- The Netflix show won the Emmy for best short-form comedy series in 2023; Robinson has taken home two Emmys for the show to date.
- HBO previously ordered a different pilot from the duo -- titled "Computer School" -- in 2022; that project is likely no longer moving forward.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 WISH: 2023 musical fantasy feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, commemorating the company's centennial anniversary. Ariana DeBose stars as Asha, a teen in the Kingdom of Rosas whose magical wish, taking the form of a sentient star, helps her topple the villainous King Magnifico (Chris Pine). Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, and Natasha Rothwell co-star; "Frozen" vets Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn directed. [Disney+] LOOT: Comedy series starring Maya Rudolph as the ex-wife of a billionaire who dedicates herself and her vast fortune to charitable enterprises. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster, Ron Funches, and Nat Faxon co-star. It's back for a second season. [Apple TV+] LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ: The NBC comedy series -- starring real-life father-daughter duo George and Mayan Lopez -- is back this week for a second season. Guest stars this season include Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, Diana Maria Riva, and Marshawn Lynch. New episodes air Tuesday nights on TV and hit Peacock on Wednesdays. [Peacock] THE WEAKEST LINK: The rebooted NBC trivia game show -- in which competitors square off until they're individually dismissed based on performance -- is back this week for the second half of its third season. Jane Lynch hosts. [Peacock] GHOST ADVENTURES: HOUSE CALLS: In the Travel Channel reality series, Zak Bagans and the "Ghost Adventures" crew visit the homes of everyday people who have encountered strange, inexplicable phenomena, and believe their property might be haunted. It's back this week for a second season. [Max] TAKE MY TUMOR: Debut medical reality series from TLC following three surgical oncologists -- Dr. Kimberly Moore Dalal, Dr. Jason Cohen, and Dr. Ryan F. Osborne -- as they remove tumors from patients that pose particularly extreme or difficult challenges. [Max] FILES OF THE UNEXPLAINED: Debut docuseries investigating reports and allegations of bizarre disappearances, strange encounters, and the paranormal. [Netflix] CRIME SCENE BERLIN: NIGHTLIFE KILLER: Three-part true-crime docuseries from Germany chronicling the police investigation into the "Darkroom Murderer," who drugged, robbed, and killed three men in Berlin in 2012. It's part of Netflix's "Crime Scene" franchise from filmmaker Joe Berlinger. [Netflix] ZERO TO HERO: Romantic musical comedy feature from Brazil, set within the country's sertanejo country music culture. Lucas Lucco stars as a wannabe rocker who looks just like a famous country artist, and gets a chance to sub in for his doppelgänger. Carla Diaz and Felipe Hintze co-star. [Netflix] CMT PRESENTS THE JUDDS: LOVE IS ALIVE - THE FINAL CONCERT: 2023 tribute concert special in which Wynonna Judd and friends salute her late mother and long-time collaborator, Naomi Judd. Guest performers include Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, and Ashley McBryde. [Paramount+] UFO FACTORY (FABRICANTES DE OVNIS): Debut Spanish-language comedy series from Mexico, developed for the Star+ service. A group of seniors in a long-forgotten mining town devise a plan to save their land from being repossessed: fake a UFO crash in the area. Jeronimo Best, Jose Carlos Rodriguez, Odysseus Bichir, and Susana Alexander co-star. [Hulu] | | | |
| 4 | | An update to director Jamie Childs' resume provides fresh insight into Season 2 of Netflix's "The Sandman" series. Childs' CV now includes the titles of six Season 2 episodes. More: - Season 2 of "The Sandman" will apparently have 12 episodes in total.
- The fantasy-drama series is based on the DC Comics title from writer Neil Gaiman; Tom Sturridge stars as Morpheus, the deity-like personification of dreams and nightmares.
- The Season 2 episode titles that were revealed include "The Song of Orpheus," "More Devils Than Vast Hell Can Hold," "Brief Lives," "Family Blood," "The Ruler of Hell," and "Season of Misfits."
- Some of the titles directly reference storylines or characters from the comics, including "The Song of Orpheus" -- which namechecks Dream's son with Calliope -- and "The Ruler of Hell," which likely refers to the show's previously-established take on Lucifer.
- No release date has been announced for "Sandman" Season 2.
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| 5 | | Netflix released a first trailer for the dark comedy/thriller series "Bodkin." Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen, and Robyn Cara star as a trio of true-crime podcasters investigating a string of disappearances in a small Irish town. More: - "Bodkin" is the first scripted drama series developed for Netflix by Barack and Michelle Obama's company, Higher Ground Productions.
- Newcomer Jez Scharf created the series and serves as showrunner along with "Sharp Objects" vet Alex Metcalf.
- The seven-episode series was produced in Ireland, and co-stars David Wilmot and Chris Walley.
- "Bodkin" hits Netflix on May 9.
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| 6 | | Following Disney's lead, Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports will produce its own animated NHL simulcast. The "MultiVersus NHL Face-Off" will stream an April 14 match between the Colorado Avalanche and the Las Vegas Golden Knights, with players replaced by animated characters from both Warner Bros. and DC Comics. More: - The game will air on TruTV and stream on Max via the B/R Sports add-on.
- Featured characters include DC Comics heroes Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman along with Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, Velma and Shaggy from "Scooby Doo," Finn the Human from "Adventure Time," and others.
- The animated game will also include virtual environments inspired by WBD properties, such as the basketball court from "Space Jam."
- A TNT NHL post-game show on April 7 will include a "cartoon draft" assembling the animated teams.
- Disney previously produced multiple animated NHL simulcasts featuring characters from the Disney Channel's "Big City Greens" animated series.
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| 7 | | A new batch of "Daredevil: Born Again" set photos reveal Jon Bernthal's return as The Punisher. The Marvel Studios Disney+ reboot series -- which reunites the main cast of Netflix's "Daredevil" -- is currently in production in New York. More: - In addition to "Daredevil" appearances, Bernthal starred as The Punisher (aka Frank Castle) in a two-season spinoff Netflix series, which originally streamed from 2017 through 2019.
- Returning "Daredevil" actors also include Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Wilson Bethel, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
- The "Born Again" series was overhauled following the Hollywood strikes, with original head writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman exiting the project; current showrunner Dario Scardapane is a veteran of Bernthal's "Punisher" series.
- No release date has yet been set for the new series.
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- According to series creator Jeff Eastin, Netflix has uploaded several episodes of the USA Network procedural drama "White Collar" with inaccurate titles and in the wrong order.
- Netflix renewed the US version of reality series "Love on the Spectrum" for a third season; the show follows individuals with autism as they explore dating and relationships.
- A collection of classic Bravo reality shows are headed to Peacock, including "Shahs of Sunset," "Don't Be Tardy...," "NYC Prep," "The Rachel Zoe Project," "Blood Sweat and Heels," and "Tabatha Takes Over."
- For Forbes, Paul Tassi makes the case that Netflix will likely renew "3 Body Problem" for a second season, noting that the sci-fi drama has been relatively popular internationally, and early data indicates it topped 1.6 billion minutes viewed in its first week; the costly series would likely require 3 or 4 seasons to fully adapt the original Liu Cixin novels.
- An April Fools Day video from Discord, announcing a fake "loot box" feature, oblierated a YouTube record by reaching 1.4 billion views in just 24 hours; the massive numbers were likely due a glitch in how Discord featured their video on their own platform, and may have been accidental.
- The BBC's iPlayer will no longer allow users to download streaming content to their personal computers; the BBC website explains that the costly feature was not popular enough to warrant ongoing maintenance.
- Walton Goggins spoke with The Daily Beast about transforming into radiation-scarred bounty hunter The Ghoul -- and acting through the character's heavy make-up and prosthetics -- in the Prime Video post-apocalyptic sci-fi series "Fallout"; the video game adaptation arrives on April 11.
- Hulu released a full trailer for the reality series "High Hopes," set behind-the-scenes at Los Angeles cannabis dispensary MMD; all Season 1 episodes premiere on April 20.
- The next installment of Disney's musical YA movie franchise "Descendants" -- titled "The Rise of Red" -- premieres July 12 on Disney+; Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker co-star as the daughters of the Queen of Hearts and Cinderella, respectively.
- Netflix dropped a new trailer for the supernatural mystery series "Dead Boy Detectives," based on the Vertigo Comics characters who originally appeared in "The Sandman"; the first season lands on April 25.
- Alex Cooper of the podcast "Call Her Daddy" will produce original Olympics-related content from Paris for NBCUniversal and Peacock, and will host live interactive "watch parties" with celebrity guests during major events.
- Apple's family series "Jane" -- which combines live-action and animation to relate the story of a passionate young environmentalist -- returns for a second season on April 19; the show is a co-production with the Jane Goodall Institute.
- Producer Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV are developing a series adaptation of the Matthew Blake crime novel "Anna O" for Netflix; the story centers on a woman who apparently murdered two people, then fell into a multi-year deep sleep.
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 | Writer | | 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." | | This newsletter was edited by Lon Harris | |
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