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Netflix’s spy thriller “The Night Agent” made a big splash upon its March 2023 debut—it delivered $67.7 million in global subscriber revenue for the platform in Q2 2023, according to Parrot Analytics’ Streaming Economics. During that quarter, the series was Netflix’s top revenue contributor globally, outperforming major titles like “Shadow and Bone” and “Black Mirror.”

However, “The Night Agent” has since experienced a considerable decline in revenue over subsequent quarters. Since Netflix releases all episodes of its original series at once, highly engaging thrillers like “The Night Agent” often draw considerable attention upon release, attracting new subscribers to the platform. After this initial period, however, most of the audience interested in the show has already engaged with it, leading to a natural decline in revenue contribution.

This aligns with Netflix’s broader trend of front-loading revenue impact for major new originals, where strong engagement in the first weeks of availability...

Revenge is a dish best served bloody in the original Netflix German series Kleo. With a ravenous female assassin dressed in neon blue and red tracksuits, the spy thriller series has Quentin Tarantinowritten all over it. A stylish '90s period piece, the series premiered on the streamer in 2022 and has recently been renewed for a third season. Jam-packed with dark humor and brutal brawls, it's one of the streamers' best action series and best-kept secrets from American audiences.

The World Will Tremble, a historical drama about an escape from a Nazi death camp, has been acquired for worldwide distribution by Vertical.

Tremble is the second feature-length release by Israeli-American writer-director Lior Geller, whose 2008 short, Roads, holds the Guinness World Record for most awards won by a short student film.

“We are proud to release Lior’s feature about the incredible true story of this heroic escape that alerted the world to the events of the Holocaust,” says Vertical’s senior vice president of acquisitions Tony Piantedosi. The film is slated to open March 14.

The announcement comes on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, amid historic levels of heightened antisemitism, incidents of which have doubled worldwide since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Tremble stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Amazon’s Wilderness) and Jeremy Neumark Jones (Netflix’s Kleo) as Solomon Weiner and Michael Podchlebnik, two Jewish prisoners who escaped the Chelmno extermination camp and...

Kleo is a German spy action-thriller and dark comedy-drama series created by Hanno Hackfort, Richard Kropf, and Bob Konrad. The Netflix series is set in 1989, soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it follows the story of a former East German spy as she goes on a revenge mission to kill people who betrayed her. Kleo stars Jella Haase in the lead role with Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vincent Redetzki, and Marta Sroka starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the dark comedy, thrilling drama, and espionage in Kleo here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Killing Eve Credit – BBC America

Killing Eve is a British spy thriller and dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a novel series titled Villanelle by author Luke Jennings, the BBC America series revolves around a bored British intelligence agent who is tasked with tracking down psychotic assassin,...

One of the coolest and most beloved sub-genres for thriller, action, and drama fans is the spy genre and there’s a good reason. In a spy film or series, we get complicated and cool characters who put their lives on the line by going against numerous people and instead of always letting their guns talk they use more covert tactics, which are always thrilling to watch. So, Netflix being what it is, it has a large library of content and also some of the best spy shows you can find and that’s what inspired us to compile a list of the best spy shows you can watch on Netflix right now.

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Fubar is an action thriller and comedy-drama series created by Nick Santora. The Netflix series follows the story of Luke Brunner, a recently retired CIA agent who finds out that his daughter is also...

Kleo Season 2 is here, and she’s back on a mission to take down her enemies and get the red suitcase! Remember last season when she stupidly gave the suitcase to her Aunt Margot Honecker? Turns out, Sven grabbed it from Margot, handed it to Min Sun from the Bnd, and Min Sun passed it to the US. This season, Kleo is determined to get that suitcase back, because she knows it’s tied to her past; it’s not just about the deal between first Minister Honecker and President Reagan. Sven wants to win her trust again and team up with her. Surprise, surprise—he’s in love with her, and she feels the same. Unlike everyone else, he never tried to betray or hurt her, but he had no other option. And Uwe? Yes, he’s back from the dead, ready to get revenge on Kleo. This season,...

The second season of Kleo keeps us hooked with its mix of espionage, betrayal, and personal vendettas, just like before. And let’s be real—the red suitcase feels like a character in itself, doesn’t it? Anyway, with the release of Season 2, it’s the perfect time to dive into a detailed cast and character guide of old and new characters.

Spoilers Ahead

Kleo Straub

Jella Haase as Kleo Straub is the fierce and strong-willed protagonist of the show. From a young age, Kleo was a true patriot who worked as an unofficial Stasi agent for East Germany. Living with her grandfather, Otto Straub, she developed a deep love for her country and took on secret missions to “take care” of West German enemies, often by assassinating them. Kleo’s last mission involved killing a CIA agent in a West Berlin bar named Big Eden. After this mission, she...

Throughout Kleo season 1, the titular character had been trying to find out why her comrades branded her as a traitor and sent her to prison for the crimes she hadn’t committed. I am sure you are already aware of Kleo’s background and the work she used to do for the German Democratic Republic (Gdr). Kleo Straub was arrested in 1987 and was released 3 years later in 1990, after the fall of the Communist Party leadership in East Berlin. However, in prison, Kleo had lost her baby, and that prompted her to seek revenge from her perpetrators, which included her own grandfather, Stasi general Otto Straub. During season 1’s ending, Kleo found out that her mysterious arrest had something to do with a “Red Suitcase,” which belonged to a man she had killed in a nightclub called Big Eden in West Berlin. The suitcase contained a legal pact between the Soviets and the Americans,...

The first season of Kleo was an introduction to the titular one-of-a-kind assassin and her desperate attempt to seek revenge on the ones who had wronged her. The second installation is more personal and rooted in Kleo’s childhood. When it comes to the visuals, Kleo continues to be quirky and fun with an overarching Eastern European aesthetic. Set between the late 80s and 90s, Kleo represents the angst of the common people after the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Regardless of political beliefs, there was one common feeling after the collapse of the socialist state—uncertainty. The dream of the ideal nation that Kleo was taught to believe in by her communist grandfather was completely shattered when she realized that the ones in power did not care about anyone else but themselves. After devoting herself to the State and ending up in prison, Kleo learned the importance of becoming an individual.

Netflix’s Kleo is a German spy thriller that revolves around a former Stasi Agent named Kleo Straub. Kleo, who is introduced at the height of her career as a top assassin, was found guilty of treason for which she was arrested and put behind bars by her own countrymen. Kleo always knew that her arrest was a part of a wider conspiracy, but she didn’t have the proof to prove her innocence. Fast forward to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kleo, now a political prisoner, got released after three years. Fueled by anger and a thirst for revenge, she goes out to find those responsible for her unjust imprisonment. Kleo is determined to uncover the truth, no matter the cost. Throughout her journey, Kleo faces numerous challenges and confronts her former allies. Will she be able to take her revenge? Can she uncover the real reasons behind her imprisonment?...

Netflix has a couple of major series airing all or part of their final seasons in July 2024. The hit Spanish drama Elite is set to premiere its eighth and final season in full this month with one final mystery (July 26), Vikings: Valhalla is setting off on one final adventure with its third season (July 11), and Cobra Kai is also entering its swan song era with the first part of its final sixth season arriving on Netflix July 18.

The most notable movie offering this month is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (July 3). Thirty years after his last case, Eddie Murphy returns as the titular detective Axel Foley, teaming up with old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton) to uncover a conspiracy and keep his daughter Jane (Taylour Paige) safe.

Here’s everything else coming to Netflix this month. Note that Netflix marks its international offerings with that respective country’s two-letter country code.

“The Bear” Season 3 Will Premiere Earlier Than Expected

The kitchen’s open early!

Ahead of its highly anticipated Season 3 premiere, Hulu has announced “The Bear” will now premiere three hours sooner than originally scheduled. All 10 episodes of the Emmy Award winner’s junior season will be available exclusively on Hulu at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt on Wednesday, June 26.

Season 3 will pick up where Season 2’s high-energy finale left off, as Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) continue to do what it takes to elevate and propel their beef-stand-turned-fine-dining-restaurant forward.

Watch the trailer for “The Bear” Season 3 below:

The Christopher Storer-created dramedy series also stars Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Matty Matheson, with Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon in recurring roles. In its first two seasons, it has picked up 10 Emmy Award wins, including Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series for White,...

Netflix has furthered its commitment to German production with an expanded slate of local projects.

At a showcase event in Berlin last night (March 13), Netflix announced a number of new titles, including feature Brick, which is currently being filmed and stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. Fee and Frederick Lau.

Brick, about the residents of an apartment seeking a way out when their building is suddenly surrounded by a mysterious brick wall, is written and directed by Philip Koch and produced through Nocturna Productions and W&b Television.

Netflix’s focus on the German market is notable for coming at a time...

Confirming Germany’s importance as a growth market, Netfix on Wednesday announced 17 new and returning shows and movies produced by some of the country’s leading producers, including docuseries “Kaulitz & Kaulitz,” about the Tokio Hotel popstar siblings, and sci-fi drama “Cassandra,” about an overzealous electronic household helper.

Netflix presented 17 feature films, series, documentaries and reality shows at a special event in Berlin.

“We have seen again and again how local stories can captivate viewers here and around the world,” said Katja Hofem, Netflix’s VP of content for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “We aim to continue this successful journey together with our partners, sharing a common goal of creating exceptional entertainment that moves and inspires people.”

Produced by Constantin Entertainment and premiering in June, “Kaulitz & Kaulitz” accompanies Tokio Hotel frontmen Bill and Tom Kaulitz, twin brothers from Magdeburg, Germany, on tour with their band and in their new home in Hollywood.

Netflix Germany unveiled a pair of feature films, including Wiedemann & Berg title Brick, true-crime docs and a reality competition series this evening at a showcase in Berlin.

The sizeable slate announcement, which comes a day before a similar UK event, is notable given that Germany’s TV producers have seen the likes of Sky Deutschland pull out of originals and Paramount+ changing direction in their local production efforts.

Among the new titles is feature Brick (working title), which is currently being filmed and stars the likes of Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. Fee and Frederick Lau. Slated to launch in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Dach) in 2025, the film follows a couple, Tim and Olivia, whose apartment building suddenly surrounded by a mysterious brick wall. They are forced to work with their neighbors to find a way out.

Philip Koch is the creator and Director of Photography. He produces alongside Quirin Berg,...

Nico Hofmann, the long-time CEO and current chair of German production giant UFA, maker of Generation War, Deutschland 83 and Charité, is leaving the Fremantle-owned company to go solo, setting up his own production house and joining forces with long-time collaborator Jan Mojto of Beta Film.

Hofmann will be stepping down as chairman of UFA on March 1 and has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Mojto’s Beta Film, producer of Babylon Berlin, that will see Hofmann, Mojto, and Beta producer Jan Wünschmann co-produce German and European series and films for the international market.

Hofmann and Mojto have a history going back decades. The duo pioneered event television and helped elevate German drama to international prominence with such limited series, as The Tunnel (2001), The Tower (2012) and Generation War (2013). These award-winning dramas, co-produced between Mojto’s Beta and Hofmann’s UFA-owned production group TeamWorx (now UFA Fiction), were also ratings hits in Germany and internationally.

The second series of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, has accessed the maximum amounts possible in production funding from incentive schemes in Germany and Austria. Production is now underway in Bavaria and Austria as well as in sound stages at Penzing Studios west of Munich this year.

Nine Perfect Strangers was awarded €10m by the German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf), almost a quarter of the total of €44.8m funds paid out by the Berlin-based fund in 2023.

The production has also received the maximum amount of €7.5m from Austria’s Fisa+ scheme, designed to attract international productions to the country.

The second series of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, has accessed the maximum amounts possible in production funding from incentive schemes in Germany and Austria. Production is now underway in Bavaria and Austria as well as in sound stages at Penzing Studios west of Munich this year.

Nine Perfect Strangers was awarded €10m by the German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf), almost a quarter of the total of €44.8m funds paid out by the Berlin-based fund in 2023.

The production has also received the maximum amount of €7.5m from Austria’s Fisa+ scheme, designed to attract international productions to the country.

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It’s time for another slate preview, and today we’ll look through all the upcoming German-language movies and series we know are in development at Netflix for release in 2024 and beyond.

2023 was a big year for new German-language Netflix Originals, with a dozen releases in total. Dear Child was perhaps the biggest, spending six weeks in the global top 10s in total. As a reminder, all the new German titles included:

1899 (Multilingual) Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold Blood & Gold Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld Dear Child Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate Hard Feelings Making All Quiet on the Western Front Paradise Sleeping Dog Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom Too Hot to Handle: Germany Woman of the Dead

This list is everything currently announced and Netflix De (or Netflix Europe) has yet to put out an...

Since the outbreak of the dual Hollywood labor strikes, the issue of residuals has risen to the fore as a key battleground dividing the industry’s creative cluster and the studios, networks and streamers.

Both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have proposed changes to the current, fixed residual system. The WGA has suggested a viewership-based residual model, in addition to fixed residuals, while SAG-AFTRA is asking for actors to receive a 2% share of the revenue generated from streaming content.

However, the AMPTP says the suggestions are “unworkable” and the two sides remain apart. At one point, there were noises that Labor Day had been earmarked for a deal announcement, but the annual holiday came and went Monday with no sign of an end in sight.

In recent days, some in the U.S. have begun to discuss success-based residual metrics that already exist in parts of Europe, most notably with Netflix.

Germany’s impressive crop of crime drama, mystery, suspense, apocalyptic catastrophe, royal intrigue and tales of the supernatural is certain to attract buyers at this year’s MipTV in Cannes.

The selections of series, TV movies and unscripted shows offer a wide range of content but also remain heavy on crime — a favorite German genre.

Among the new offerings is Beta Film’s fact-based title “I am Scrooge.” Produced by Zeitsprung Pictures, the Cologne-based company behind the hit Netflix spy thriller “Kleo,” “I am Scrooge” chronicles the true story of Arno Funke, a frustrated artist who found fame as a bombmaking extortionist in the early 1990s.

Identifying himself as Dagobert Duck — the German name for the Disney character Scrooge McDuck — Funke targeted some of Germany’s biggest department stores, beginning with Berlin’s KaDeWe in 1988, while continually outwitting police and even becoming a local folk hero. The six-part series stars Friedrich Mücke,...

Netflix teased its slate of new European series, including Part 3 of hit heist show “Lupin” starring Omar Sy, during its showcase at Series Mania in Lille.

The standing room-only session — which featured two DJs on stage spinning tracks to a Netflix sizzle — was a “roadshow”-style presentation that featured a number of clips from the streamer’s forthcoming European shows, followed by a short panel with commissioners Katja Hofem from Germany, Damien Couvreur from France and Jenny Stjernströmer Björk from the Nordics. Each briefly discussed their new shows but didn’t go into detail about their editorial strategies.

Due to the exclusive nature of the clips, security was extremely strict at the session, with French guards shouting at delegates — including journalists — to put away any laptops and phones, making any reporting of the session virtually impossible.

The streamer announced Season 2 of its off-beat comedy series “Represent,” starring Cesar-nominated actor-director Jean-Pascal Zadi...

The 28th Critics Choice Awards took place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The annual ceremony honored the year in film and television with A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leading film nominations at 14, while ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” lead television nominations with six.

Chelsea Handler hosted the CW broadcast, taking over from actor Taye Diggs, who hosted the past four years of the awards ceremony. Special awards were presented to Janelle Monáe, who received the #SeeHer award, while Jeff Bridges was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read the full winners list below, and click here to see the red carpet arrivals gallery.

Best Picture

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures) “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix...

The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards nominations were announced Tuesday, and it's another clean sweep for Abbott Elementary with six nods.

Better Call Saul notched five.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

Best Drama Series

Andor (Disney+)

Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

The Crown (Netflix)

Euphoria (HBO)

The Good Fight (Paramount+)

House of the Dragon (HBO)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

Best Actor In A Drama Series

Jeff Bridges, The Old Man

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Diego Luna, Andor

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Adam Scott, Severance

Antony Starr, The Boys

Best Actress In A Drama Series

Christine Baranski, The Good Fight

Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters

Laura Linney, Ozark

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Kelly Reilly, Yellowstone

Zendaya, Euphoria

Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Andre Braugher, The Good Fight

Ismael Cruz Córdova, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Michael Emerson,...

TV nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Tuesday, and ABC breakout Abbott Elementary led the pack with six nominations.

In addition to a nod for Best Comedy Series, Abbott Elementary notched nominations for five of its cast members: Quinta Brunson (Actress in a Comedy), Chris Perfetti and Tyler James Williams (Supporting Actor in a Comedy), and Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph (Supporting Actress in a Comedy).

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Exclusive: Netflix Emea TV boss Larry Tanz has claimed the streamer is defying subscriber teething problems by continuing to grow investment in the region, standing by commitments and helping crews and talent as he prepares to welcome a wealth of prospective hits including Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s 1899.

Speaking to Deadline as Mipcom approaches, the Amsterdam-based Tanz, who is VP Of Original Series For Emea, rejected any notion that Netflix’s much-publicized drop in subs earlier this year has caused a “change in direction” for his team.

“It was a good reminder that we can only continue to be successful if we are bringing the best content to our subscribers,” he said. “These headwinds are being faced by everyone. I would go further and say not only has this not caused a change in direction but we’ve instead continued growing investment, stood by commitments we...

Exclusive: Netflix has renewed German spy thriller Kleo for a second season.

The show is set in 1987 and follows East German spy Kleo Straub, played by Jella Haase, who kills a businessman in West Berlin while on a mission with a secret Stasi commando. Not long after, she’s arrested by the Stasi on spurious claims and denounced by everyone she knows. After two years in jail, the Berlin Wall falls, and Kleo is suddenly free, but she soon finds out that the conspiracy against her is much bigger than she could have imagined, and an ominous red suitcase appears to be the missing puzzle piece.

Kleo season one was unveiled on a mega Netflix Europe slate that included almost 20 projects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, at which point the streamer committed to doubling its investment in the region to 500M Euros (482M) between 2021 and 2023. Other shows on the slate included historical thriller The Empress.

As the end of summer approaches, so does a slew of new movies and TV coming to Netflix this month.

This month, Netflix is serving up a documentary on the chaos of the ’99 Woodstock revival, Netflix’s take on “13: The Musical” and a juicy series expanding “Selling Sunset” into Orange County, California. Favorite returning Netflix series include “Never Have I Ever: Season 3,” “Queer Eye: Brazil” and the third season of “Locke and Key.”

As for library titles, the streaming service will add the “Spider-Man” trilogy, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Miss Congeniality” and “Space Jam,” as well as hallmarks of the beloved “Men in Black” and “Bridget Jones” series.

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Check out the complete list of what’s coming to Netflix this month:

August 1

Big Tree City (Netflix family)

28 Days

8 Mile

Above the Rim

The Age of Adaline

Battle: Los Angeles

Bridget Jones...

Just a few months ago, Netflix appeared to be on a very rough track. Then Stranger Things season 4 came around and led to a less-apocalyptic-than-expected Q2 earnings report for the streamer. With its new releases for August 2022, however, Netflix is going to have to find another hit to keep the good vibes rolling. Here are some of their best options.

Perhaps the biggest breakout candidate for Netflix this month is The Sandman on Aug. 5. Though Neil Gaiman’s classic comic has long been thought to be unadaptable, the folks behind 10-episode series are betting they’re the ones for the job. Get ready to meet Morpheus, the king of dreams and the ruler of The Dreaming.

Read more TV The Sandman First Look and Character Posters Introduce Dream, Death, and Desire By Michael Ahr Books Neil Gaiman: How The Sandman Reinvents the Audiobook Format By Rosie Fletcher

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