Say what you will about the streaming giant, but Netflix has proven time and time again to be the most diverse player in the streaming world today; diverse, that is, in how it manages to get involved with news ranging from embarrassing to heinous to inconvenient to baffling, all while only being directly responsible for a portion of it.
Indeed, no one attracts misfortune and poor decisions like Netflix, which took a rather unorthodox dive into another IP as it prepares for damage control in the wake of the allegations against Tenoch Huerta. As if that wasn’t enough, it looks like some of that bad Netflix juju has rubbed off on one of the streamer’s reality television stars, and at this rate, it’s going to take a lot more than a high-scoring thumbs-up from overseas to tip the scales in favor of the Blockbuster killer.
Netflix finally renews something for a second season… but Prime Video is 10 steps ahead
Screen adaptations of popular video game franchises are the healthiest they’ve ever been, and Netflix must have taken that as a sign to go all in on their upcoming animated Tomb Raider series, going as far as ordering a second season despite the first season having not yet aired even years after the show’s announcement.
Of course, someone probably forgot to tell Netflix that Prime Video is in the midst of developing a Lara Croft-centric live-action universe, but if it’s confident enough in its gestating animated series to go head-to-head with such an ambitious project (that, to Netflix’s credit, Amazon has yet to release any content for), then all the power to it.
Korea gifts Netflix a binge-able win for action fans everywhere
Not everything finds itself among Netflix’s Top 10 for the right reasons; a quick glance at Ryan Murphy’s Monster franchise all but confirms that. So, whenever a well-crafted work deservedly gets its merits reflected in audience viewership, a celebration is in order.
Such is the case with Bloodhounds, an eight-episode Korean miniseries that follows the plight of two fledgling boxers who become wrapped up in the criminal underworld. A great show getting the attention it deserves is good news in its own right, but considering it also satiates action fans, who aren’t always given the best Netflix content to chew on, this might be one of the bigger victories the streamer has scored in a while.
Amanza Smith’s health scare leads to hospitalization
There’s a time and a place for sardonic comments on reality television, and this is neither of those; indeed, we wish nothing but a safe and speedy recovery for Amanza Smith, one of the more recognizable faces from Netflix’s Selling Sunset series, who was recently subject to an unnerving revelation in the form of a blood infection in her spine.
After multiple scans confirmed the infection, called osteomyelitis, the star was admitted to a hospital where she seems to be currently undergoing treatment in the form of antibiotics and surgery; never doubt the life-saving potential of a checkup.
A Netflix comic book adaptation sprouts a new headache in the form of Tenoch Huerta
Whenever sexual assault allegations come out of the entertainment world, the gross reality is that the conversation almost immediately turns to how the accused’s public image will affect their involvement with, and subsequently the consistency/reception of, the projects they star in.
So while the hearts of most human beings would go out to the people affected by these alleged events, Netflix is probably more concerned with how the presence of Tenoch Huerta, the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star who was recently accused of predatory behavior, might impact The Chosen One, the upcoming Netflix series based on the American Jesus comic book series.
It’s unclear how prominent Huerta’s role will be in the series (although his star-making turn in Wakanda Forever suggests his newfound fame will be taken advantage of), but judging by the momentum against the actor following the initial allegations, involving him at all will be a bad look for Netflix, and rightly so. It’s an extra-sour taste in the mouths of American Jesus fans, whose dream adaptation looks set to be overshadowed by Huerta’s alleged unsavory antics.