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Netflix Announces Exclusivity Of Kevin Spacey’s and David Fincher’s “House of Cards”

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:07:54 +0000

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has announced that in late 2012, the company will be streaming the series “House of Cards” exclusively. “House of Cards” is a political thriller that has David Fincher as the Executive Producer and stars Kevin Spacey.

There will be at least 26 episodes of “House of Cards.” The series is inspired by a BBC mini-series from the 1990s. The BBC series was originally written as a novel by former UK Conservative Party Chief of Staff Michael Dobbs. It explores darkness of British politics that happened after the Thatcher era. Spacey will be acting as a politician that wants the top job. Fincher, known for directing The Social Network movie will be directing the pilot that was written by Beau Willimon.

[Netflix Blog]

Netflix Considering Spending $100 Million On Original Videos

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:21:50 +0000

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is facing immense competition from companies like Hulu, Redbox, Apple, Google, etc. In order to distinguish themselves from others, they are considering to spend $100 million on original video content. As a matter of fact, Netflix is starting out by investing in an original series called “House of Cards” directed by David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. Netflix outbid other TV networks, including HBO and AMC to get their hands on the series. [BusinessInsider]

Kevin Spacey Talks To David Letterman About How To Use Twitter

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:12:29 +0000

Actor Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night and he gave a tutorial on Twitter.

Spacey boasted how many followers he had and said that Letterman does not even get that many people watching his show. Spacey wrote a tweet from the show (screenshot below) saying hi to his followers from the show. Letterman said that if he wanted a few thousand people to say hi to him back he could just go on 53rd and Broadway and wave.

By the conclusion of the Spacey interview, Letterman said that Twitter reminded him of “a waste of time!” Check out the video above, it is worth watching.

David Fincher May Direct A Facebook Movie

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:07:38 +0000

David Fincher was a movie director for Fight Club, Se7en, and Panic Room. Now he is being considered to direct a movie that revolves around the growth of Facebook and the life of Mark Zuckerberg. The working title of the movie is called “The Social Network” and Columbia Pictures is in advanced talks with Fincher.

The movie will start with Zuckerberg’s creation of the social network while at Harvard University back in 2004 to the point where it has over 200 million users today.

Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca would be the producers. Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti may also be involved. The author of the script is Aaron Sorkin. Columbia hopes to begin production later this year. Another rumor about the movie is that Michael Cera and Shia LaBeouf are being looked at to play the role of Mark Zuckerberg.

[via Variety/Mashable]