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Final ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Will Cost Record $15 Million An Episode

September 27, 2017 10:40 am

It can hardly have escaped your attention that the production value of TV has skyrocketed in recent years. It’s not so long since even some of the best shows around — “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” for one — looke...

Netflix Cancels ‘The Get Down,’ Baz Luhrmann Says He’s Focused On Movies

Kevin Jagernauth

May 25, 2017 9:41 am

News, Television

As Netflix grows, the longterm endgame for the service to rely less on licensing content from Hollywood studios and production companies, and more on continuing to pursuing their own diverse slate of original p...

Millie Bobby Brown And ‘Stranger Things’ Cast Celebrate MTV Win At Netflix’s Emmy Kickoff

Gregory Ellwood

May 8, 2017 3:38 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

Millie Bobby Brown might have delivered a tearful acceptance speech after winning Best Actor in a TV Show at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards, but only a few hours later she was celebrating with her "Stranger T...

Baz Luhrmann Looks To Step Down From Season 2 Of Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’

Matthew Monagle

April 14, 2017 3:30 pm

News

While some might refer to the recent new batch of "The Get Down" episodes on Netflix as the show's second season, that's actually not the case: Netflix decided to get a jump on its production schedule by splitt...

‘The Get Down’ Doubles Down On Its Cartoonish Sensationalism In Season 2 [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

April 7, 2017 1:42 pm

News, Television

To begin with an unfortunate hot take, Baz Luhrmann's cinematic vocabulary doesn’t include subtlety. For the Aussie director, every moment of drama must become glaring melodrama, color must explode off the scre...

Return To The Bronx With The New Trailer For Netflix’s ‘The Get Down – Part II’

Kevin Jagernauth

March 9, 2017 9:46 am

News, Television, Trailers

When "The Get Down" arrived last summer, it came packaged with buzz that usually doesn't get associated with Netflix shows — over budget, behind schedule, troubled. Indeed, the Baz Luhrmann-produced series grew...

‘The Get Down’ Reportedly Cost $16 Million Per Episode, Might Be A Flop For Netflix

Kevin Jagernauth

October 24, 2016 10:45 am

Television

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When “The Get Down” debuted its first six episodes on Netflix this summer, Baz Luhrmann’s music driven series was preceded with plenty of conversation about its tumultuous production. The series went through a ...

Podcast: ‘Bingeworthy™’ Launches As The Playlist’s TV-Focused Podcast

Kimber Myers

September 8, 2016 2:50 pm

Podcasts, Television

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Welcome to the first episode of Bingeworthy™, The Playlist's new podcast devoted to all things TV. This week Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez helps me kick things off with a discussion of what we've been watching ...

‘The Get Down’ Soundtrack Features Jaden Smith, Janelle Monáe, Kamasi Washington, Leon Bridges, And More

Kevin Jagernauth

August 15, 2016 4:27 pm

News

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This weekend, Netflix unveiled their most expensive series ever, "The Get Down." Baz Luhrmann's look at the rising era of disco, soul and hip-hop in '70s New York City was a messy production that went through t...

Baz Lurhmann’s Netflix Drama ‘The Get Down’ Is Uneven, But Entirely Vital [Review]

Kimber Myers

August 11, 2016 12:18 pm

Reviews, Television

There’s rarely been a better argument for auteur-driven television than “The Get Down.” Though it arrives from a large creative team including Pulitzer-Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, Nas and Catherine Marti...

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