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Los Angeles, July 15 - The "Avengers: Endgame" directors, Anthony and Joe Russo return with their next directorial venture The Gray Man for Netflix. The action thriller movie stars Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Arms, Dhanush, and Julia Butters, among others in prominent roles. ## Dhanush marks his Hollywood debut with this $200 million budget pic, which is the costliest movie ever for Netflix. The movie had its world premiere on July 13 in Los Angeles and it was attended by the entire star cast of the movie along with the directors. It will have a limited theatrical release on July 15 before debuting on Netflix on July 22 worldwide. ## "The Gray Man" brings the most talented star cast, however, the movie is not getting the love the makers had expected. The Hollywood critics have slammed the movie and given it a below-average rating. At the time of writing, "The Gray Man" has a low 49% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 59 critics reviews, which is one of the lowest for this year's Hollywood movie. ## The Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus read, "The Gray Man has the star-studded outline of an entertaining action thriller, but it's filled in with lukewarm leftovers from far better films". ## The movie is produced by Russo Brothers, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Mike Larocca, Chris Castaldi, and Palak Patel. The official premise of the movie reads, "When the CIA's most skilled mercenary known as Court Gentry, aka Sierra Six, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, he becomes a primary target and is hunted around the world by psychopathic former colleague Lloyd Hansen and international assassins". ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 13 - Adivi Sesh's biographical action drama film Major scored 8 million viewing hours on Netflix in its first full week in Hindi and Telugu languages. The movie was made available on the streamer on July 3 in all three release languages, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam. ## The Hindi version of the movie was the most-watched Indian title and second-most overall non-English movie globally on Netflix in the week of July 4 - July 10. It scored 5.99 million viewing hours while the Telugu version, which landed at number 8, grabbed 2 million hours of watch time in the movie's first full week on Netflix. ## Directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka, "Major" was released theatrically on June 3rd in the original Hindi and Telugu along with dubbed Malayalam versions. The film follows the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an army officer who was martyred in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It also stars Prakash Raj, Sobhita Dhulipala, Saiee Manjrekar, Revathi, Murali Sharma and Anish Kuruvilla. From its theatrical run, the movie grossed approx. 60 crores worldwide and declared as a box office super hit. ## SS Rajamouli's never-ending obsession RRR Hindi version continued to remain one of the choices on Netflix, especially among overseas audiences. The period action drama film scored 2.85 million viewing hours and remained in the top 10 most-watched non-English films worldwide for the 8th consecutive week on Netflix. ## Hindi movie, Operation Romeo, produced by Neeraj Pandey, opened at number 9 with 1.94 million viewing hours on the streamer. On the other hand, Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, and Tabu-fronted horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 remained in the top 10 for the 4th consecutive week. In its 4th week, the movie scored 1.85 million viewing hours and landed at number 10. The cumulative viewing hours of BB2 have reached 21.70 million on Netflix. ## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, July 12 - American science fiction horror drama series, Stranger Things 4 has been a monster hit for Netflix globally. Created by the Duffer Brothers, season 4 of the series was released in two parts with the first part of 7 episodes debuting on May 27 while volume 2 with the remaining two episodes on July 1 this year. ## The 4th season of "Stranger Things" has not only been a big hit but also created new streaming records. It has become only the second Netflix series ever to score 1 billion watching hours, after Korean hit "Squid Game S1". Apart from this, the series also set a few more records, which are as follows - ## 1. Biggest Opening Weekend Ever For Netflix -## "Stranger Things 4", upon its release on May 27, scored 286.79 million hours of viewing time worldwide during its opening weekend. It stormed past the previous record holder, season two of "Bridgerton", which had 193 million viewing hours in the opening weekend. ## 2. Most-Watched English Series on Netflix of All Time - ## "Stranger Things 4" is now the most-watched English language series of all time on Netflix. The series had reached the top spot by outscoring "Bridgerton: Season 2" in just 17 days. "Bridgerton: Season 2" was watched for 656.26 million hours in its first 28 days while "ST4" has already been watched for 1.15 billion hours on Netflix.## 3. First English Series on Netflix To Be Watched For 1 Billion Hours - ## There have been only two series on Netflix, which have been watched for over 1 billion hours. While "Squid Game" scored 1.6 billion viewing hours, "Stranger Things 4" is the second and the only English language show to achieve the feat on the streamer. "Stranger Things 3" is also in the top 5 most-watched English shows with 582.10 million viewing hours. ## 4. All-Time Nielsen Streaming Record For Any Web Series Belongs To ST4 - ## "Stranger Things 4" has set a new weekly streaming record in the USA, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. According to Nielsen, "Stranger Things" scored 7.2 billion viewing minutes for the week of May 30-June 5, which is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since the advent of weekly rankings almost two years ago. This also includes the numbers of previous seasons, but the majority of viewing hours from S4. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 8 - Hollywood superstar Gal Gadot has heaped praise on mom-to-be Alia Bhatt, who has wrapped up filming for her maiden Hollywood film "Heart of Stone". Alia is undoubtedly one of the most talented actresses in India currently and she has proved her acting skills time and again. ## Alia has been shooting for "Heart of Stone" in London. She is playing the role of Maya Singh, an Indo-American intelligence operative. On Friday, the "Gangubai Kathiawadi" actress took to social media and announced that she has wrapped up filming for her portion in the movie and shared pictures with Gal Gadot and others. ## Now, Gal Gadot has heaped praises on the Brahmastra actress and has called her an amazing talent and such a great person. The "Wonder Woman" actress took to Instagram stories and wrote, "Give some love to my girl @aliabhatt who wrapped on #HearofStone today. Such an amazing talent and such a great person". ## Alia re-shared the story on her Instagram handle and wrote, "Thank you for being sooo wonderful!!!"## "Heart of Stone", which is a spy action thriller film, is being directed by Tom Harper from a screenplay by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder. In the movie, Gadot is playing the role of Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.## Produced by Skydance Media, Mockingbird Pictures, and Pilot Wave, the movie also stars Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer, among others in key roles. It is a direct-to-digital film and will be released on Netflix. ## I will be forever grateful for the love and care I received and I can't wait for you all to see the film!!!!! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️But for now.. I'm coming home babyyyyyy❤️💃🏻— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) July 8, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 6 - Duffer Brothers, the creators of Netflix's global smash hit Stranger Things have formed Upside Down Pictures and signed a deal with Netflix for several new projects. ## Duffer Brothers are already committed to developing the final season of "Stranger Things" for which, they will start writing in September this year with shooting taking place next year for the 2024 premiere. The final season of Netflix's most-watched show will see the epic good vs evil battle between Eleven and Vecna. ## Meanwhile, Matt and Ross Duffer have unveiled plans for a spinoff series of their blockbuster hit for the streamer. The project, details of which are being kept under wraps for now, is but one of five projects the siblings have unveiled as part of their nine-figure overall deal for Netflix. ## The live-action Stranger Things spinoff is based on an original idea by Duffer Brothers. Upside Down will produce the series alongside Shawn Levy's 21 Laps. The Stranger Things stage play is set within the world and mythology of the show and is being produced by Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader), and Netflix. Daldry will also direct. ## A live-action Stranger Things spin-off series based on an original idea by The Duffer Brothers.— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 6 - Actor Ayushmann Khurrana's action thriller Anek was the most-watched Indian movie worldwide in the last week on Netflix. The Anubhav Sinha-directed film was made available on Netflix on June 26 after a disappointing box office run. ## "Anek" scored 4.9 million hours watched in the week (June 27 - July 3), and was the second most-watched non-English film worldwide. It was also trending in the top 10 in 14 countries, including number 1 in India and Bangladesh. ## Meanwhile, Kartik Aaryan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 continued to remain in the top 10 most-watched non-English films worldwide for the 3rd consecutive week. It scored 3.69 million viewing hours last week and was the second most-watched Indian title and 3rd overall on Netflix. BB2 has overall scored 20.1 million watched hours in 17 days. ## On the other hand, SS Rajamouli's epic box office blockbuster is still grabbing attention on the streamer and remained in the top 10 for the 7th consecutive week. In its 7th week on Netflix, it generated 3.5 million viewing hours, which is higher than its 6th week viewing hours of 2.92 million. The total viewing hours of the movie are around 55 million, which is the highest ever for an Indian title. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 6 - Netflix has its second billion hours watched show as Stranger Things 4 has surpassed this rare milestone after the final two episodes.## The final two episodes dropped on July 1st as a part of Volume 2 of "Stranger Things 4" helped the show to pull in another 301.2 million viewing hours last week, including approx. 220 million watched hours of episodes 8 & 9. The total watched hours of this sci-fi horror drama series has now reached 1.15 billion. ## "Stranger Things 4" is the most-watched only show on Netflix and the second most for any language. It is also only the second show ever to cross 1 billion viewing hours on Netflix, after Korean global hit "Squid Game", which clocked 1.6 billion watched hours in its first 28 days. ## The Duffer Brothers-created series was the most-watched show for the week (June 27 - July 3) and it is only expected to rise over the next three and a half weeks. However, "Squid Game's" record is looking like a far cry as "Stranger Things 4" is unlikely to reach that target. ## The season finale of ST4 is one of the most intense episodes yet of the series. It ended on an emotional note, leaving enough scope for the final season of the series to go bang bang. Duffer Brothers recently revealed in an interview that they will start writing the final season in September this year. It will start filming sometime next year and will be debuting in 2024. ## The S4 of the series stars Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Jamie Campbell Bower, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Matthew Modine, and Robert Englund in key roles.

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Mumbai, July 5 - Alia Bhatt's maiden production venture, "Darlings" will start streaming on Netflix on August 5. The Jasmeet K Reen-directed movie stars Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew in prominent roles. ## Alia Bhatt took to social media and announced the release date with a teaser that is full of mystery. "It's just a tease Darlings. Arriving 5th August #DarlingsOnNetflix", she wrote. ## It’s just a tease Darlings. Arriving 5th August#DarlingsOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/6vx2fOVN0k— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) July 5, 2022 ## Produced by Gauri Khan, Alia Bhatt, and Gaurav Verma under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment, and Eternal Sunshine Productions, "Darlings" is a dark comedy that explores the lives of a mother-daughter duo trying to find their place in Mumbai, seeking courage and love in exceptional circumstances while fighting against all odds. ## "Darlings" is Alia Bhatt's second direct-to-digital release after "Sadak 2" which was released in 2020 on Disney Plus Hotstar. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 2 - Netflix's global hit series Stranger Things 4 has set a new weekly streaming record in the USA, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. Season 4 of this science fiction horror drama series has already become the most-watched English series on Netflix with over 930 million viewing hours. ## According to Nielsen, "Stranger Things" scored 7.2 billion viewing minutes for the week of May 30-June 5, which is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since the advent of weekly rankings almost two years ago. ## Nielsen counts all episodes of a series in totaling its streaming rankings, but it is certain that the majority of the 7.2 billion minutes of "Stranger Things" came from the seven episodes of season four released on May 27. ## "Stranger Things" series also has the biggest two-week tally for any streaming show with 12.34 billion viewing minutes. It was watched for 5.14 billion (including more than 75% from S4) minutes in the week of May 23 - May 29. It is also the only series with over 7+ billion viewing minutes in a single week. ## Nielsen's streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don't include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries, and currently only include Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 30 - Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani's Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, after a blockbuster box office outing (still running), has stormed the digital world by taking the number 1 position in the most-watched non-English movie worldwide on Netflix. ## The Anees Bazmee-directed movie debuted on Netflix on 17 June at number 5 with 4.12 million watch hours worldwide in the first 3 days. During the last week (June 20 - June 26), BB2 topped the viewership and was the most-watched non-English film worldwide with 12.29 million viewing hours. ## Produced by Bhushan Kumar and Murad Khetani, BB2 is the 3rd Indian movie in the last two months to score the top position on Netflix after Alia Bhatt's "Gangubai Kathiwadi", and director Rajamouli's "RRR". "RRR", in fact, is the only Indian film to become the most-watched film worldwide for two weeks. It continued to remain in the top 10 for 6 weeks and has scored over 50 million viewing hours so far. ## "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2" has been a huge blockbuster at the box office with over 265 crores worldwide in its 5 weeks. It is still playing in theaters on limited screens and currently is the second highest-grossing Bollywood movie of 2022 after "The Kashmir Files". ## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, June 15 - America's science fiction horror drama series, Stranger Things 4 has become the most-watched English series ever on Netflix. The series reached the top spot by outscoring "Bridgerton: Season 2" in just 17 days. ## Created by The Duffer Brothers, Volume 1 of Season 4 of the show was released on May 27 and it broke the record of the most-watched English series in the first three days on Netflix. The series was watched for 286.8 million hours on the opening weekend, followed by 335 million viewing hours in the week of May 30 - June 5. ## The seven-episode Part 1 of "Stranger Things 4" remained the most-watched Netflix title from June 6 to June 12 worldwide with 159.24 million viewing hours. This takes the total viewing hours of the series to 781.04 million, which is the highest ever in the first 28 days on Netflix. "Bridgerton: Season 2" is at number 2 with 656.26 million viewing hours. ## "Stranger Things 4" topping the Netflix chart is not surprising at all, considering it was the most hyped Netflix series ever since the season was announced. With the final two episodes, which are said to be nearly 5 hours long, yet to premiere, the series might become the most-watched Netflix title for any language. ## Korea's "Squid Game" is the all-time leader among Netflix series in any language with 1.65 billion viewing hours over its first 28 days of release. Part five of "Money Heist" is the second most-watched Netflix series during the said time with 792.23 million hours. "Stranger Things 4", at the time of writing this piece, has overtaken "Money Heist 5" to become the second most-watched series ever. ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, June 15 - There is no stopping SS Rajamouli's RRR on Netflix. The Hindi version of this period action drama film remained the most-watched non-English movie worldwide for the third consecutive week on the streamer. ## "RRR" had already become the first Indian movie to be the most-watched film on Netflix for two weeks and it continued to do the same in the third week as well. It scored 5.23 million viewing hours in the week (June 6 - June 12) and was the top Netflix non-English movie during the said period. ## The Jr. NTR and Ram Charan starrer epic blockbuster has scored a cumulative 44.71 million viewing hours in 24 days and is the second most-watched Indian movie on Netflix after Alia Bhatt-fronted Gangubai Kathiawadi. "RRR", however, is likely to become the most-watched Indian movie in the coming days. ## "RRR" has been trending in the top 10 in 17 countries. In Bangladesh, it is currently the number 1 movie on Netflix while it continues to be in the top 10 in countries like India, Pakistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia, among others. The movie was trending in the top 10 in 54 countries in the last week. ## Meanwhile, another box office blockbuster, Sivakrathikeyan's Don scores big on Netflix. It debuted at number 3 with 3.64 million viewing hours in the first three days. It is also trending in the top 10 in 9 countries, including number 1 in India and Sri Lanka. ## Mammootty's CBI 5: The Brain landed at number 10 in the most-watched non-English films on Netflix worldwide 1.71 million viewing hours. Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt's "Gangubai Kathiawadi" is out of the top 10 for the first time in 6 weeks. It scored over 50 million viewing hours and is the most-watched Indian movie (post-theatrical) on Netflix. ## Stay tuned...