Streaming News Round-Up 4/6/21

Godzilla vs Kong Has Monster Success at HBO Max

The movie has become the largest streaming audience for any movie since launch on HBO Max. 3.6 million households tuned in for at least five-minutes during the first five days of release, according to Samba TV, a third-party ratings company. That's a larger audience than the 2.2 million that saw Wonder Woman 1984 or the 1.8 million that saw Zach Snyder's Justice League in the same time period.

You can watch my video review of the film here.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce New Netflix Series

The docuseries will focus on the organization that Harry founded in 2014, the Invictus Games. It is an Olympics-style event for wounded veterans. The series will focus on a group of athletes preparing for the Games in 2022. This is their first project in a multi-million dollar deal they signed with the streaming company.

Netflix To Produce Two Sequels to “Knives Out”

They recently completed a deal to produce the films that was reportedly worth a whopping $450 million, one of the biggest streaming deals ever. Daniel Craig will be back for both films. Jamie Lee Curtis, on the other hand, is out.

The first Knives Out movie is available to streaming on Amazon Prime Video (for now).

“Space Jam: A New Legacy” Debuts Trailer

Space Jam: A New Legacy will be in theaters and on HBO Max on July 16th.

Regé-Jean Page Will NOT Return for Season Two of Bridgerton

Despite being the breakout heartthrob star of the first season of Netflix's hit show, Page will be not be back for another go-round it turns out. The official word is that each season is a self-contained story about a different sibling in the Bridgerton family and this was the plan all along. Some speculate, however, that this has more to do with contract negotiations than anything else.

The second season begins filming this spring.