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When was the last time you set foot in a video rental store? Years ago, right? Or maybe you’ve never even been inside one. Well, if you press play on the first three minutes of Netflix’s new workplace sitcom Blockbuster, you’ll gain early entry into this once-sacred space for movie lovers. Be warned, though, you may have to deal with a light guilt trip from manager Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) about opting for the ease of streaming services for so long.

Blockbuster creator Vanessa Ramos, who previously co-produced Superstore and wrote for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, kicks off the series by acknowledging the irony that it’s streaming on Netflix. She also serves up some cheeky allusions to other Netflix titles fans are likely to have watched.

Beyond its first few minutes,the show is jam-packed with movie references, which Ramos says reflects how she and Blockbuster’s other writers speak.

Tires is a workplace comedy series created by the immensely popular stand-up comedian Shane Gillis. The Netflix comedy series is set in a tire shop and follows the daily hijinks of all the employees from Shane’s quippy remarks to Will’s latest humiliation. Tires stars Gillis in the lead role with Steve Gerben, Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox, Stavros Halkias, and Andrew Schulz. So, if you loved the comedy and the characters in Tires here are some more workplace comedies for you to watch next.

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Get out your membership cards. The last Blockbuster store in the US is planning to run an ad during the Super Bowl.

No, a bunch of late fees didn’t suddenly appear in its bank account. The store, located in Bend, Oregon, won’t be buying a seven-milliion-dollar TV spot. Instead, it’s streaming on Instagram. It will also play it on a VHS tape at the store, then will make the tape available for rent at 2 per day.

The store is no doubt counting on media (like this site) to pick up on the plans, thus saving several million dollars.

“We are doing a fun, retro-style commercial that we will be releasing during the Big Game. We are featuring it during halftime in the store and on social media,” store owner Sandi Harding told Oregon Live in an email.

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History has a funny way of repeating itself. After nearly two decades of headlines about streaming services killing off DVD rental services, Netflix is once again delivering the deathblow to Blockbuster Video.

Last month, the streamer made the very ironic call to launch a new 10-episode series called "Blockbuster," embracing the idea of a throwback with a single-camera workplace comedy about the employees of the last Blockbuster video store. The concept turned heads for pretty obvious reasons: long before the era of 'Netflix & Chill,' Netflix was just a lowly DVD rental service being crushed by the cultural domination of Blockbuster Video. But overtime, they went from underdog to usurper and eventually, forced Blockbuster out of business. So making a chummy, lighthearted comedy about the company's destruction seemed a bit petty — but that's nothing compared to the latest update.

Per Variety, Netflix has decided not to renew "Blockbuster" for a second season.

"Blockbuster", the new 'workplace' TV sit-com series created by Vanessa Ramos, set in the last "Blockbuster Video" store, starring Randall Park as 'Timmy', the manager, has ben canceled after one season on Netflix:

"...the series explores what, and who, it takes for a small business to succeed in the second time Netflix has used the 'Blockbuster' brand, following their documentary feature "The Last Blockbuster"..."

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Blockbuster is not returning for a second season. Netflix has cancelled the comedy series, which arrived on the streaming service with 10 episodes on November 3rd.

From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, the Blockbuster series stars Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. The workplace comedy follows Timmy Yoon (Park), a dreamer who operates a Blockbuster Video store. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster store in America, Timmy and his employees — including his long-time crush, Eliza (Fumero) — fight to stay relevant and keep the store afloat.

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When Netflix announced it was making a sitcom about Blockbuster employees, the irony was lost on absolutely no one.

The Vanessa Ramos-created workplace sitcom was about the last Blockbuster video store in America, and Netflix was the primary reason that most of those stores shuttered. Netflix’s original business model of sending DVDs through the mail was a major obstacle for the iconic video store chain, but its eventual pivot to streaming proved to be an insurmountable death blow to Blockbuster.

To many, the sitcom was a declaration of victory, one corporation asserting its dominance by dancing on the grave of a competitor. But when the show began streaming in November, it never broke through as the nostalgia-invoking cultural phenomenon that its champions expected it to be. So Netflix decided to end “Blockbuster” for the second time.

Sources have confirmed to IndieWire that Netflix opted not to renew “Blockbuster” for a second season.

Netflix is closing up its Blockbuster.

The streaming service made the decision Friday to cancel the comedy series after a single season.

The series didn't make an impact on the streamer's viewership metrics, which typically spells doom for any series.

The series launched to tepid reviews in November.

Blockbuster starred Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).

"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video," the logline teases.

"Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store is officially the last Blockbuster in America."

"He now has no choice but to take action to stay open and keep his friends employed. Timmy...

Netflix is getting out of the “Be Kind, Rewind” business.

The streamer has cancelled the workplace comedy Blockbuster after one season, TVLine has learned. The news comes just six weeks after the release of Season 1, which dropped in its entirety on Nov. 3.

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Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) and Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) starred in the single-camera sitcom that explored “what it takes — and,...

The comedy series “Blockbuster” has been canceled after just one season at Netflix.

The 10-episode series launched its one and only season on November 3. The show was a single-camera workplace comedy about the employees of the last Blockbuster Video in the world.

The series starred Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Jb Smoove, Kamaia Fairburn, Leonard Robinson, and Keegan Connor Tracy. Vanessa Ramos created the series and served as executive producer. David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also served as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox executive produced via Davis Entertainment. Universal Television was the studio.

The cancellation of the series is not altogether unexpected. “Blockbuster” failed to break into the Netflix Top 10 rankings in the U.S. upon its debut upon its debut and in the first full week after its debut. Per Netflix, it only reached the top 10 in two countries following its launch,...

Netflix has opted not to renew new comedy series Blockbuster for a second season.

The decision is not surprising. The single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park had a quiet run after launching Nov. 3 and never cracked Netflix’s weekly Top 10.

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Netflix’s pickup of the series was full of irony since Netflix originated as an underdog movie rental upstart that was almost crushed by then-dominant giant Blockbuster Video before ultimately turning the tables and forcing Blockbuster out of business.

When "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" writer Vanessa Ramos' brand new Netflix series hit the streamer earlier this month, the world thought it was odd that "Blockbuster," a story based on the world's last video store that Netflix popularly put out of business, would find a place on it. Viewers are undoubtedly familiar with the irony of Netflix making a show about their former competitor available to the rest of the world. Ramos knows it too.

"Blockbuster" star and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" veteran Melissa Fumero and "Fresh Off The Boat" star Randall Park play the leading roles in the series as the employees of the last Blockbuster video store in the United States who fight to keep the store relevant. /Film's Valerie Ettenhofer, in her review of "Blockbuster," described the series as "a bizarrely dissonant look at late capitalism" and that its wacky humor makes it an enjoyable network-style sitcom to watch. That appears...

The new series "Blockbuster" just hit Netflix, and if that sentence sounds strange to you, you're not alone. The new sitcom about the world's last Blockbuster store certainly seems like an odd fit for the streaming giant that all but put it out of business, and the team behind the show was acutely aware of the dissonance. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creator Vanessa Ramos was asked whether Netflix execs are aware of the irony of a show about their former competitor landing on the streamer.

"They absolutely do," Ramos told the outlet, but she says the folks at Netflix were totally okay with being talked about in the show. "I was so thrilled that they were on our side. It's weirder to not acknowledge it. We have a couple references to it throughout the show." The series follows Timmy (Randall Park), the manager of a Midwest...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Blockbuster season 1

Netflix’s workplace sitcom Blockbuster season 1 left plenty of questions unanswered, making it unclear whether it will be renewed for season 2. Starring Randall Park as Timmy and Melissa Fumero as Eliza, and created by Vanessa Ramos, Blockbuster follows the journeys of the employees working in the last remaining franchise branch of Blockbuster Video on the planet. But, following the Blockbuster season 1 finale, it's unclear what direction the show might take next.

A show like Blockbuster premiering on Netflix is indisputably ironic, but the series is carried by its characters and the comedic hijinks they endure to keep the store afloat. The Blockbuster season 1 finale left the audience with numerous questions, however. For instance, it's up in the air whether Timmy will finally throw in the towel and let the store close after its destruction, or whether his relationship with Eliza will finally progress after...

Stars: Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur | Created by Vanessa Ramos | Directed by Payman Benz, Aleysa Young, Katie Locke O’Brien, Jackie Clarke

Timmy Yoon is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees (including his long time crush, Eliza fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.

Ah, Blockbuster. I genuinely miss going to my local store every other weekend to rent the newest video game, and spending the entire week playing it and having the time of my life before the dreaded day when I ultimately had to return the game in the little metal door outside the building. There was something special about Blockbuster Video that nearly everyone seems to miss.

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Netflix is bringing Blockbuster back, and everyone involved is aware of how that sounds.

The streaming giant on Thursday launched its new comedy series Blockbuster, starring Randall Park, Melissa Fumero and J.B. Smoove. The show centers on Timmy (Park), the manager of the once-prominent video-rental chain’s last remaining store, as he tries to keep the brand alive while competing with streaming culture. Blockbuster, set in Michigan, is a fictionalized look at the company’s final still-existing franchised location in Bend, Oregon, that was the focus of the 2020 documentary The Last Blockbuster.

Series creator Vanessa Ramos tells The Hollywood Reporter that Dish Network, which currently owns the Blockbuster rights, toured the show’s set to verify its authenticity, including making sure that the re-created store used the exact hues of blue and yellow. She also emphasizes that Netflix was more than happy to...

Randall Park shares his hopes for Blockbuster season 2. Having recently made its debut on Netflix, Blockbuster stars Park as Timmy Yoon, a store manager who finds himself in charge of the last Blockbuster on Earth. The ten-episode series, which is created by Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore writer Vanessa Ramos, is a workplace comedy that weaves in a bit of movie and entertainment industry commentary along the way, but is deeply interested in the dynamics between the characters and the bonds that develop between them.

The comedy gained a lot of interest on the way to making its debut, in part due to the competitive history between Netflix and Blockbuster. Another element that added to the project's intrigue is the impressive cast of Blockbuster, which also includes Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, and J. B. Smoove. Although it hasn't been renewed by Netflix, there is a lot of...

In its heyday, Blockbuster Video boasted over four thousand locations in the United States alone. That’s a lot of return slots.

As the Blockbuster conglomerate grew, millions of people headed out to get their video fix by driving to the closest blazing bright blue and yellow sign to browse in person. If you were a film aficionado from the late 80’s to the early 2000’s, Blockbuster was (probably) your jam. (Hi. Hello. It’s me.)

Blockbuster, a new Netflix series that takes its name directly from the once-popular chain, knows all of this, and it sincerely hopes to appeal to your nostalgia sweet spot. In fact, multiple characters comment on the nostalgia factor throughout the first season, with one person even saying, “never underestimate nostalgia” at one point in time. However, by setting the narrative in a bleak version of the present instead of the storied past, the series...

A series of unfortunate events play out in Blockbuster‘s Season 1 finale, laying the groundwork for a potential Season 2 of the workplace comedy.

It all begins when Timmy arranges for former child star Lil’ Stevie (played by Saturday Night Live vet Bobby Moynihan) to make an in-store appearance, which quickly goes awry. He thus finds himself with a store full of aggravated customers when a solar storm wipes out the Internet. Without access to streaming services, everyone is desperate for DVDs — so desperate, in fact, that one customer rents a Jimmy Fallon movie. On purpose! Eventually, a fight breaks out between Percy and Lil’ Stevie,...

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for season 1 of Blockbuster.Creator/showrunner Vanessa Ramos shared with The Huffington Post that Blockbuster character Connie Serrano is inspired by her mom and that she came up with the idea for the sitcom in 2020. The show sees Timmy Yoon doing his best to keep the final Blockbuster in business after corporate shuts down the rest of the stores. Timmy and his co-workers are sweet and determined to make the show a success, but they also make lots of jokes along the way, which contributes to the light tone of the series.

Whether Timmy is coming up with ideas to save the store or wondering if it's possible to fire someone when he has such a strong connection with everyone, Blockbuster has a funny protagonist and the rest of the employees have quirky senses of humor.

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It may be hard to picture Melissa Fumero having an on-screen romance with anyone but Andy Samberg at this point, but such is the case in Netflix’s new series “Blockbuster.” Here, she gets to act opposite Randall Park, and according to Fumero, it was a very easy thing to find a spark with him.

In the series — the first season of which is now streaming — Fumero plays Eliza, an employee at Blockbuster who’s going through some rocky times at home. Her husband Aaron cheated on her with a girl named Erin, and her daughter has no idea, so she blames Eliza for everything falling apart. Meanwhile, Eliza is only begrudgingly at Blockbuster, since it was the job she had in high school. The only thing that makes it bearable for her is her friend and manager Timmy (Park).

“Well I mean, thankfully, Randall is like the easiest person to have chemistry with,...

This weekend, Netflix is welcoming a drama thriller TV series, a comedy TV series, the return of a young detective, and the final season of an acclaimed TV series. Last weekend, the streaming giant added the Singaporean mystery series Mr. Midnight: Beware The Monsters, the action-fantasy movie Blade of the 47 Ronin, and the animated movie Hotel Transylvania 2, along with the horror anthology TV series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, the drama movie The Good Nurse, the epic anti-war movie All Quiet on the Western Front, season 6 of Big Mouth, and the stop-motion horror comedy Wendell & Wild.

This weekend, and as it does on the first days of every month, Netflix will add a variety of licensed content, such as the action movie Oblivion, the drama movie Still Alice, the action thriller Man on a Ledge, the sports drama Moneyball, the rom-com Notting Hill, the biographical action movie Captain Phillips,...

Are you ready to make it a Blockbuster night?

Netflix on Thursday dropped all 10 episodes of the new workplace comedy, which is set against the backdrop of — you guessed it! — the last Blockbuster Video in America. At its center is Randall Park’s Timmy, a man-child who is determined to keep the former retail giant’s one remaining location open for as long as he can.

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"Oh, let's talk about jokes," Vanessa Ramos says. "I only ever want to talk about jokes." The writer's first series as showrunner, "Blockbuster," is packed to the brim with them. There are even gags audiences might not catch at first glance, including a subplot about a missing person that basically plays out in the background. 

"Blockbuster" isn't Ramos' first experience with workplace comedy. Previously, she wrote for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Superstore," not to mention produced and penned a handful of standout episodes from HBO's "Crashing." During lockdown, she had the idea for "Blockbuster." The ensemble comedy, which stars Randall Park ("WandaVision") and Melissa Fumero ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine"), taps into some nostalgia for the days of roaming video stores. Although the Netflix show's tone is mostly nice and light on its feet, it also has its moments of strange references and bizarre subplots. Recently, Ramos told us about how a few of those jokes came about.

What’s it like working at the last Blockbuster in existence? Well, it’s just like any other workplace comedy, really, except the employees have a bit of a distaste toward Netflix and its algorithms — which might be odd for a series that’s literally a Netflix original. But according to executive producer Vanessa Ramos, the streaming giant was more than onboard with poking fun at themselves; they encouraged it.

In “Blockbuster,” now streaming its entire first season on Netflix, store manager Timmy (Randall Park) is informed that he is now the manager of the last Blockbuster in existence. Even corporate has gone under, so he’s a sole owner of his store. This means a whole lot of freedom for Timmy, but also a lot of stress, knowing that he’s now in a streaming age.

There’s no shortage of jokes at the expense of Netflix and other streamers in the premiere episode,...

Journey back to one of the most beloved locations in history with Blockbuster. The Netflix sitcom is set in the last Blockbuster store to exist and follows the employees as they try to keep the now-small business alive while also exploring their personal lives.

Randall Park leads the cast of Blockbuster alongside Melissa Fumero, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, Olga Merediz, J.B. Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. Hailing from Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore alum Vanessa Ramos, the series is another humorous workplace comedy sure to please fans looking for the next The Office or Parks and Recreation.

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In anticipation of the show's premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with creator Vanessa Ramos to discuss Blockbuster, why she was surprised to cast Randall Park, her thoughts on the future, and more.

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Though “Blockbuster” ostensibly takes place in a Michigan strip mall, it immediately feels stuck in an uncanny valley of Netflix’s strategic making. It’s not the fault of the show itself — a workplace comedy set in the last Blockbuster video store — that the biggest streaming service on the planet bought it, but without being set in the past, it has a hell of a hard time getting out from underneath that shadow all the same. Unable to criticize the very entertainment model putting brick and mortar rental places out of business, but trying to sell a scrappy story of comeback kids all the same, “Blockbuster” quickly gets stuck in a low gear that never quite lets it live up to its potential.

Which is a shame! Even before watching a single minute of the show (which premiered Thursday Nov. 3 on Netflix), it was exciting to imagine what it might...

The new Netflix comedy Blockbuster takes a lighthearted swipe at James Corden — a swipe that, in light of recent headlines, may be interpreted in a way other than the series intended.

Midway through Season 1’s sixth episode, “Parental Control,” video store associate Connie (played by Olga Merediz) is struggling to get through an evening shift. When her coworker Eliza (Melissa Fumero) points out that it’s only 7 pm, Connie tells her that she’s usually asleep by that point, having one of her reoccurring nightmares about Corden.

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When “The Last Blockbuster,” a documentary celebrating the Blockbuster Video store in Oregon that became the final surviving vestige of the once-mighty video rental chain, found its audience on Netflix, the irony was so neat it barely qualified as such. After all, where else could a contemporary documentary reach so many people but the very streamer that helped kill off Blockbuster?

It’s a bit more perverse, however, that Netflix has apparently made Blockbuster nostalgia part of their brand, picking up “Blockbuster,” a workplace sitcom once intended for NBC. The show is loosely based on the same final Blockbuster outpost depicted in the doc — though the location has shifted to a midwestern strip mall — and follows the store’s transition from part of a waning corporation to a de facto mom-and-pop operation. Timmy (Randall Park), an earnest go-getter who hasn’t actually gone anywhere in his decades with the store...

Netflix's Blockbuster show features a talented cast of characters featuring plenty of familiar faces. Following the release of the documentary The Last Blockbuster and the continued novelty surrounding one location's attempt to keep a single Blockbuster store open, Netflix announced plans for a workplace comedy set in the last Blockbuster. Created by Vanessa Ramos from Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the show's first 10-episode season was officially announced in 2021 and began production in early 2022.

The plot of Blockbuster follows Timmy, a lifelong lover of movies and manager of a Blockbuster store in Michigan. His life changes when he receives a call from corporate informing him that his store is now the last Blockbuster in the world. Desperate to keep the store alive, Blockbuster follows Timmy's various attempts to recruit more customers to physically rent their entertainment instead of relying on streaming services like Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and more to satisfy them.

If there’s anything to appreciate about “Blockbuster” — and beyond its three talented leads, pickings are slim — it’s how quickly the new Netflix series tells you exactly what it is, and what it isn’t.

The opening scene sees Timmy (Randall Park) greeting a customer who’s hasn’t visited his local video rental store in three years. Before the manager can rattle off all the reasons why people get too busy to partake in at-home motion pictures, the shopper cuts him off: “I’ve been watching Netflix.”

Thank goodness, right? The Blockbuster/Netflix connection, after all, is the elephant in the room: “Blockbuster” is ostensibly about the last Blockbuster storefront in America, and it’s only available to watch on the service that many credit for putting Blockbuster out of business. (This isn’t entirely true.) Acknowledging the awkwardness right out of the gate could have been a good thing.

Sometimes, art imitates life, and magic is born. In the case of Netflix’s upcoming workplace comedy, Blockbuster, producers are taking inspiration from a once-familiar franchise and competitor. The comedy series Blockbuster is going to be about employees at the last Blockbuster Video in the United States. This comes on the heels of Netflix’s documentary The Last Blockbuster, which looked at the history and the workers at the actual last Blockbuster Video franchise in the world. Netflix has a notorious relationship as a competitor with the video rental store. One of the biggest events was when Blockbuster passed on a chance to acquire Netflix for 50 million when now the streaming service is worth about 102 billion. Vanessa Ramos, known for her work on Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, serves as writer and executive producer. It is set to premiere on Netflix on November 3, 2022. With an ensemble cast led by Randall Park and Melissa Fumero,...

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The single sharpest joke of Netflix’s Blockbuster is the one contained right there in that phrase: This is a comedy set at the very last Blockbuster on Earth, premiering on the very platform that helped kill all the other Blockbusters.

The irony is so striking and unavoidable that the series tackles it head-on in the very first scene, as a customer admits he hasn’t come by lately because he’s been “doing Netflix, like everybody.” The recommendation algorithm’s been letting him down, though, and that’s where the store staff comes in. It takes a human touch to deduce that what he really needs for his broken heart is Under the Tuscan Sun, when he’d never have picked it out for himself.

But having made a point about the importance of brick-and-mortar retail in an online world, complete with...

There's a moment in the pilot of "Blockbuster," the new Netflix sitcom from "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Superstore" writer Vanessa Ramos, when the staff of the last Blockbuster in the world reaches their hands out, going in for a morale-raising group cheer. Before they can count down ("'Blockbuster' on three!"), jaded employee Eliza (Melissa Fumero) pauses to point out the irony of a once-monopolizing video store chain that put mom-and-pop stores out of business now being positioned as an underdog. It's an apt footnote and a rare moment of self-awareness for a series that, despite being quite funny, often has trouble reconciling the odd space it takes up in a late capitalist world.

There is, for example, the inherent contradiction of the show's own premise. "Blockbuster" sets itself up as a series that's all about the scrappy fight to keep physical media alive, but it's streaming exclusively on Netflix, the company that was,...

Randall Park is a freshly minted cinephile.

The “Fresh Off the Boat” actor credited upcoming Netflix sitcom “Blockbuster” for introducing him to new films. Park plays store manager Timmy Yoon at the last Blockbuster in the world, located in Bend, Oregon. While the real-life store was the subject of 2020 documentary “The Last Blockbuster,” Netflix took a fictionalized approach for a sitcom about a failing business.

“My initial hesitation was, ‘Oh, it’s about Blockbuster, is it just gonna be like a pure kind of nostalgia play?'” Park told Screenrant about signing on to the series, streaming November 3.

Yet “Blockbuster” turned out to be film school 101 for Park.

“I know nothing compared to [my character] Timmy,” Park said of his movie knowledge. “Timmy is like a cinephile, a true cinephile. I actually watched a lot of movies based on the recommendations that Timmy would give to other characters, and I discovered some...

Before audiences took to streaming platforms for their viewing, video rental stores were the talk of the town, though now, only one remains in Blockbuster. Set in the eponymous store, the workplace comedy centers on the manager and employees of the last-ever Blockbuster as they try to keep the business alive in their small town.

Randall Park leads the cast of Blockbuster alongside Melissa Fumero, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, Olga Merediz, J.B. Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. With a clear reverence for the community setting of heading to a local video store and blending it with the modern workplace setting, the series is a hilarious and heartwarming treat for those who grew up spending their Friday nights heading to their local Blockbuster.

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Ahead of the show's premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with stars Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, and Olga Merediz to discuss Blockbuster,...

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Netflix is browsing memory lane with an ironic subject for nostalgia: renting movies.

Blockbuster, a workplace comedy launching Nov. 3, stars Randall Park as Timmy, the frazzled manager of the last remaining Blockbuster Video store. While set in present day, the series that also stars Melissa Fumero and Jb Smoove is a reminder of the rental company’s heyday pre-streaming.

Launched in Dallas in 1985, Blockbuster Video quickly grew to hundreds of stores and in 1994 was acquired by Viacom for 8.4 billion. At its peak in the early 2000s, the rental giant operated more than 9,000 stores worldwide — and even had the chance to purchase a fledging company called Netflix for 50 million. Blockbuster passed, and before long, it was struggling to keep up with its new DVDs-by-mail rival. By 2014, all corporate-owned stores had shut down; today, only one franchised location remains in Bend, Oregon, as seen in the 2020 documentary The Last Blockbuster.

Randall Park and Melissa Fumero return to the workplace sitcom genre with Blockbuster. Park stars in the Netflix series as Timmy Yoon, the manager of the last Blockbuster store who tries to keep the doors open and his team together in an increasingly digital age.

Alongside Park and Fumero, the cast for Blockbuster includes Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, Olga Merediz, J.B. Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. Blending the wholesome sensibilities of Ted Lasso with the workplace format of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, from which both Fumero and creator Vanessa Ramos hail, the show is a fun and charming entry into the genre.

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Ahead of the show's premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with stars Randall Park and Melissa Fumero to discuss Blockbuster, developing a rapport with one another, and whether they're as knowledgeable for cinema as their characters.

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Once upon a time in cities across the U.S., one of the most popular destinations on a Friday or Saturday night, aside from the multiplex, was the local Blockbuster.

Though it has long since been replaced by streaming, the rental chain, which went belly up more than a decade ago, once held prime spots on the weekend social calendars of families, couples, teens, gamers and solo movie-lovers as the place to peruse the shelves and pick out a VHS or DVD to take home — temporarily.

“I would spend all of Friday night in a Blockbuster because I could never decide what movie to get,” Randall Park recalled to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday before heading into the world premiere of his new Netflix series Blockbuster at Tudum Theater in Hollywood. “I was one of those guys who would be there for hours...

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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2, Blockbuster and Wif Honors.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever world premiere

The highly anticipated sequel made its debut on Wednesday night in Hollywood, alongside director Ryan Coogler and stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Winston Duke and newcomers Tenoch Huerta and Michaela Coel. Rihanna, who has new music on the film’s soundtrack, also made an appearance, as well as a starry guest list including Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Janelle Monáe, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Regé-Jean Page, Tyler Perry, Simu Liu and Quinta Brunson.

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"Blockbuster" is the new 'workplace' TV sit-com series created by Vanessa Ramos, set in the last "Blockbuster Video" video store, starring Randall Park as 'Timmy', the manager of the last "Blockbuster Video" store, streaming November 3, 2022 on Netflix:

"...the series explores what, and who, it takes for a small business to succeed in the second time Netflix has used the 'Blockbuster' brand, following their documentary feature "The Last Blockbuster"..."

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Netflix’s Blockbuster is set in the last Blockbuster video store on the planet. Randall Park plays Timmy the manager and as the official trailer reveals, he’s doing everything in his power to keep his employees employed and the store’s doors open.

The season one cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Olga Merediz as Connie, Jb Smoove as Percy, and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla.

Vanessa Ramos created the half-hour comedy and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Jackie Clarke, David Caspe, John David, and John Fox are also involved as executive producers.

The 10 episode season will premiere on November 3, 2022.

The Blockbuster Plot:

Timmy Yoon (Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job,...

There’s something undeniably troll-like about Netflix launching a series revolving around an enterprise it helped run into the ground. Then again, Blockbuster Video owes a portion of its pop culture relevancy to the streamer, who in 2020 released The Last Blockbuster, a documentary about the video rental store’s last gasp. Putting those things aside, today, we have Netflix’s Blockbuster trailer. The promo teases the new comedy series from Vanessa Ramos, featuring a cast of comedic greats struggling to keep the last Blockbuster Video from going the way of the dodo.

Here’s the official description for Blockbuster:

Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.

Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store...

Do you miss Blockbuster?

If the answer to that question is Yes, then Netflix might have the perfect show for you.

The streaming service unveiled the full-length trailer for its forthcoming workplace comedy titled -- you guessed it -- Blockbuster.

The trailer looks very much like an NBC comedy, and that should bode well for fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore.

The series comes from Vanessa Ramos, who worked on the two NBC comedies.

The cast includes Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).

EPs include Jackie Clarke, David Caspe and John David & John Fox for Davis Entertainment.

"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video,...

Netflix sitcom “Blockbuster” is just salt in the wound of the ol’ tale of streaming killed the video store star.

Randall Park leads the series as Timmy Yoon, an “analog dreamer living in a 5G world” per an official description, where he is operating the last remaining Blockbuster Video store in the country. Per the official synopsis, Timmy and his staff employees, including his long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero), then must fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.

The series also stars Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. “Blockbuster” premieres November 3 on Netflix.

“Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” producer Vanessa Ramos created the series with David Caspe (“Happy Endings”) and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox also executive produce for Davis Entertainment.

“Blockbuster,” a Netflix comedy series about the flagship movie rental store starring Randall Park, has set a premiere date for Nov. 3. The half-hour comedy’s 10 episodes will premiere all at once on the streaming service.

Park plays Timmy Yoon, an analog dreamer who is in charge of the last operating Blockbuster Video in the United States. Timmy, alongside the rest of his employees, must work to remind their community that the local store can provide the human connection that big corporations can’t.

Alongside Park, the cast includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman and Olga Merediz as Connie Serrano. Recurring guest stars for the series include J.B. Smoove as Percy Scott and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla Scott.

Vanessa Ramos created the show and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Her previous credits include working on “Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Universal Television produced the show,...

Melissa Fumero as Eliza and Randall Park as Timmy in ‘Blockbuster’ (Photo Cr. Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022)

Remember the days of actually getting in your car and driving to a Blockbuster while crossing your fingers a new DVD release you’ve been dying to see is available? And then when it’s not, trying to figure out what you haven’t already watched a million times before so you don’t leave empty-handed? Netflix’s Blockbuster dives into those good old days when streaming didn’t exist and everyone owned a DVD player.

The 10-episode series is set in the last remaining Blockbuster Video and stars Randall Park as the store’s manager, Timmy Yoon. The cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, and Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman. Olga Merediz plays Connie Serrano, Jb Smoove is Percy Scott, and Kamaia Fairburn stars as Kayla Scott.

Netflix’s workplace comedy Blockbuster is set to release its 10-episode first season on November 3. The series stars Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn

From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, Blockbuster follows Timmy Yoon (Park), an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.

Alongside Ramos, the series is also written by David Caspe and Jackie Clarke who are also executive producers. John Davis and John Fox are also EPs for Davis Entertainment. The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

More first-look photos can be found below.

Streaming killed the video store, but Netflix is keeping the spirit alive.

On Friday, the streamer shared the first images from the upcoming sitcom “Blockbuster”, about the last Blockbuster Video store in the U.S.

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Randall Park as Timmy – Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

“Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world,” the longline reads. “And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.”

Olga Merediz as Connie, Melissa Fumero as Eliza – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla, J.B. Smoove as Percy – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

The series is...

Remember Blockbuster? In its latest series, Netflix is exploring the end of the home video store, and a first look at the project suggests the plot includes quite a few shenanigans.

“Blockbuster” will follow Timmy Yoon, played by Randall Park, who is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. After learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees — including his long time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero) — fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.

You can see Park in a first look image at the top of the page, where he appears to be smiling at a customer while sporting that (vintage) Blockbuster employee polo.

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