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Happy New Year! There isn’t a better way to start the New Year than binging on dozens of brand-new movies and TV shows that were just added to the Netflix UK library.

First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:

Fool Me Once (Limited Series) N

Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 8

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | Runtime: 50 Minutes

Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J Scanlan

Michelle Keagen marks her Netflix debut in the long-awaited and anticipated adaptation of Harlan Coben’s 2016 novel Fool Me Once. The series landed on Netflix on New Year’s Day, and we expect it to be featured extensively in the weekly top ten reports on Netflix UK for the next few weeks.

A grieving widow’s life is thrown into even more turmoil when her murdered husband appears on her secret nanny camera, leading her to uncover a shocking and deadly conspiracy.

Zack who? Talk of the Joel Schumacher cut of Batman Forever has been going on for quite some time and now one famous Bat-fan is ready to release that edition. Writer/director Kevin Smith has come forward to announce that he not only has a copy of the Schumacher Cut but plans to talk about it next week.

Speaking on the Fatman Beyond podcast, Kevin Smith revealed to co-host Marc Bernadin, “You know what I got a copy of? Batman Forever, the f*ckin’ Schumacher Cut. So guess what I’m gonna do. I probably shouldn’t be talking about this, Warner Bros.’ gonna take my ticket away…I’ve watched it—it’s longer.” Despite the joke, Smith did reveal that there is an extended opening and added that this version is a good copy with a temp score.

Did @ThatKevinSmith got a copy of the Schumacher Cut of #BatmanForever?...

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The fifth season of the hit Formula 1 docuseries, Drive to Survive, has just been released on Netflix.

As with past seasons, the series’ latest entry has re-ignited our love for F1 — just in time for the 2023 F1 season’s first race in Bahrain. But, like so many binge-able series, we raced through Drive to Survive Season 5 faster than Charles Leclerc at Baku, and now we’re itching...

AGC Studios has hired Rocket Science executive Diane Ferrandez as senior VP of worldwide sales and distribution as part of a trio of new hires.

Ferrandez, who has been at Rocket Science since 2018, most recently held a senior role at the London-based sales and financing outfit. In addition to doing deals with studios, independent distributors, platforms and broadcasters, she played a key role in building out the company’s slate. Ferrandez worked on such titles as “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “May December,” “Crimes of The Future,” “Better Man,” “Mothering Sunday,” “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Schumacher.”

Ferrandez began her career working for Paris-based sales company Wide Management, where she was head of international sales. Prior to that, she had worked at production and distribution companies including Cohen Media, Playtime and Snd.

Elsewhere, AGC Studios has also brought on board Sara Ghorra as manager of worldwide sales and distribution,...

Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” will begin filming in Melbourne, Australia in early 2022 under the direction of Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”).

Williams is one of the U.K.’s most prominent entertainers and one of the best-selling artists of all time. He first found fame with the group Take That, from 1989 to 1995, and then segued into a successful solo career. The film will offer an introspective look into the experiences that shaped Williams, both on and off stage.

Singer-actor, Williams is expected to appear as himself, with some of his songs re-interpreted and recontextualized in the film.

“Better Man” will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by leading film distributor, Roadshow Films. International sales are handled by U.K.-based Rocket Science, which previously handled “Schumacher” and “The Trial of The Chicago 7.”

The project was confirmed Friday by Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state authorities.

Don’t know if you’ve heard but Netflix is doing pretty well with their local language releases. Now, with its list of new releases for September 2021, Netflix is leading with one of its biggest international hits.

Season 5 of the worldwide smash Money Heist is set to premiere its first half on Sept. 3. This Spanish series (called La Casa de Papel in its native tongue) about a group of geographically-named thieves found new life on Netflix to become a global phenomenon. Other international series of note this month include Sex Education and Jaguar.

Netflix’s roster of originals in September 2021 is pretty packed even beyond that. The final season of Lucifer premieres on Sept. 10. That will be followed by He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on Sept. 16 (not to be confused with Masters of the Universe: Revelation) and Mike Flanagan’s next horror series, Midnight Mass, on Sept. 24.

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“Schumacher,” a documentary on champion German Formula 1 racing driver Michael Schumacher, will stream on Netflix from Sept. 15. The film follows his journey from his humble beginnings to the top of Formula 1 where he dominated with seven world championship titles and a total of 91 victories.

In addition to his father and his brother Ralf, Schumacher’s wife Corinna and his two children Gina and Mick, by now a Formula 1 driver himself, speak openly for the first time, as do his closest peers and competitors. Among them are Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone, Sebastian Vettel, Mika Häkkinen, Damon Hill, Flavio Briatore, David Coulthard, Willi Weber, Luca di Montezemolo, Piero Ferrari, his manager Sabine Kehm.

Benjamin Seikel and Vanessa Nöcker from B|14 Film GmbH produced “Schumacher”. Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker and Michael Wech directed the film.

London based Rocket Science is representing sales and distribution of the film worldwide and facilitated the partnership with Netflix.

Thirty years, nearly to the day, since German motor racing legend Michael Schumacher first joined the Formula One circuit and six years since a near-fatal skiing accident took him out of the limelight, Netflix has unveiled the global launch of documentary Schumacher, on the life and career of one of the sport’s most iconic figures.

The documentary, which will trace Schumacher’s rise from humble beginnings racing around a gravel pit in Kerpen in West Germany to his domination of Formula One — he has a joint-record seven World Drivers’ Championship titles and, at the time of his 2012 retirement, held ...

Thirty years, nearly to the day, since German motor racing legend Michael Schumacher first joined the Formula One circuit and six years since a near-fatal skiing accident took him out of the limelight, Netflix has unveiled the global launch of documentary Schumacher, on the life and career of one of the sport’s most iconic figures.

The documentary, which will trace Schumacher’s rise from humble beginnings racing around a gravel pit in Kerpen in West Germany to his domination of Formula One — he has a joint-record seven World Drivers’ Championship titles and, at the time of his 2012 retirement, held ...