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  • Netflix Posts New ‘Hemlock Grove’ Q&A Video

    Netflix has posted a new Hemlock Grove fan Q&A video to its YouTube channel in which various cast members answer fan-submitted questions from Facebook and Twitter.

    Answers come from Bill Skarsgard, Penelope Mitchell, Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Freya Tingley, and Landon Liboiron.

    Netflix announced that it had renewed Hemlock Grove for a second season back in June. Production designer Drew Boughton told us a couple weeks ago that filming hadn’t begun yet, but that they were starting to set up production for the upcoming season. Netflix added that they had not yet started production.

    The first season has earned a couple of Emmy nominations, contributing to the total of fourteen nominations Netflix shows received (nine for House of Cards and three for Arrested Development).

    More Hemlock Grove fun here.

  • ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Is Being Searched For More Than All Other Netflix Shows Combined [Bing]

    Last month, we looked at some search data from Yahoo about Netflix’s original shows. Orange is the New Black was quickly generating more search buzz than even Netflix’s Emmy-nominated shows House of Cards and Arrested Development.

    Now, Microsoft has shared some information with us about how Netflix’s shows have been comparing with one another in terms of search volume on Bing. Unsurprisingly, Orange is the New Black is being searched a lot more than the others over there as well.

    Orange is the new Black has been the most searched Netflix show of the entire summer, followed by House of Cards, then Arrested Development, according to Bing. In fact, Orange is the New Black has been searched for more than all other Netflix shows combined.

    The rank in search volume on Bing for Netflix shows has been like this:

    1. Orange is the New Black
    2. House of Cards
    3. Arrested Development
    4. Hemlock Grove
    5. Lillyhammer

    Orange is the New Black does have the advantage of being released more recently than the others, but the rest of the list doesn’t really indicate that recency of debut is playing much of a role, other than the fact that Lilyhammer is fifth. It was, of course, the earliest Netflix original. It’s unclear where Mako Mermaids factors into this. Out of the six, it is actually the newest, but hasn’t received nearly the publicity of the rest.

    House of Cards has been out since the beginning of February, and it managed to take the number two spot. The fact that it is up for nine Emmys probably has something to do with it. Arrested Development and Hemlock Grove are also nominated in various categories.

    Lilyhammer is the closest to having a second season available to watch. It’s due out sometime this year, while second seasons of OITNB, House of Cards and Hemlock Grove are all due out next year. Arrested Development is still up in the air, but it’s looking like a movie might be more likely than a fifth season.

    “Laura Prepon was the most search for OITNB cast member, even ahead of series lead actress Taylor Schilling,” a Bing spokesperson says.

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    “Natasha Lyonne was searched for more than her American Pie co-star Jason Biggs,” he adds.

    Both, of course, are in Orange is the New Black.

    The top-searched OITNB cast members on Bing have been:

    1. Laura Prepon
    2. Taylor Schilling
    3. Natasha Lyonne
    4. Kate Mulgrew
    5. Jason Biggs

    “Kata Mara was searched more than any other House of Cards cast member, including Kevin Spacey,” the spokesperson notes.

    The top-searched HoC cast members on Bing have been:

    1. Kate Mara
    2. Kevin Spacey
    3. Robin Wright
    4. Corey Stoll
    5. Kristen Connolly

    “Also, people like Kevin Spacey, Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Robin Wright, Kate Mulgrew, and Natasha Lyonne show up in Snapshot in Bing,” the spokesperson adds.

    Bing recently started adding more info about celebrities in its autosuggest feature as well.

  • Hemlock Grove Season 2 Gets Ready For Production

    Update: Hemlock Grove production designer Drew Boughton tells WebPronews, “No filming has started yet, we are just starting to set up production for season 2. We are all incredibly excited to get back into the world of Hemlock Grove!” Emphasis added.

    A Netflix spokesperson says, “They haven’t started production nor do they start this week…We are not starting production, nor have we started.”

    Original article begins: It appears that Hemlock Grove Season 2 has either begun production or is getting ready to.

    Production Designer Drew Boughton, who worked on the first season (he also worked with Eli Roth on The Man with the Iron Fists), tweeted this out last night:

    This would lead one to believe that production is either underway, or will be very soon.

    Netflix announced in June that it has renewed the show for a second season, and that it will debut sometime in 2014. The first season debuted in April, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect the second season to debut around the same time next year.

    Executive Producer Eli Roth said upon the show’s renewal, “The worldwide fan response to ‘Hemlock Grove’ was phenomenal. Netflix members loved the potent combination of sexy monsters, mystery, and the dark family soap opera that ended with a huge twist, leaving audiences worldwide totally shocked. Season One was just a warm up for what we have in store for season two. Get ready to be scared in ways you never expected.”

    Roth spoke to The Hollywood Reporter back in April, and has this to say regarding the second season:

    Eli Roth: We have the story ideas for season two, but everybody right now is focusing on making season one a success before Netflix gives us the go head for season two. But we definitely have the ideas.

    THR: So you know where the story is going?

    Eli Roth: Yes, and that was part of the pitch when we gave them season one. As much as I think Twin Peaks is my favorite show of all time, you can tell they never intended to solve Laura Palmer’s murder. I’ve talked about this to David Lynch and the network made him do it. And after that happened, they had to figure out a new mythology. We wanted to make sure that we had a long-term mythology that the murder at the beginning kicks off, and the murder is an excuse to dive into the world of this town of Hemlock Grove. Once that murder is solved, which it is, it opens up a much larger mythology that gets played out over several seasons. We wanted to write something that would be deep and that would give the fans something that’s worthwhile to dig into.

    Gaumont International, the studio behind the show, just appointed three new executives at its LA office, including Carol Trussell, who has worked on True Blood and Gaumont’s Hannibal,. Trussell will serve as head of production, and will oversee Hemlock Grove for Netflix, according to Variety.

    We’ve reached out to Boughton, Netflix and Gaumont for confirmation and/or additional details regarding production of the next season. We’ll update if we hear back.

    Hemlock Grove Season 2 will have ten episodes – a few less than the the thirteen-episode first season. The show is currently up for two Emmys.

  • With Its Emmy-Nominated Shows, Will Netflix Sway More People Away From Cable?

    The Emmy nominations are out, and three Netflix original shows have earned fourteen nominations. This is a good sign for the future of high quality original online programming. We’re talking about the Emmys here, and Netflix is just getting started. Its latest show Orange is the new Black is already getting as much positive buzz and as many positive reviews (if not more) than House of Cards did before it. House of Cards has nine nominations on its own.

    Suffice it to say that Netflix is getting off to a pretty good start with its original programming initiative, which largely just began early this year with the release of House of Cards. Prior to that, Netflix just had one original series with Lilyhammer, which hasn’t garnered the buzz that the rest of the shows have, but apparently has done well enough that Netflix decided to carry on with a second season, and the fact that the rest of the shows have generated so much buzz just might lead more people to check out Netflix’s first foray into original content.

    Beyond Lilyhammer, House of Cards, Hemlock Grove and Orange is the New Black all have second seasons in the works, and word is that the company is in talks to get another season of Arrested Development off the ground. The show’s creator has seemed pretty interested, so if all of the puzzles pieces come together on that (particularly the cast members), it’s highly likely that the show will continue.

    To make a long story short, people are interested in watching what Netflix has to offer, and when it comes to original series, it’s not like customers have to worry about titles going away before they get a chance to watch them like they do with other third-party content.

    Emarketer has compiled some interesting data about Netflix subscribers and their television habits. They point to a June study from Cowen and Company, which found that about three-quarters of Netflix subscribers in the U.S. kept their cable, satellite or telecom pay TV subscriptions, but that another 20% said they got rid of theirs. It seems fairly likely that the trend will move toward cord cutting as Netflix along with its competitors like Amazon and Hulu get more original content and make deals to get other well established content.

    “Cord-cutting is typically associated with those in the youngest age bracket, and the survey found this to hold somewhat true,” eMarketer says. “However, there was also a notable propensity to cut the cord among Netflix subscribers between 30 to 44 years old, with 41% having cut pay TV. Overall, this age group was more likely to subscribe to Netflix than 18- to 29-year-old respondents.”

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    Original shows give Netflix an important weapon against its competition, though its competitors are working on similar strategies, but the licensing of third-party movies and television content will remain a critical component. As popular as House of Cards is, for example, it’s nothing compared to the popularity of some cable TV shows.

    The Wall Street Journal reports on a study by GFK, which found that House of Cards accounted for less than one percent of TV shows viewed by regular Netflix users during a week in April, compared to 3% for old episodes of AMC’s Breaking Bad and Mad Men (each). Star Trek (the combined catalog) accounted for 4%. Even still, other popular TV shows like The Office, Fringe, 30 Rock and Glee were also around the 1% mark, according to the report.

    Obviously Netflix knows how crucial it is to have the content people want to watch, which is why it constantly makes new deals to get it. Already in July, it has announced deals with Fox, CBS and PBS, which will enable it to exclusively stream reruns of New Girl, Super Why!, and The Bletchley Circle, as well as stream (non-exclusively) a variety of other popular shows. Meanwhile, to make room for stuff like this, Netflix also regularly filters out the stuff that people don’t watch enough.

    Netflix will report its quarterly earnings on Monday, so we’ll get an idea how things are doing on the business side of things. Either way, users and critics appear to be on board with Netflix’s strategy at large.

  • Netflix Shows Net 14 Emmy Nominations

    History has been made in television land as original shows from Netflix have received a total of fourteen Emmy nominations. This is significant on a historical level, because it marks a new era of TV show consumption – one that stems from the Internet. Original online shows are going head to head with the biggest names in television.

    Of course it’s really about the people involved with the shows more than the medium, but it’s still noteworthy.

    Netflix had been campaigning heavily to encourage nominations for House of Cards and Arrested Development, but it appears the company got more than it bargained for. Not only did House of Cards pick up nine nominations and Arrested Development pick up three, but even Hemlock Grove picked up a couple. Had Orange is the New Black debuted a little earlier in the year, I suspect we’d be seeing it on the list a few times too.

    Following are all the Emmys Netflix shows have been nominated for.

    House of Cards

    Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Kevin Spacey)
    Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – (Robin Wright)
    Outstanding Drama Series (House of Cards)
    Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (David Fincher)
    Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series (Casting directors Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert)
    Outstanding Cinematography (Director of Photography Eigil Bryld)
    Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series (Editor Kirk Baxter)
    Outstanding Music Composition For A Series – Original Dramatic Score (Jeff Beal)
    Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (Jeff Beal)

    Hemlock Grove

    Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (Nathan Barr)
    Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Chris Jones, Jon Massey, Sean Joseph Tompkins, Sallyanne Massimini, Michael Kirylo, Jacob Long, Chris Barsamian, Colin Feist and Kyle Spiker)

    Arrested Development

    Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Jason Bateman)
    Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Editors Kabir Akhtar and AJ Dickerson)
    Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (David Schwartz)

    It will be interesting to see how many awards Netflix shows are able to claim. They are facing some pretty top notch competition. I wouldn’t want to compete in any category against Breaking Bad.

  • Netflix: Hemlock Grove Season 2 Is Now Official (Coming in 2014)

    After a great deal of speculation that Hemlock Grove would be renewed for a second season, Netflx has now made it official. The company announced that it will move forward on another season. This second season, however, will be shorter than the first.

    The show has picked up “seasoned showrunner” Charles H. (Chic Eglee) of The Walking Dead, Dexter and The Shield fame as an executive producer.

    Executive Producer Eli Roth says, “The worldwide fan response to ‘Hemlock Grove’ was phenomenal. Netflix members loved the potent combination of sexy monsters, mystery, and the dark family soap opera that ended with a huge twist, leaving audiences worldwide totally shocked. Season One was just a warm up for what we have in store for season two. Get ready to be scared in ways you never expected.”

    “We are thrilled to be working with Netflix on the second season of ‘Hemlock Grove’, a show that the audience has enthusiastically embraced,” commented Katie O’Connell, CEO of Gaumont International Television.

    The second season will be released sometime next year. There will be ten episodes. Whether it will continue from there is anybody’s guess.

  • Want A Hemlock Grove Season 2? These Words From Netflix Are A Pretty Good Sign

    Update: It’s happening. Netflix has made it official.

    It’s looking more and more like Netflix will renew the show Hemlock Grove for a second season. To be clear, this is still unconfirmed, but pretty much all the signs indicate a renewal is likely.

    When we reached out to Netflix to ask about it a couple weeks ago, the company told us it had not made any decision on it yet. Officially, it would appear that is still the case. However, Dean O’Dell, the show’s art director recently indicated that he thinks the second season will happen. On Twitter, he told us Netflix should confirm “very soon”:

    While Netflix hasn’t confirmed, the company has been talking about the show, with apparently nothing but good things to say about its initial run.

    Yahoo News reporter Peter Nowak writes that Netflix considers Hemlock Grove a “success,” despite negative reviews from critics.

    He quotes Netflix Director of Product Innovation Chris Jaffe as saying, “It’s one of those things where critics were saying one thing, but the popular audience was another. If you look at Twitter, it was crazy. The Internet and data allow us to thin slice it even more. A show like this doesn’t have to be watched by 90 million people. If shows find audiences, we can see that and make relative judgments there. It doesn’t have to be as cold and calculating as a formula.”

    To me, that sounds like the show has a pretty high chance of being renewed.

    Update: It sounds like Eli Roth, who served as executive producer and director on some episodes, would be happy for a second season. He retweeted this today:

  • Hemlock Grove Art Director Thinks There Will Be A Season 2

    Update: It’s happening. Netflix has made it official.

    Dean O’Dell, the art director for Netflix original series Hemlock Grove thinks Netflix will renew the show for another season.

    O’Dell appeared (as a call-in guest) on AfterBuzz TV’s Hemlock Grove show this week, in which he said, “Hopefully in a couple of weeks we’ll be able to yell and scream that Hemlock Grove is coming back. Like anything you never give a show away like a bird in the hand because it’s always one of those fears. In this industry, you gotta take what’s there. I’ve turned down a couple of projects in the hope that everything comes together because I firmly believe that it was such a good program that I believe that Netflix will go again on a second season. I’m trying to keep myself available for that.”

    In a recent article, we speculated that a second season was highly likely, as Netflix had boasted that the dhow outperformed the critically acclaimed House of Cards during the shows’ premiere weekends, and House of Cards has been renewed. It’s currently filming.

    Yahoo recently indicated that searches for “hemlock grove season 2 release date” were spiking, showing that there is a great deal of interest from fans. This interest has been further confirmed by the reader comments we’ve been getting on our coverage of Hemlock Grove.

    Author Brian McGreevy, who wrote the novel the series is based upon has indicated in the past that he would be working on sequels.

    We reached out to Netflix last week, and the company told us that they had yet to make any decisions on a renewal of the show.

    O’Dell’s “couple of weeks” remark is interesting. Perhaps the decision is not too far off.

  • Hemlock Grove Season 2 Still Up In The Air, According To Netflix

    Update2 : It’s happening. Netflix has made it official.

    Update: Netflix hints that season 2 likely (kind of).

    Last month, we reported that while a second season for Hemlock Grove had yet to be announced, one was “highly likely”. Now we’ve heard directly from Netflix that it’s still up in the air.

    “We haven’t made any decisions on renewal for Hemlock Grove,” a Netflix spokesperson tells WebProNews.

    We said a second season was likely for several reasons. For one, Netflix boasted that the show outperformed the critically acclaimed House of Cards in the shows’ premiere weekends. House of Cards Season 2 is currently filming.

    The show is getting viewers, and more importantly, they want more. Despite mixed reviews, the show has an audience. Yahoo recently revealed that searches for “hemlock grove season 2 release date” were spiking, and we continue to get comments every day on our earlier coverage of the topic. They pretty much unanimously beg for more Hemlock Grove.

    Another reason that a second season could be in the cards is because Brian McGreevy, who wrote the novel the series is based upon has indicated that he would be working on sequels to the novel, which would mean more material to draw from.

    Lilyhammer, Netflix’s first original series recently finished up shooting for its second season. A release date for that is also undetermined at this point.

  • Hemlock Grove Season 2 Release Date Unannounced, But Highly Likely

    Update: It’s happening. Netflix has made it official.

    Netflix’s most recent foray into original programming, Hemlock Grove, may not have debuted to the rave reviews of its predecessor, House of Cards, but it did outperform it in its early days. More people watched Hemlock Grove in the first two days of availability, as Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during a recent company conference call.

    Despite the lack of critical acclaim, people seem to like the show. This is usually how the horror genre works. And in the genre, when people want more, they usually get it. See franchises like Paranormal Activity and Saw (or more historically, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm St., etc.).

    Netflix has not announced plans for a second season yet, but it’s hard to imagine the company killing one of the early cornerstones of its original programming experiment if it’s getting the viewers. But viewers aren’t just watching the show. They’re already anticipating more. Yes, already (it did just come out less than a month ago). This is no doubt a side effect of releasing an entire season’s worth of episodes at the same time.

    Nevertheless, as Yahoo reports, there is a high volume of people searching for the release date of the second season, despite no announcement that it will even happen.

    The involvement of Eli Roth (one of the show’s producers, who also directed the pilot) was, without a doubt, a huge part of the interest the show generated ahead of its release, but t’s hard to say how much he would be involved with a second season. He clearly has a lot on his plate (and some of us are still hoping he can find time to make “Thanksgiving“). Still, there’s no apparent reason that Netflix wouldn’t push forward with a new season with or without him.

    There shouldn’t be a lack of material, based on reports of Brian McGreevy’s work on sequels to the novel upon which the show is based. Shock Til You Drop reported in April of last year:

    McGreevy has a second Hemlock Grove novel nearing completion, with a third fully outlined, so expect at least two more seasons should the series find a following.

  • Eli Roth Thinks About Funding Films With Kickstarter

    Director Eli Roth, whose Hemlock Grove was recently released as a Netflix original series, appeared on The Adam Carolla Show to discuss a variety of things. The topic of Kickstarter came up, and it sounds like this might be an avenue Roth could explore for getting films made in the future.

    Thanksgiving anyone?

    “This new Kickstarter thing is changing everything,” says Roth. “I’ve actually thought about funding movies this way, because you don’t have to pay back any investors, and then basically whatever the release plan is, like you own the movie one hundred percent, and you have nothing to lose. You don’t have to pay anybody back.”

    Carolla also mentions that he’s shooting a Kickstarter video with Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, so we’ll be on the lookout for that.

  • Netflix Shares Behind-The-Scenes Looks At Hemlock Grove

    Netflix uploaded a trio of behind-the-scenes videos for its new show Hemlock Grove to YouTube. If you’re a fan of the show, check them out:

    Netflix said last week that Hemlock Grove attracted more debut weekend subscribers than even the -popular House of Cards, though reviews haven’t been quite so favorable.

  • Hemlock Grove: The Early Reviews Are In, And It’s Not Looking Good

    Hemlock Grove: The Early Reviews Are In, And It’s Not Looking Good

    Today, Netflix debuted all 13 episodes of their new original series, Hemlock Grove. Based on Brian McGreevy’s book of the same name, the horror series deals with the brutal murder of a teenage girl and eventually, werewolves. The series is produced by Eli Roth of Cabin Fever and Hostel fame.

    And the early reviews are in, and they aren’t looking good for Netflix’s third major original series. Here are some blips from some of them:

    The L.A. Times: “Let me be clear: As a for-profit visual arts experience, ‘Hemlock Grove’ is terrible in ways that mock the meaning of the word ‘terrible,’ with clunky acting, tra-la-la transitions and at least one monster that walks like a bad Frankenstein and appears to be wearing the very same wig/hat we used.”

    The Telegraph: “So is Hemlock Grove another triumph for the TV and film streaming site? The short answer is no. Quite the reverse in fact. Hoping to be a cross between Twin Peaks and True Blood, with a hint of E4’s soapy thriller Revenge thrown in for good measure, this sexed-up 13-part series, I’m afraid, is Netflix’s first dud. Where it tries so desperately to be eerie and esoteric, it winds up as derivative as anything the basic TV channels churn out on a regular basis: hammy, hackneyed and disjointed.”

    Variety: “If the underlying formula is as old as ‘Dark Shadows,’ there’s still a need for more narrative momentum than the 13-episode series initially delivers. So while one can understand why Netflix would augment its original slate with this mix of talent, ‘Hemlock Grove’ remains a mere niche confection, one likely to play best among those genre fans who can’t see the forest for the trees.”

    HitFix: “But it’s also a mess: a horror series with a weirdly slow build (you don’t even see the lead werewolf character transform until the end of the second episode), a mix of campy performances and competent ones, and just enough intriguing ideas to make me wish the entire thing was a lot better than it is.”

    There is a glimmer or hope, as Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+, saying, “When all the blood is mopped up, Hemlock, like so many horror flicks before it, is about the ­monster inside all of us and the human bonds that prevent us from becoming our beastliest selves.”

    Of course, reviews aren’t everything – just one person’s opinion. But it definitely appears that Hemlock Grove isn’t going to benefit from the widespread, nearly-universal acclaim handed out to Netflix’s last original series – the superb political thriller House of Cards.

  • Hemlock Grove Now Available On Netflix

    Hemlock Grove is now available for streaming on Netflix. The wait is over.

    All thirteen episodes of the first season can be found here.

    It’s going to be interesting to see if it can match the success of House of Cards, which Netflix debuted earlier this year. It quickly became the most popular show on IMDB.

    There was a time when I wouldn’t have expected a horror show to achieve that kind of success, but after the popularity of The Walking Dead, who knows? It doesn’t hurt that Hemlock Grove comes with Eli Roth, who has great respect for the genre, attached. He did, however only direct the first episode and serve as executive producer on three episodes.

    The show stars Famke Janssen, Penelope Mitchell, Freya Tingley. See the full cast here.

    Here’s the red band trailer:

  • Netflix’s Hemlock Grove Gets New Red Band Trailer

    Hemlock Grove, the next original series from Netflix comes to subscribers on Friday. All episodes of the first season will be made available at once, much like the format for House of Cards.

    We’ve seen a number of trailers for Hemlock Grove so far, but today, Netflix put out the first red band trailer, with all of the sex, violence, and language fans of Eli Roth (the show’s director) would expect.

    It’s going to be interesting to see how Hemock Grove is received following the success of House of Cards, which quickly became the most popular TV show on IMDB. That’s coming to DVD in June, by the way.

    Next month, Netflix subscribers finally get to enjoy the long-anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development.

  • Netflix To Debut Pablo Escobar Drama ‘Narcos’ in 2014 [REPORT]

    Netflix To Debut Pablo Escobar Drama ‘Narcos’ in 2014 [REPORT]

    Fresh off the instant success of their first big-budget series House of Cards, Netflix may already be lining up another series to expand upon their position as a true content provider and alternative to traditional cable.

    According to Deadline, Netflix is eyeing a new project called Narcos, a series centered around Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Like House of Cards, Narcos’ first season would be 13 episodes. Apparently, Netflix is shooting for a 2014 release.

    The series would be created and helmed by Brazilian director Jose Padilha.

    Padilha, who is best known for his 2007 film Elite Squad and the 2010 film Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, will make his break into big-budget American cinema with 2014’s Robocop remake.

    Netflix would be partnering with Gaumont International Television, the American wing of the French studio Gaumont. Launched in 2001, Gaumont International Television has already worked with Netflix on Hemlock Grove, a new original series from horror master Eli Roth which is slated to drop on April 19th.

  • Hemlock Grove, the Eli Roth Netflix Series, Gets a Trailer

    Hemlock Grove, the Eli Roth Netflix Series, Gets a Trailer

    The David Fincher/Kevin Spacey political drama House of Cards hits Netflix Instant on February 1st, and Arrested Development is coming in May. But don’t forget about another Netflix original/exclusive program that’s on the way.

    Hostel and Cabin Fever director Eli Roth has a show coming to Netflix, and today it just got its first trailer. It’s called Hemlock Grove, and it’s based on the novel of the same name by Brian McGreevy, who is also credited as a writer on the show.

    And today, it got its first trailer. Check it out:

    We haven’t heard too much in the way of details surrounding Roth’s take on Hemlock Grove, but here’s the summary of the novel’s plot:

    The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel mill. A manhunt ensues—though the authorities aren’t sure if it’s a man they should be looking for.

    Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family—their personal fortune and the local economy having moved on from Pittsburgh steel—where, if rumors are true, biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he’s a werewolf. Or perhaps it’s Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly control freak of a mother, Olivia.

    According to IMDb, the Netflix series will focus on “a werewolf struggling both as a monster and as a human.”

    You can expect all 13 episodes to arrive at once (something common to all the new Netflix original/exclusives) when it premieres on April 19th.

  • Hemlock Grove From Eli Roth: Another Original Series For Netflix

    Whatever damage Netflix did to its reputation last year is quickly fading, or at least the company is doing its best to make it do so, as it gets more into original, exclusive programming. So far, we’ve heard about plans for House of Cards, new episodes of Arrested Development and possibly Reno 911, and even seen the debut of original series Lilyhammer (which isn’t bad, by the way).

    Now, news comes that Eli Roth (pictured above: image from his Facebook Page, not the show), director of horror classics Cabin Fever, Hostel and Hostel Part II (not Hostel III), has a new show called Hemlock Grove on its way to Netflix, which Roth has deemed his “new BFF”:

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    Eli Roth    #FF #HemlockGrove author @diegomcgreevy #CabinFever co-writer @randazzles #SpringBreaker @Bellekorn & my new BFF @netflix(image) 4 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    IMDB has little info about Hemlock Grove other than the listing of Roth as director and Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy as writers. It’s based on a novel by the latter. Here’s Amazon’s description of the novel:

    The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel mill. A manhunt ensues—though the authorities aren’t sure if it’s a man they should be looking for.

    Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family—their personal fortune and the local economy having moved on from Pittsburgh steel—where, if rumors are true, biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he’s a werewolf. Or perhaps it’s Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly control freak of a mother, Olivia.

    At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and the darkness in us all, Hemlock Grove has the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right—and Brian McGreevy the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, it will star Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard, and the 13-episode first season will be available early next years to Netflix Instant customers.

    All I know is that fans of Roth’s work in film will certainly be interested in checking the show out, as a Roth-directed film has not been released since 2007, unless you count “Nation’s Pride,” the Nazi propaganda film within a film in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, which he also starred in.

    Roth has been involved in production roles on a handful of films since then, as fans await film projects he’s hinted at in the past, which may or may not still be happening (Endangered Species and Thanksgiving).

    This isn’t the first time Roth has ventured into television (if Netflix counts as Television – which it should), though it is at the directorial level. He’s made numerous appearances on various TV programs, and recently hosted Curiosity: How Evil Are You? on the Discovery Channel.

    Netflix, by the way, has also been in talks to possibly acquire ABC’s The River.