Deadline.com reports that Netflix is in talks to pick up 13 episodes of a new horror series by Eli Roth.
Netflix is finalizing a deal with Gaumont International Television for a 13-episode series order to Hemlock Grove, an hourlong thriller/horror series executive produced and directed by Eli Roth. This marks the first foray into television for top horror feature writer-director-producer Roth, creator of the Hostel franchise. Hemlock Grove is based on Brian McGreevy’s upcoming gothic horror novel of the same name, which will be released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on March 27. Set against the backdrop of our darkest myths, adolescent deceptions, ravenous relationships and rumors of a werewolf, the series re-imagines everything it means to be a monster as reflected in the struggle to be human.
Netflix is starting to act more and more like HBO.
Thanks to FearNo1 for sending this in.
Does anybody know how exactly streaming is rated/regulated? I mean, MPAA rates movies and you have the TV rating system... is Netflix not held to any standard like regular web video? If Eli Roth can have the handcuffs of ratings guidelines taken off this could be interesting. I could see a lot of risque' shows looking at Netflix since the market is pretty limited with HBO/Showtime/Starz.
Posted by: Nate | December 13, 2011 at 06:27 PM
Good question. I think internet streaming is not rated at all. Netflix prob will not allow some content, e.g. XXX, to be streamed as a good will jester to those who would object to it.
Posted by: FearNo1 | December 13, 2011 at 06:52 PM
I like that they're getting new content, but GOD is Eli Roth a terrible writer/director/actor. Can't get excited about this.
Posted by: J-Witt | December 13, 2011 at 07:22 PM
I don't know J-Witt, I was not a fan of the Hostel franchise but did very much enjoy 2001 Maniacs & Cabin Fever. Both had elements of slapstick/comedy to them similar to the Evil Dead, that's where I think Roth thrives. If he ventures outside of that, it doesn't seem to work.
Posted by: Nate | December 14, 2011 at 06:18 AM
I don't mind Netflix streaming XXX, but I would like an easy way to prevent my kids from assessing that content (perhaps, a PIN or password). Right now, there's no difference between "Dora" and "Barely Legal".
Posted by: Chapel Hill Ice | December 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
The ultimate answer if you ask me CHI, is profiles. Different logins for different people. Not just controlling content, but to separate viewing habits. I have no idea which Mythbusters I haven't seen because my daughter has watched them all now.
Posted by: Nate | December 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM
As a tangent aside, it seems to me nf is getting much better on the tv show front. I bought my parents a 3 month streaming only subscription last year and remember telling them to watch 30 Rock. This year I'm recommending - in no particular order - Walking Dead, 24, Bones, Arrested Development, Mad Men, Weeds, Nip & Tuck, Breaking Bad, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy and White Collar. They mostly watch the big 3 so this should be a nice change of pace for them. I'm not expecting them to like half of it, but I'm sure they'll find something new that hooks them. Just seems like a way larger selection than this time last year. (Sorry for wasting everybody's time if I'm completely wrong about that.)
Posted by: Robert Emmerich | December 14, 2011 at 01:18 PM
OOOOoooo
Posted by: al | December 14, 2011 at 05:31 PM
When Netflix can talk James Gandolfini into coming back and making a new season of "The Sopranos" exclusively for Netflix, then Netflix will be acting more like HBO. Until then, don't change the channel because I'm busy watching "Boardwalk Empire".
Posted by: Edward R Murrow | December 14, 2011 at 07:52 PM