Netflix: all the originals and licensing announcements of Week 39

• Reality series American Barbeque Showdown premieres 200918
• Orders series The Hunt For Atlantis
• Cancels series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance after season 1
• Licening deal for Schitt's Creek season 6 (final), premieres 201007
• Orders 4 originals from Nigeria:
• series Far From Home (6 episodes)
• film Phone Swap
• film Life 101
• film King of Boys
• Orders comedy film It’s Wednesday Night
• Movie Over the Moon (animated musical) premieres 201023, also in theaters
• Drama series Barbarians premieres 201023
• Movie The Life Ahead (Sophia Loren) premieres 201113
• Orders animated comedy series Trico to premiere early 2022
• Movie David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet premieres 201004
• Series The Queen’s Gambit premieres 201023
• Series The Haunting of Bly Manor premieres 201009
• Licensing deal for movie The Guilty (Antoine Fuqua, Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Licensing deals for 2 CBS series (Evil and The Unicorn), seasons 1, to premiere 201001
• Orders series Anatomy of a Scandal (6x30 min)
• Docu series Deaf U premieres 201009
• Movie Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) premieres 200925, also for non-subs (and on Facebook, YouTube)
• Docu series Whose Vote Counts, Explained premieres 200928
• Docu series The Cabin with Bert Kreischer (5 episodes) premieres 201013
• Movie The Boys in the Band premieres 200930
• Orders Saudi-focused animated series & films from Myrkott Studio, 5 yr
• China controversy:
• US senators ask Netflix to reconsider project with Liu Cixin (based on anti-democratic standpoint)
• Netflix''s response: Liu is the author, not creator of the series, 'Mr. Liu’s comments are not reflective of the views of Netflix or of the show’s creators, nor are they part of the plot or themes of the show'
• Season 3 of talkshow series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction (David Letterman, 4 episodes: Kim Kardashian West, Robert Downey Jr, Dave Chappelle, Lizzo) premieres 201021