Quashed dreams

As 2021 continues to zoom along and it's nearing mid-March already, here in the United States thoughts are likely starting to turn to the two certainties in life--taxes and St. Patrick's Day. Before either are directly at hand, there's another full week of content on Netflix to kick back with. While there's not exactly a ton of new entries into the streaming service's catalog in the coming days before next week, open-minded viewers will be rewarded with some adventurous offerings. On March 10, Dealer offers a different twist on the found footage genre. Dealer is a crime thriller about the "tensions [that] erupt when two filmmakers infiltrate an area ruled by gangs to shoot a music video for a rapper." Set in the South of France, "each episode is an adrenaline rush," with "Tony, a charismatic but unpredictable drug gang leader [who wants] to break into the rap music scene" at the series's center. That the show is being presented as a found footage series tells you a few things … [Read more...] about New On Netflix This Week: Dealer, Bombay Begums, And More

One of the biggest surprises in the Disney+ Marvel show WandaVision was the appearance of Evan Peters as Wanda's brother Pietro. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer has spoken more about this, and revealed there was no back-up plan if Peters couldn't do it. Peters played Pietro--aka Quicksilver--in the X-Men films, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson appearing as Pietro in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While the movie rights to the X-Men are now owned by Disney, the two superhero universes are yet to cross. The final episode of WandaVision reveals that it's not Pietro at all, but an ordinary man named Ralph Bohner that Wanda has "recast" as her dead brother, making Peters' appearance little more than an in-joke. Nevertheless, Schaeffer states that she was only given permission to use Peters at the last minute. "[Using Peters] was an enormous question mark for a very long time," she told the New York Times . "And it took a while to figure out if it would be possible. It was late that it was finally … [Read more...] about WandaVision Showrunner Says There Was “No Plan B” For Pietro Casting