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Netflix Closes Two More Studios

Netflix Closes Two More Studios https://ift.tt/sHACcwS Earlier this summer, Netflix-owned developer Night School released Unhinged , a horror game that was playable on televisions/screens through the streaming app. Unhinged was met with acclaim by players, and Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters recently called Unhinged one of "our two most successful cloud game debuts" during an investor call . Regardless, Night School has been shuttered by Netflix's latest round of cuts. As reported by Game File , Night School and Moonloot are the latest gaming developers to be closed down by Netflix. According to the outlet, Netflix justified the closures by noting that the streamer is narrowing its focus to games for kids, party games, story-driven titles, or "games with mainstream hooks." "We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution, so we are making organizational changes to the business to match those priorities," said Netflix in a statement to Ga...
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Netflix's Obliterated Lets Cobra Kai Creators Return To Their R-Rated Roots

Netflix's Obliterated Lets Cobra Kai Creators Return To Their R-Rated Roots https://ift.tt/aAh6w7i

At a glance, it may seem surprising that Netflix's new action-comedy series Obliterated is from the same guys responsible for the long-running hit Cobra Kai. After all, Cobra Kai is about teenagers learning karate, adults coming to terms with the misdeeds of their youth, and plenty of '80s nostalgia. Obliterated, on the other hand, is filled with sex, drugs, alcohol, explosions, psychedelic trips, and the threat of a nuclear apocalypse. Put plainly, it's a far more graphic and "grown up" show than the teen-facing Karate Kid companion series. However, it's actually a very familiar comfort zone for showrunners Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald.

Before the trio pitched Cobra Kai to be made, they were actually rather successful in the world of raunchy R-rated films. Hurwitz and Schlossberg were the writers behind the Harold & Kumar films, before they teamed with Heald to write both Hot Tub Time Machine films. So, if anything, Obliterated is their way of going home again, after several years writing for teenage characters. Still, the change was a shock to the system, at first.

"It was like going off of an extreme diet and just eating like all the fast food and comfort food that you would want, because we come from that R-rated world," Schlossberg explained. "We love comedy that pushes the envelope. Working on Cobra Kai, that tone doesn't really play into the Karate Kid universe. So we don't use that part of our brains when we write Cobra Kai."

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