Netflix Looks to Original Series and Cancelled Shows for More Content

By Karla Robinson
March 26, 2012

Netflix is taking new steps to boost its content offerings. The streaming video and DVD rental service has plans to produce an original horror series to premiere next year and may potentially acquire two broadcast dramas.
“Netflix describes the 13-episode horror series, ‘Hemlock Grove,’ as a ‘gripping tale of murder, mystery and monsters set in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town,'” reports Mashable. “The show is based on a Brian McGreevy novel by the same name and is being directed and produced by Eli Roth. ‘X-Men’ actress Famke Janssen and ‘Anna Karenina’ actor Bill Skarsgard are among those who have already been cast for the series.”
The streaming service is considering buying rights to the recently cancelled Fox show “Terra Nova” as well as ABC’s “The River,” which is expected to be cancelled after the first season.
“For Netflix, amassing a large stable of original series is just one way the service is attempting to win the broader industry battle over content,” the post states.

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