Latest Netflix News: a High-Octane Exclusive Series Faces Streaming Execution as Netflix Dodges a Horror Remake That May Not Actually Exist

In many ways, this has been another day in the office for Netflix at the moment; a shoddy genre is beefing up the streamer’s Top 10 lists, and it’s taking the axe to a series that can only be watched on Netflix (although that second point has a topsy-turvy asterisk to it).

But in other ways, it’s a moment in history; the service is somehow the site of genuine excitement for an upcoming live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, it’s allegedly ditched a movie that may or may not even exist, and it’s set to welcome two of television’s finest-ever heavyweights onto its roster.

The Bride of Frankenstein may have just been abandoned, and we still don’t know if it even exists

With Guillermo del Toro down on the grindstone with his Frankenstein adaptation, one has to wonder if the next wave of Universal monster movies will be the key to launching their popularity into a similar echelon occupied by superhero movies. And with rumors of one Maggie Gyllenhaal taking the reins on a Bride of Frankenstein remake, that plot only continues to thicken.

But Bride of Frankenstein is just that; a rumor. It’s peculiar, then, that Netflix has allegedly distanced itself from the project, seeing as it isn’t even confirmed to be real. If true, it just may be the single most pathological exercise in proactivity we’ve ever seen, and to have it come from Netflix would feel strangely appropriate.

Somehow, someway, the specter of M. Night Shyamalan isn’t lingering for Last Airbender fans

If ever a film were capable of flirting with a quick edit of the Geneva Conventions, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender — based on the beloved, critically-acclaimed Nickelodeon cartoon of the same name — would be it. Indeed, as far as adaptations go, perhaps only the infamously woeful The Last Airbender could be properly weaponized for torture purposes.

It’s no great leap, then, to assume that Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the same material — titled Avatar: The Last Airbender — will prove to be much better. Still, one might think that, after Shyamalan’s attempt, the thought of any live-action adaptation of this material would make for more than a few queasy stomachs.

And yet, the Last Airbender fanbase was all smiles when presented with an update on how the series is coming along, with nary a reservation in sight. Their enthusiasm is something to be admired, for sure, and we can only hope that that gets honored with a quality final cut.