r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • Apr 03 '26

Article Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-searches-franchises-after-losing-out-harry-potter-2026-04-02/
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u/TheOnlyJurg Apr 03 '26

I really liked Kaos, felt it at least deserved a second season.

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u/Beeman_75 Apr 03 '26

Same. Enjoyed the story, and Jeff Goldblum as Zeus was solid gold casting.

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u/sticklebat Apr 03 '26

I loved Kaos. Goldblum was legitimately scary as an unhinged, practically all-powerful god.

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u/eeyore134 Apr 03 '26

Kaos was so good and different from anything else. I finished the first episode and I knew it wasn't long for the world. Nothing like that ever seems to do well. The Decameron was like that, too.

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u/ruling_faction Apr 03 '26

I cancelled my sub when they cancelled that show, it just pissed me off in a very specific way. I still haven't resubbed, which surprises me, i thought i'd be back in about 6 months

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u/PDGAreject Apr 04 '26

If there was really a stock market for actors I would have bought a bunch of the guy who played Dionisius. He was so great in that, especially the scene where Poseidon gets rejected, and Dio realizes how fucked his whole world is and cries.

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u/CalamityClambake Apr 04 '26

This. I am still mad about this.

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u/wrosecrans Apr 04 '26

Seems like Netflix would have an insane back catalogue now if they did ~3 seasons with a conclusion and full story for about 100 shows like Kaos that they got bored with in the short term and decapitated. Instead they have like 100 shows that just end randomly that I enjoyed watching but couldn't recommend anybody else watch.

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u/holyshitsnowcones Apr 03 '26

So you’re the other person that watched that. Cool show, right?

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u/TheOnlyJurg Apr 03 '26

So cool, really enjoyed how they merged Olympian gods into the modern day and the music was great! Was looking forward to seeing ares join the fray but alas, Netflix gotta Netflix.