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The Starz to Netflix pipeline shows no signs of slowing down. Only days later we found out Blind He makes his way into the serviceWe now have news that the drama is short-lived for 2022 Dangerous communications It will arrive on Netflix in the US on October 27.
Created by Harriet Warner (Call your midwife, Tell me your secrets), the series was a lavish prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s classic 18th-century novel, which famously inspired Glenn Close’s 1988 film and the 1999 teen classic. Cruel intentions.
Spanning eight episodes, the TV series explores the exciting and manipulative origin story of how the famous characters, the Marquis de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in the slums of Paris on the eve of the French Revolution.
Alice Englert (Ginger and rose, Beautiful creatures) and Nicholas Denton (flawThey lead the series as the disreputable lovers, with a stellar supporting cast that includes Oscar nominee Lesley Manville and Carys Van Houten.game of thrones), Kausar Ali, and Fisayo Akinade.
If you didn’t watch the series during its original run on Starz, you’re not alone. In fact, the show has been very difficult to find over the past few years.
And in a shocking move in late 2022, Starz has already renewed Dangerous communications for the second season before its premiere – only to have that decision reversed and abruptly canceled just a few weeks later while the first season was still airing. To make matters worse, Starz deleted the entire series from its streaming app in early 2023 as part of a brutal cost-cutting tax write-off, leaving the show effectively homeless.
Now, nearly four years later, this ill-fated drama is getting a second lease of life thanks to Netflix, but can Netflix save it? Don’t get your hopes up. Similar renewal hopes came after Netflix acquired the streaming license Heels Two years ago, though, we just watched the departure of this show, killing all hope of it coming back for more. Netflix was last saved He appearsThis seemed like a coincidence rather than a rule moving forward, but never say never.
However, the chances of that are very slim given that Netflix UK is currently developing a new series of its own with Nicole Leckey. The deadline has been announced It was very early in development, so there’s no guarantee it will ever be released.
Netflix continues to license Lionsgate/Starz shows
As we noted in our recent coverage of Blind, Dangerous communications It’s part of a massive, ongoing licensing agreement between Netflix and Lionsgate/Starz. Over the past couple of years, Netflix US has aggressively filled its local library with titles from premium cable.
Other major Starz titles that have recently made the jump include the 50 Cent-produced mega-hit powera critically acclaimed crime thriller HightownAnd the beloved comedy Party down.
Keep in mind that these licensing arrangements are usually temporary. Based on the windows we’ve tracked for previous Starz trucks (like the ones that recently departed Heels and Black sails), Dangerous communications It will likely be available on Netflix US for exactly two years before being discontinued again. (Also as a reminder, this option only applies to Netflix in the US.)
Dangerous Liaisons is just one of many titles that complete the season’s stacked horror lineup. You can find the complete and constantly updated list of Everything coming to Netflix in October 2026 is here.
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