It looks like Netflix is trying to push its gaming business further.
The streaming giant recently posted job listings for a game director, art director and technical director at its Los Angeles-based studio, as first spotted by Mobilegamer.biz.
All roles mention that they involve working on “a brand-new AAA PC game.” Additionally, the game director role features details that mention that job involves being the “creative leader of one of Netflix’s first generation of internally developed original games.”
While Netflix isn’t new to games, this would be the first time the streaming company has considered a PC title. The streamer added games to its mobile app last November and has launched quite a few titles since then. In a recent investor letter, Netflix said it’s currently developing 55 new games.
“We’re focused in the next few years on creating hit games that will take our game initiative to the next level. More generally, we see a big opportunity around content that crosses between TV or film and games,” wrote Netflix.
Netflix has also previously stated that it’s considering launching a cloud gaming platform, and in September, the company formed its first in-house game studio in Helsinki, Finland.
If you’ve been waiting for a discount before subscribing to Paramount+, that time has finally arrived.
In Canada, Paramount+ costs $9.99/month or $99.99 a year, alongside a free seven-day trial. At 50 percent off, this means that you’re paying $4.99/month or $49.99 for the year. As is the case with most offers like this, after the first year, the Paramount+’s cost returns to the regular price.
The deal is available to new and former Paramount+ subscribers, so if you already have a subscription, unfortunately, you can’t top it up with this deal.
Top Gun: Maverick will begin streaming on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.S. and other markets on December 22nd, Paramount Pictures has confirmed.
The action film hit North American theatres on May 27th and hit premium video on demand services on August 23rd. The critically-acclaimed flick has gone on to become the 11th highest-grossing film of all time with global earnings of around $1.486 billion USD (about $1.99 billion CAD).
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Maverick is a direct sequel to the 1986 classic Top Gun and sees Tom Cruise’s eponymous captain training a new era of pilots, including the son of his deceased friend, Goose.
The original Top Gun, meanwhile, is currently streaming in Canada on Paramount+ and Crave.
Disney has announced all of the movies and TV shows hitting its Disney+ service in Canada in December.
Closing out the year is a big batch of new Star content, including the acclaimed black tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin and the fourth seasons of Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows. Note that Star content is often more adult-oriented; you can set parental controls accordingly.
See below for the full list:
December 1st
Darby and the Dead
December 2nd
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules [Disney+ Original]
Mickey Saves Christmas
Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays [Disney+ Original]
December 7th
Amsterdam [Star]
The Come Up (Season 1) [Star]
Connect (Season 1) [Star]
Gigantosaurus (Season 3)
Muppet Babies (Season 3)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Season 2) [Disney+ Original]
Quantico (Seasons 1-3) [Star]
Raven’s Home (Season 5)
The Villains of Valley View (Season 1)
What We Do in th Shadows (Season 4)
December 8th
Solo Amor Y Mil Canciones (Premiere)
December 9th
It’s a Wonderful Binge
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again [Disney+ Original]
Weekend Family Christmas (Special)
December 14th
American Horror Story: Double Feature (Season 10) [Star]
Atlanta (Season 4) [Star]
The Banshees of Inisherin [Star]
Because We Forget Everything (Season 1) [Star]
National Treasure: Edge of History [Disney+ Original]
Primal Survivor: Over the Andes (Season 1) [National Geographic]
Tomorrow, I’ll Be Someone’s Girlfriend (Season 1) [Star]
In December 2022, Netflix Canada is set to stream several new TV shows, films and documentaries, including the third season of Emily in Paris, The Witcher: Blood Origin, Dragon Age: Absolution and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Coming Soon
The Glory — Netflix Series
God’s Crooked Lines — Netflix Film
The Interest of Love — Netflix Series
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Netflix Series
December 1st
Dead End — Netflix Series
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: Season 1, Episodes 25-38 The Final Episodes — Netflix Anime
The Masked Scammer — Netflix Documentary
Qala — Netflix Film
Troll — Netflix Film
Lego Ninjago: Season 4 Crystalize – Part 1
12 Gifts of Christmas
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Archer: Season 13
Baby Shark’s Big Show!: Season 1
Billy Madison
Blue’s Clues & You: Season 1
Blue’s Clues & You: Season2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
It Takes Two
It’s Complicated
Lego Friends: Holiday Special
Meekah: Season 1
Neighbors
Step Brothers
The Night Before
The United States vs Billie Holiday
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
December 2nd
Firefly Lane: Season 2 Part 1 — Netflix Series
Hot Skull — Netflix Series
Lady Chatterley’s Lover — Netflix Film
My Unorthodox Life: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol — Netflix Film
“Sr.” — Netflix Documentary
Supermodel Me: Revolution: Season 1
Warriors of Future — Netflix Film
December 4th
The Blind Side
Space Jam (1996)
December 5th
Django Unchained
Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race — Netflix Family
The Queen
The Right Kind of Wrong
December 6th
The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus — Netflix Family
Delivery by Christmas — Netflix Film
Sebastian Maniscalco: Is it Me? — Netflix Comedy
December 7th
Burning Patience — Netflix Film
Emily the Criminal
I Hate Christmas — Netflix Series
The Marriage App — Netflix Film
The Most Beautiful Flower — Netflix Series
Smiley — Netflix Series
Too Hot to Handle: Season 4 — Netflix Series
December 8th
The Elephant Whisperers — Netflix Documentary
In Broad Daylight: The Narvarte Case — Netflix Documentary
Lookism — Netflix Anime
December 9th
Cat — Netflix Series
Dragon Age: Absolution — Netflix Anime
Dream Home Makeover: Season 4 — Netflix Series
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Netflix Film
How to Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower — Netflix Series
Money Heist Korea: Joint Economic Area Part 2 — Netflix Series
Mortal Kombat (2021)
December 10th
Alchemy of Souls: Season 1 Part 2 — Netflix Series
Big Timber: Season 2
December 13th
Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure — Netflix Anime
Last Chance U: Basketball: Season 2 — Netflix Documentary
Single’s Inferno: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Tom Papa: What A Day! — Netflix Documentary
December 14th
Don’t Pick Up The Phone — Netflix Documentary
Glitter — Netflix Series
I Believe in Santa — Netflix Film
Kangaroo Valley — Netflix Documentary
December 15th
The Big 4 — Netflix Film
Sonic Prime — Netflix Family
Violet Evergarden: Recollections — Netflix Anime
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery — Netflix Comedy
December 16th
A Storm for Christmas — Netflix Series
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handle of Truths — Netflix Film
Cook at all Costs — Netflix Series
Dance Monsters — Netflix Series
Far From Home — Netflix Series
Paradise PD: Part 4 — Netflix Series
Private Lesson — Netflix Film
The Recruit — Netflix Series
Summer Job — Netflix Series
The Volcano: Resume from Whakaari — Netflix Documentary
December 18th
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
December 19th
Trolley — Netflix Series
December 20th
A Not So Merry Christmas — Netflix Film
The Sevin Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 — Netflix Anime
December 21st
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner — Netflix Film
Emily in Paris: Season 3 — Netflix Series
I Am A Killer: Season 4 — Netflix Documentary
December 22nd
Alice in Borderland: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Mathieu Dufour at Bell Centre — Netflix Comedy
December 23rd
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Netflix Film
Piñata Masters! — Netflix Series
December 25th
After Ever Happy
Daughter From Another Mother: Season 3 — Netflix Series
Roald Dahl Matilda The Musical — Netflix Film
Time Hustler — Netflix Series
The Witcher: Blood Origin — Netflix Series
Vir Das: Landing — Netflix Comedy
December 26th
Treason — Netflix Series
December 27th
Chelsea Handler: Revolution — Netflix Comedy
December 28th
7 Women and a Murder — Netflix Film
A Night at the Kindergarten — Netflix Film
The Circle: Season 5 — Netflix Series
Stuck with You — NetflixFilm
December 29th
Brown and Friends — Netflix Family
Rise of Empires: Ottoman: Season 2 — Netflix Documentary
December 30th
Alpha Males — Netflix Series
Chicago Party Aunt: Part 2 — Netflix Series
La Reina del Sur: Season 3 — Netflix Series
Secrets of the Summer: Season 2 — Netflix Family
Those Who Wish Me Dead
White Noise — Netflix Film
December 31st
Best of Stand Up 2022 — Netflix Comedy
Lady Voyeur — Netflix Series
Here’s what’s leaving Netflix
Bridesmaids (December 2nd)
Fast & Furious (December 2nd)
Furious 7 (December 2nd)
The Fast and the Furious (December 2nd)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (December 2nd)
Cuckoo: Seasons 1-4 (December 13th)
Merlin: Seasons 1-5 (December 14th)
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Books 1-3 (December 31st)
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Amazon Prime Video
The People We Hate At The Wedding [Amazon Original]
Two dysfunctional siblings are invited, along with their mother, are invited to the wedding of their estranged half-sister.
Based on Grant Ginder’s 2016 novel of the same name, The People We Hate At The Wedding was directed by Claire Scanlon (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and stars Allison Janney (Mom), Kristen Bell (The Good Place), Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) and Cynthia Addai-Robinson (The Rings of Power).
Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: Comedy Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Sugar is based on the true story of two Quebecer influencers, dubbed the “Cocaine Cowgirls,” who were convicted in 2018 of smuggling cocaine into Sydney, Australia aboard a luxury cruise ship.
Notably, Sugar is Prime Video’s first Canadian feature film, was directed by Indian-Canadian filmmaker Vic Sarin (Partition) and stars Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters) and Vancouver’s Jasmine Sky Sarin. It was also filmed in Montreal.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Amazon Prime Video Canada this month can be found here.
Apple TV+
Spirited [Apple Original]
This riff on A Christmas Carolfinds Clint Briggs visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, who then helps the spirit to reexamine his own past.
Spirited was directed by Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home), stars Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Will Ferrell (Anchorman), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Sunita Mani (Mr. Robot), and features original music from Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land).
Apple TV+ Canada release date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: Christmas musical-comedy Runtime: 2 hours, 7 minutes
Find out what’s coming to Apple TV+ in November here.
Crave
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World [Crave Original]
Canada hosts this worldwide competition featuring drag queens from past RuPaul’s Drag Race seasons.
Canada’s Drag Race hosts Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor return for this series. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also makes a guest appearance, marking the first time in Drag Race history that a world leader has appeared on one of the shows.
Crave release date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: Reality competition Runtime: Six episodes (half an hour each)
Stream Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World here.
A Christmas Story Christmas
Thirty years after the events of A Christmas Story, Ralphie returns to his old home with wife and children to give his family a magical Christmas.
A Christmas Story Christmas was directed by Clay Kaytis (The Angry Birds Movie) and features returning stars Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) Ian Petrella (Randy), Scott Schwartz (Flick), R. D. Robb (Schwartz) and Zack Ward (Scut), while Julie Hagerty (Marriage Story) joins the cast.
CTV News’ The Pope’s Apology: Reporter’s Notebook By Jill Macyshon and Creeson Agecoutay
CTV News correspondents Jill Macyshon and Creeson Agecoutay reflect on their coverage of the Pope’s visit to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s residential schools and the healing process of Indigenous families.
Crave release date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: News special Runtime: 1 hour
Stream CTV News’ The Pope’s Apology: Reporter’s Notebook here.
The Sex Lives of College Girls (Season 2)
After the fall break, the girls’ next semester is filled with new faces, parties and predicaments.
The Sex Lives of College Girls was created by Mindy Kaling (The Office) and Justin Noble (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and stars Pauline Chalamet (The King of Staten Island), Markham, Ontario’s Amrit Kaur (The D Cut), Reneé Rapp (the Mean Girls musical) and Alyah Chanelle Scott (Walk Off).
Crave release date: November 17th, 2022 (first two episodes, two new episodes every Thursday) Genre: Comedy Runtime: 10 episodes (around 30 minutes each)
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Disney+
Disenchanted [Disney+ Original]
Gisele, Robert and Morgan move to Monroeville, but Gisele’s attempt to use magic causes the whole sleepy suburban town to turn into a real-life fairy tale.
Disenchanted was directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and features returning stars Amy Adams (Giselle), Patrick Dempsey (Robert), James Marsden (Edward) and Idina Menzel (Nancy), while Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) join the cast.
Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, takes on various challenges across the world in an effort to discover how to combat aging and discover the full potential of the human body.
Disney+ Canada release date: November 16th, 2022 Genre: Documentary Runtime: Six episodes (44 minutes to 1 hour, 15 minutes each)
After nearly three decades as Santa Claus, Scott discovers a new clause that causes him to rethink his role as both Santa and father.
The Santa Clauses was created by Jack Burditt (Modern Family) and features returning The Santa Clause stars Tim Allen (Scott), Elizabeth Mitchell (Carol), Eric Lloyd (Charlie) and David Krumholtz (Bernard), while Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar) joins the cast.
Disney+ Canada release date: November 16th, 2022 (first two episodes, new episodes every Wednesday) Genre: Christmas comedy Runtime: Six episodes (around 30 minutes each)
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Netflix
The Cuphead Show! Part 3 [Netflix Original]
Mugman gets lost in actual hell, leaving Cuphead to save his younger brother.
Based on Canadian developer Studio MDHR’s hit Cuphead video game, The Cuphead Show! was developed by Dave Wasson (Mickey Mouse) and features the voices of Tru Valentino (The Rookie), Frank Todaro (Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy), Grey DeLisle (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and Wayne Brady (Whose Line Is It Anyway?).
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: Animated comedy Runtime: 13 episodes (11 to 26 minutes each)
In the third and final season, Jen and Judy must deal with another shocking crash.
Dead to Me was created by Liz Feldman (The Ellen Degeneres Show) and stars Christina Applegate (Married… With Children), Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks), James Marsden (Enchanted) and Max Jenkins (High Maintenance).
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 17th, 2022 Genre: Black comedy Runtime: 10 episodes (28 to 39 minutes each)
A young orphan teams up with an outlaw to journey through a land of dreams to reunite with her late father.
Slumberland was directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games series) and stars Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Marlow Barkley (Single Parents) and Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights). It’s worth noting that the film was shot in Toronto.
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 18th, 2022 Genre: Family Runtime: 2 hours
The full list of movies and shows hitting Netflix Canada this month can be found here.
Paramount+
Smile
After witnessing a patient commit suicide, a therapist proceeds to go through increasingly disturbing circumstances that she believes are supernatural.
Smile was directed by Parker Finn (feature directorial debut) and stars Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why), Jessie T. Usher (The Boys), Kyle Gallner (Veronica Mars), Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar).
Original theatrical release date: September 30th, 2022 Paramount+ premiere date: November 17th, 2022 Genre: Psychological horror Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Elton John will make his final North American performance on Sunday, November 20th at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles.
As part of his ongoing worldwide farewell tour, the six-time Grammy winner is also opening up the grand finale to those at home. Enter Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, a special live broadcast of his North American swan song.
Those interested in tuning in can do so via Disney+. The service costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year.
The three-hour show will begin at 7:55pm PT/10:55pm ET with a pre-show red carpet event, “Countdown to Elton Live,” featuring interviews with John and his Canadian husband, David Furnish. The main event, meanwhile, will see Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile take the stage with John.
The Dodger Stadium performance is part of John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” farewell tour, which began in September 2018 with 300-plus planned stops. Following a number of COVID-related delays, the tour is slated to conclude in July 2023. John’s final Canadian shows took place in Toronto and Vancouver in September and October, respectively.
In case you missed it, beloved Canadian icon Ryan Reynolds has a new Christmas movie coming out called Spirited.
A twist of A Christmas Carol, Spirited finds Clint Briggs (Reynolds) visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell), who helps the spirit to reexamine his own past. The film was directed by Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home), co-stars Octavia Spencer and Sunita Mani and features original music from Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land).
In Canada and the rest of the world, Spirited will begin streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ on November 18th. This is particularly notable since it’s Reynolds’ first project with Apple following lead roles in Netflix’s 6 Underground, Red Notice and The Adam Project.
Have you been a bit liberal with your Netflix password sharing and wish you could subtly kick a few people off your account without changing your password or signing every device out?
The streaming giant has launched a new setting that allows you to do exactly that.
According to a recent blog post from the company, a new feature called ‘Manage Access and Devices’ allows subscribers to view recent devices that have used your account and log them out with the click of a button.
This feature also allows you to see the last time they used your account and where they streamed from. While you could always kick freeloaders from your Netflix account, this previously required you to force all devices to sign out. Now, this process is far more streamlined.
Netflix recently confirmed it will start charging for “extra users” on accounts in 2023, ending the era of free password sharing. The streaming giant also recently released its $5.99/month ad-supported subscription tier, ‘Basic With Ads.’
