It’s a blast from the past as Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Blockbuster, a single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park, which is set in the last remaining Blockbuster video store.There is a lot of symbolism — and irony — in the pickup as Netflix started as an underdog video rental upstart that was almost crushed by then-dominant giant Blockbuster.
Netflix co-founders Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings actually tried selling the company to Blockbuster for $50 million in 2000 but were rebuffed.
They went on to build Netflix into one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world while Blockbuster ceased operations in 2014.Blockbuster, the series, is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio
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