{"id":42846,"date":"2018-02-08T20:28:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T01:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=42846"},"modified":"2018-02-08T20:28:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T01:28:37","slug":"netflix-acquires-universals-sci-fi-thriller-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/08\/netflix-acquires-universals-sci-fi-thriller-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Acquires Universal\u2019s Sci-Fi Thriller EXTINCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Extinction-Movie-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Extinction-Movie-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Extinction-Movie-2018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Extinction-Movie-2018-339x179.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Streaming service Netflix has picked up another mid budget science-fiction film that is being cast off from a major studio. This time the film is <strong>Extinction<\/strong>, a thriller which Universal produced starring Lizzy Caplan and Michael Pena.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second acquisition that Netflix has recently made. Previously, the streaming service grabbed <strong>The Cloverfield Paradox<\/strong> from Paramount and surprise premiered it after the Super Bowl last weekend. The move generated some initial, but short-lived, excitement. Reviews for the film were not kind.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/netflix-acquires-sci-fi-thriller-extinction-universal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Wrap<\/a>, <strong>Extinction<\/strong> tells the story of \u2014<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[A] man who has a recurring dream of losing his family \u2014 and this nightmare turns into reality when the planet is invaded by a destructive force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Extinction<\/strong> was originally on Universal\u2019s release schedule for a January 26 debut before being pulled off completely two months ago. With that kind of history plus its acquisition paralleling the poorly received <strong>The Cloverfield Paradox<\/strong>, it does raise questions over the quality of this film and if Netflix is quickly becoming a dumping ground for films that studios have lost faith in. And if that is the case, how quickly will Netflix subscribers start tuning out these films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extinction<\/strong> should premiere on Netflix at some point later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The streaming service giant has picked up another film being cast off by its studio.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/08\/netflix-acquires-universals-sci-fi-thriller-extinction\/\" title=\"Netflix Acquires Universal\u2019s Sci-Fi Thriller EXTINCTION\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[8914,5659],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-extinction","9":"tag-michael-pena"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42846"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=42846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}