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Netflix within the United States has simply finished one thing it has not finished earlier than: it has picked up the streaming license for an unique film streaming from one other supplier.
Followers of our web site will know that we frequently break the information in terms of streaming debuts of flicks which have hit theaters. While this isn’t the case with Love in Taipei, we nonetheless suppose it’s noteworthy, on condition that this can be a full-fledged Paramount+ film. We’ve lined beforehand when Paramount+ collection have come to Netflix, and there have been a couple of of them over the previous few years, whether or not that be School Spirits, Evil, and even Star Trek: Prodigy. In the case of the latter title, Netflix “revived” it and acquired it solely again for a second season.
There is a little bit of an asterisk in that the underlying rights are owned by Lionsgate relatively than Paramount+, however even nonetheless, we’re treating it as a significant first, at the very least for Netflix within the US. There have been cases the place Hulu Original motion pictures get added to Netflix in different areas.
Let’s assume you’re not into the nerdy logistics of licensing and wish to know whether or not Love in Taipei is value your time and what it’s about as an alternative:
What is Love in Taipei about? Who’s within the forged?
Released on Paramount+ solely final August, the film is a coming-of-age romantic drama and it does have ties to Netflix in that it was marketed as “From producers of XO, Kitty“.
Directed by Arvin Chen, the movie is customized from the works of Abigail Hing Wen and revolves round a younger American girl whose dad and mom ship her to a cultural immersion program in Taipei. There, she embarks on self-discovery and romance.
The film launched to principally optimistic critiques from critics and audiences alike, though at a fast look, it doesn’t seem to have made a lot of an affect when it dropped on Paramount+. Hannah Bee for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “With its picture-perfect Taipei cityscapes, appealing cast and soothing, smoothed-over storyline, Love in Taipei makes for a stress-free comfort watch.”
How lengthy will Love in Taipei be streaming on Netflix? Not perpetually, sadly. Netflix has picked up the film on a one-year license, which is about to run out on August ninth, 2025.
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