Netflix in Talks to Acquire Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing’ in Near-$16 Million Deal

Lucy Hale keeps it casual in a blue top while holding on to an iced coffee while out in Los Angeles on Monday morning (February 22).

Bryce Hall and Blake Gray, two of the most popular stars on the social media app TikTok, are facing charges for partying during the pandemic and they both just pleaded not guilty.

pic.twitter.com/daweYbPkUsBoth Dale and Clare seemed to be all smiles while together under the Florida sunshine.(VIDEO): Clare and Dale in Venice, Florida today. pic.twitter.com/EwRfhszG7iThe sighting is bound to send Bachelor Nation into overdrive.

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to explorer biopic Amundsen: The Greatest Expedition about Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen’s epic journeys to the South and North Poles.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures won a brisk auction to acquire the Gabrielle Zevin novel Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow for $2 million. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner will produce w, and the author will write the script.

One of the Sundance Film Festival titles this year expected to spark a bidding war was Passing, the directorial debut from Rebecca Hall. The movie, an ambitious period piece, had plenty of buzz going into the festival, and that continued with largely positive reviews.

As she explained to us in an interview of the Deep Focus podcast, Rebecca Hall has been working a long time bringing her directorial debut, “Passing,” to life. Even though the debut was delayed due to the pandemic, the period drama finally premiered as part of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Rebecca Loos was a familiar face splashed across tabloids in the noughties, but the lad-mag favourite has since moved to Norway to get away from the showbiz lifestyle – and took all of her incredible clothes from her years in the spotlight with her.

Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to splashy Sundance title Passing, the directorial debut ofRebecca Hall that stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. Sources peg the deal as being north of $15 million.

Big news for Rebecca Hall!

Irene (Tessa Thompson) rarely passes for white. She fears for her safety too much to do so.

Also Read: Female Directors Rule Sundance 2021 - Is Equality Finally Here?TheWrap’s Carlos Aguilar called the film in his review “impressively refined and superbly acted” and compared Hall to another actor turned director, Regina King, writing that “Hall arrives behind the camera fully formed as a storyteller handling thought-provoking subject matter with formidable aesthetic sensibilities.”More to come… 

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is nearing a deal to acquire worldwide rights to Passing, the Rebecca Hall-directed and scripted drama that stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, and Alexander Skarsgard. Sources said the deal will land just north of $15 million.

After Rebecca Loos revealed her new life in Norway, David Beckham has been spotted spending some quality time with his daughter Harper.The dad-of-four, who shared his family's annual festive snap over Christmas, was pictured picking up daughter Harper, 9, from a dance studio in Miami. David, 45, wore a cream top with some khaki combat joggers, as well as some bright green trainers which stood out.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Jessica Rhoades’ Pacesetter and Alexander Tsekalo’s Sreda Global have secured the rights to David Hill’s praised 2020 book The Vapors for television, with The Loudest Voice executive producer/showrunner Alex Metcalf attached to pen the series adaptation.

Rebecca Loos was once known for appearing in the gossip columns of tabloid papers and lad-favourite magazines in the mid-noughties.

Rebecca Hall came across Nella Larsen’s novel “Passing” at a time when she was grappling with her own family history.She’d become aware that her maternal grandfather was “white passing,” and it might have gone back even further. Then someone handed her this book, from 1929, about two light-skinned Black women, Clare and Irene, who live on opposite sides of the color line.

From tabloid notoriety and reality TV to mum-of-two and medic, Rebecca Loos found fame as a gossip column darling and lad mag favourite in the mid-noughties. She now lives a totally different life in Norway and reveals to OK! that she wishes she’d asked her cousin, Piers Morgan, for advice during her turbulent tabloid days.