Netflix Signs Development Deal With Kalinda Vazquez; Sets YA Thriller As First Project

Keeping the Christmas spirit alive! Took the kids to the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village. A Las Vegas holiday institution! Momma Perez didn’t want to go – so we brought the magic back to her. And she ate! And ate! And ate! Watch!

Cinemas in New Delhi have been ordered shut from today after Covid cases surged to a four-month high on Monday. These measures fall under the Indian capital’s Graded Response Action Plan which triggered the so-called “yellow alert” level that came into effect today as positivity rates were over 0.5% for two consecutive days.

Sky Studios has signed a development deal with Be Water producer Dorothy Street Pictures to co-produce a slate of high-end series and feature docs mainly told from the female gaze.

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EXCLUSIVE: Having just wrapped the Gerard Butler thriller, The Plane, actor Oliver Trevena signed on to star in and Executive Produce the indie feature film, Wire Room, which began principal photography in Birmingham, Alabama last week.  

EXCLUSIVE: Jeymes Samuel, the British-Nigerian filmmaker who made his feature debut with the Netflix Western The Harder They Fall, has signed with CAA for representation.

“There Is No Better Way For Me And My Company 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks To Begin The New Year Than Renew Our Partnership With Ted, Scott And Tendo — Da Fearless Leaders Of NETFLIX. Besides My Joints, We Together Will Focus On The New Diverse Storytellers, YOUTH MUST BE SERVED.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods, BlacKkKlansman) has entered into a new creative partnership with Netflix, which will see him directing and producing narrative features for the streamer under a multi-year deal.

Some Hotties can really do it all. Following a busy season, fans of the recent college graduate can now expect to see some Megan Thee Stallion Netflix productions coming down the pipeline. The Texas-born rapper has just landed a first-look deal with the streamer, which will allow her to create and executive produce a series, most likely a comedy, along with other projects for the platform.

EXCLUSIVE: Up-and-coming writer-director Fawzia Mirza has signed with APA for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Pantaya signed an overall deal with Mexican actress Fernanda Castillo under which she’ll star in and co-produce original series and films (via Pantaleon Films) for the company.

J. Kim Murphy administratorMegan Thee Stallion and Netflix have agreed upon an exclusive first-look deal, the streamer announced on Thursday.

Jane Campion would like to apologize. “I didn’t get back to you that weekend because I got sick,” she says.

Kevin James and Taylor Lautner‘s new movie Home Team has a debut trailer and a release date!

Selome Hailu editorNetflix has signed a multi-year overall deal with Kalinda Vazquez, who will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer.As her first project under the deal, Vazquez is developing and writing “Arbor Hall,” a young adult mystery thriller.

The Upshaws co-creator Regina Hicks is expanding her relationship with Netflix with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer. For her first project, Hicks is developing an untitled comedy series with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning documentary editor Lindsay Utz is turning her attention to directing.