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Baz Luhrmann Brings '70s Set Music Driven Series 'The Get Down' To Netflix

Netflix has announced that 2016 will see the premiere of "The Get Down," a new series from the "Moulin Rouge" filmmaker. Luhrmann will executive produce and direct the first two episodes of the thirteen-episode, one hour program focused on the troubled New York City in the 1970s. A rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers make the most of their ruined environment, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and to the just-built World Trade Center, "The Get Down" is a mythic saga of how a nearly bankruptcy New York City gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco.
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"I have only one thing to say..... Go **** yourself." God I loved that.
 
Netflix Nears Big Deal For New Cary Fukunaga Film

Netflix is near a deal to acquire Beasts Of No Nation, the new film by True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga about the experiences of a child soldier fighting in a civil war in an African country.

The film, which Fukunaga scripted based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala, stars Idris Elba as a warlord who takes in the child soldier and systematically strips away his humanity.
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Netflix To Release $12 Million Beasts Of No Nation Simultaneously With “Select” Theatrical Release

The new media giant stunned Hollywood this week when it plunked down $12 million for worldwide rights to the drama about a child soldier in Africa. It boasts a top-shelf cast that includes Idris Elba and arrives courtesy of director Cary Fukunaga, the auteur behind “Sin Nombre” and the buzzy HBO series “True Detective.”

Netflix stresses that the film would debut in “select” theaters — an important caveat given that its distribution platform will mean some exhibitors won’t show the film. Most major theater chains refuse to screen films that do not honor a 90 day delay between their theatrical debut and their home entertainment premiere. Netflix is partnering with Imax and the Weinstein Company on a sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” but most exhibitors are boycotting the film because it does not honor traditional release windows.
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Leonardo DiCaprio & Netflix Make First-Look Deal For Documentaries

After their recent first collaboration, Virunga, got a Best Documentary Oscar nom, Leonardo DiCaprio is setting his Appian Way banner in a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix for nonfiction projects that will air exclusively on the streaming service. DiCaprio’s goal is to mix philanthropy with filmmaking and generate docus with topical and provocative environmental and conservation themes. Those movies often play at festivals but have few opportunities beyond that to get eyeballs. With Netflix, these documentaries will have global distribution on the streaming service that now claims to have 57 million subscribers in 50 countries. That, plus DiCaprio’s brand name, opens these documentaries to a lot of potential eyeballs and an opportunity to create awareness for worthy issues.
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