Nancy Meyers – Photograph by Amy Sussman/Getty Pictures for WGAW
Nancy Meyers is engaged on a giant romantic comedy drama for Netflix, and so much is already identified concerning the upcoming venture, together with some unique information that What’s on Netflix was the primary to interrupt. Right here’s every part we all know concerning the untitled venture with the working title of Paris Paramount.
The Nancy Meyers film was first introduced by Deadline to be in growth at Netflix in April 2022. Again then, the venture was described as an “ensemble comedy.”
Meyers will function the author, producer, and director on the Netflix film and is greatest identified for titles akin to It’s Difficult, Non-public Benjamin, and One thing’s Gotta Give.
Whereas that is the primary important venture Netflix is teaming up with Meyers on, they beforehand labored on the Father of the Bride Half 3 (ish), which was launched in the course of the pandemic on Netflix’s social channels.
We’re eager to emphasize no official announcement has been made on the film’s title. Paris Paramount is a codename/working title utilized in a number of places referring to the venture.
The reported price range for the film is over $100 million, with Puck Information inserting it at $130M.
In fact, a Netflix film price range isn’t corresponding to a conventional film price range. As Joe Russo not too long ago defined for The Grey Man (which topped $200 million), “Netflix obviously is different than other studios, because they have buyouts that go against the budget. And so you know, when you say $200 million at Netflix, that’s different than $200 million, say, at Disney.”
Mary Venieu serves as casting director on the film, with Kira Goldberg engaged on the venture from Netflix’s finish.
What’s the plot of Paris Paramount on Netflix?
Solely a short synopsis of the movie has surfaced so far:
“A talented young writer/director falls in love with a producer, with the pair ending up making several successful films before calling it quits romantically and professionally. The two are forced back together, however, when a great new project arises, and they find themselves teamed up again and having to deal with high stakes and volatile stars.”
THR notes that the story of the film reportedly shares parallels to Meyers’s personal life.
This can be a giant forged with no less than eight major supporting characters and 5 small supporting roles from what we’ve heard so far.
Who’s within the forged for Netflix’s Nancy Meyers film?
Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender – Getty Pictures
No forged members formally have been confirmed but.
We first reported on February tenth that Netflix had been in talks and eying three major stars for the film within the type of Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson, and Penélope Cruz.
Johansson is greatest identified for Black Widow with the MCU and labored with Netflix on Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach (we’re listening to the pair will reunite on a brand new film at Netflix too).
Wilson has additionally had a spell throughout the MCU, showing within the Disney+ sequence Loki. Elsewhere, Wilson is understood for films like Marriage ceremony Crashers and Starsky & Hutch.
Cruz beforehand appeared within the 2020 Netflix film Wasp Community however is in any other case identified for Vanilla Sky, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
This was later confirmed by Puck Information’s What I’m Listening to… e-newsletter stating that Michael Fassbender was additionally being eyed for a job within the new romantic comedy.
Fassbender not too long ago wrapped filming on David Fincher’s The Killer coming to Netflix in late 2023 however is in any other case identified for X-Males, Prometheus, and Steve Jobs.
It’s price noting that offers should not but signed for any of the 4 actors and actresses so far.
The place and when will manufacturing happen for Paris Paramount?
The film is about to be filmed solely in Los Angeles, California.
In accordance with manufacturing sources which have been seen by What’s on Netflix, the present plan is to movie between Could and August 2023.
In January 2023, Meyer posted on her Instagram that she was again on a studio lot. It’s unclear whether or not that was associated to this venture.
We’ll hold this preview up to date with the most recent as and after we study extra concerning the upcoming Nancy Meyers rom-com. Tell us within the feedback in case you’re excited down under.
