Published 17:23 IST, September 14th 2020

Zendaya's Malcolm & Marie sold to Netflix in a huge pact of $30 million

Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie, starring Zendaya and John David Washington has been sold to the OTT platform Netflix in a huge $30 million pact. Read ahead.

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Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie, starring Zendaya and John David Washington is one of most awaited upcoming movies. movie has recently been sold to OTT platform Netflix in a huge $30 million pact. Re furr ahe to kw more about deal.

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Netflix acquires rights to Malcolm & Marie

Many or potential buyers such as HBO and Amazon Prime Video, who watched promo foot from Malcolm & Marie were attracted and showed interest in buying  movie. price at which movie has been sold ($30 million) is among highest ever for a movie out of a festival and is even surprising because premise of movie doesn’t sound wildly commercial even after having presence of major stars. deal for movie was negotiated by Endeavor Content, that also helped close sale of critically acclaimed Bruised, and CAA, that also helped broker pact for movie, Pieces of a Woman. Malcolm & Marie is produced by Kevin Turen and Ashley Levinson under banner of Little Lamb Productions.

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Sam Levinson is most commonly recognised for creating popular HBO series Euphoria. He h written script for series, in dition to being producer and director for it. Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie cast h John David Washington playing character of a filmmaker and Zendaya playing character of his girlfriend. plot of film follows couple after y return home from a movie premiere and get into a discussion about ir past relationships that takes an unexpected turn that starts to test strength of ir love.  movie was shot in summer of 2020, in midst of coronavirus pandemic. cast and crew of movie went through great pains in order to keep set COVID-free and to gain approval of major guilds such as WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA.

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According to reports from Variety, Zendaya who has also appeared in Euphoria has said that she is so grateful to this cast and crew, many of whom are her Euphoria family, for coming toger during such uncertain times. y have felt privileged to be able to make this film toger and did so with a lot of love. Zendaya revealed that y are all thrilled that it has ended up with Netflix which is unparalleled in allowing filmmakers freedom to tell ir stories that reach audiences all over world.

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17:23 IST, September 14th 2020