Nancy Meyers is coming to Netflix. The veteran rom-com director is about to crew up with the streamer for her newest mission, and the funds is jaw-dropping.
Journalist Matt Belloni reported in his Puck e-newsletter that Meyers has been granted a $US130 million funds from Netflix for her movie, described as “an untitled semi-autobiographical rom-com … about Hollywood exes who end up working together, reported Decider.
Scarlett Johansson is expected to star in the movie, according to Belloni, who also reports that Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz and Michael Fassbender are attached to the film as well.
While $US130 million sounds pretty plum to us, Belloni says Meyers initially asked for more. The filmmaker allegedly wanted $US150 million for the project, with Meyers’ team at talent agency CAA asking Netflix for $20 million extra, claiming “it would be hard to make the movie” at $130 million, per Puck.
Netflix, nevertheless, wasn’t swayed, as Netflix movie chairman Scott Stuber shut down the request, per Belloni’s e-newsletter. He notes, “a source close to Meyers counters that those numbers are high.”
For context, Belloni factors out that Netflix’s current rom-com smash Your Place or Mine, which featured A-list expertise Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, value about $65 million to make, based on his sources.
Meyers is greatest recognized for hit movies like It’s Complicated, The Holiday, Father of the Bride and Parent Trap. Her newest movie was 2015’s The Intern, though she labored on a Father of the Bride brief titled Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish), which was launched in 2020.
This article initially appeared on Decider
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