Netflix Film Chief Scott Stuber spoke to Variety’s editor-in-chief Claudia Eller about numerous projects in development, including “Blonde,” a biographical drama that features Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. Stuber expects it will land on Netflix next fall.
Dominik’s cut is said to be rated NC-17. It was originally set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival before being pulled out by Netflix late in the game.
I broke the Netflix/Dominik dispute in the summer which led to a small online campaign by fans to give Dominik, a major auteur in world cinema, the cut that he so richly deserved. I believe he has it now.
“Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature.