Stephen Chbosky’s “Nonnas” was originally supposed to screen at TIFF, and its presence had even leaked in some circles as a first weekend world premiere at the fest. However, it was never announced, and now we know why. Netflix has won a bidding war for “Nonnas,” paying over $20M+ for worldwide rights.
Written by Liz Maccie, and based on a true story, “Nonnas” stars Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Linda Cardellini, Drea De Matteo, Joe Manganiello, and Campbell Scott.
Vaughn plays Joe, a single man in a dead-end job whose mother has spoiled him with her cooking. When she dies, he tries to pull himself out of grief mode by risking everything to open an Italian restaurants and honor his mother. He enlists a group of Italian grandmothers (played by Sarandon, Bracco, Shire and Vaccaro), who feed his love for home cooking, and they become surrogate moms.
Chbosky, the filmmaker behind “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Wonder,” will now be sacrificing any kind of theatrical wishes he might have had for a straight to streaming rollout. Netflix will release the film globally in 2025.