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Shortly after his recent re-emergence onto the scene, Netflix has nabbed 3 original stand up comedy specials from Dave Chappelle, the celebrated comedian’s first new content in 12 years. The platform will release a brand new exclusive special as well as two never-before-seen performances from the comedian’s personal archives.
According to Deadline, Chappelle and director Stan Lathan will produce the original feature which will tentatively premiere in 2017. The existing specials, which were also directed by Lathan, were filmed at Austin City Limits and The Hollywood Palladium and will also premiere in 2017. While financial details on the landmark deal are scarce, Netflix recently acquired two new stand up special from Chris Rock for a record $40 million.
In other news…
Netflix is claiming that Amazon paid way more than the reported $200 million for Prime Video’s new Top Gear spinoff series, The Grand Tour. The platform’s CCO Ted Sarandos, who was privy to early negotiations for the show, was quoted stating “that’s an under-reported number. It was about a quarter of a billion dollars.” [The Telegraph]
The filmmakers of HBO’s brand new Boston Marathon bombing doc, Marathon: the Patriot’s Day Bombing, spoke with our sister site to discuss the film’s process. “We spent a lot of time with [the survivors] and gained their trust. We felt we were all in this together,” said Annie Sundberg. [NY Post]
One site spoke to HBO’s vice president of experience design, Ryan Wilkerson, about the company’s foray into virtual reality and the Westworld VR story they recently created. The new experience allows you to step inside and interact with the theme park as seen on the hit television series. [Digital Trends]
Netflix has released the official trailer for Barry, the platform’s forthcoming biopic about a young Barack Obama. Set to premiere on December 16, the Vikram Gandhi-directed film follows the current U.S. President (played by Devon Terrell) in his early college days in 1981:
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