Noah Baumbach Signs Exclusive Deal With Netflix, Says He Has Found A Home

At 51-years-old, Noah Baumbach has had a lot of success in Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean he’s found a home. And no, we’re not talking about an actual house. We’re sure he has a very nice one.

We’re talking about a partnership with a studio. A place he feels will always have his back and entertain his ideas.

Thankfully, that’s changing though. It was just announced that Baumbach has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix. He will exclusively write/direct films for the streaming giant for the next several years.

He released a short statement on the deal:

When I started in the film industry I dreamed of having a home. It took me about 25 years, but it was worth the wait. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be making movies with Ted and Scott and everyone at Netflix, who are wonderful collaborators and friends and family.

As some of you may know, Baumbach and Neflix have worked quite well together the past few years. He released The Meyerowitz Stories back in 2017 to rave reviws.

And in 2019, he teamed up with Netflix again for ‘Marriage Story,’ which was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Safe to say, this deal is going to work out well for both Baumbach and Netflix.

Baumbach’s next film is White Noise, an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s seminal novel. It had been reported that Driver and Greta Gerwig would be starring in the pic, and while its not confirmed sources say the two are in discussions to star in the adaptation

Filming will begin later this year.

Disaster Has Been Avoided: WGA Reaches Deal, There Will Not Be A Writers Strike!

The past few weeks have been intense, and for a while, it looked like we were headed for another writers strike, but thankfully at the last minute a deal was reached.

Writers Guild of America reached a tentative deal early in the morning on Tuesday for a fresh contract with the major Hollywood studios. The deal still needs to be ratified by guild members, but it’s all expected to go smoothly.

In a memo to its members, the WGA explained the contract is packed with several upgrades. This new contract gives writers the respect they deserve in the industry.

“In it, we made gains in minimums across the board – as well as contribution increases to our Health Plan that should ensure its solvency for years to come. And we further expanded our protections in Options and Exclusivity.

We also made unprecedented gains on the issue of short seasons in television, winning a definition (which has never before existed in our MBA) of 2.4 weeks of work for each episodic fee. Any work beyond that span will now require additional payment for hundreds of writer-producers.

We won a 15% increase in Pay TV residuals, roughly $15 million in increases in High-Budget SVOD residuals, and, for the first time ever, residuals for comedy-variety writers in Pay TV.

And, also for the first time ever, job protection on Parental Leave.”

This is wonderful news for everyone in Hollywood. Studios don’t have to shut down production, crew members will still have work, writers get better contracts, and the audience will still have content to consume.

It’s a good Tuesday, folks. And I think we should all listen to the best song about a Tuesday ever produced…