Netflix Reteams With Mudbound Director On The Last Thing He Wanted

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Mudbounddirector Dee Rees will be team up up with Netflix yet again for her next directorial project . The streaming service will circulate the Academy Award - nominated filmmaker ’s adjustment of Joan Didion ’s novelThe Last Thing He want .

WithAnne Hathaway already castin the lead role back in February , The Last affair He Wantedfollows a diarist named Elena McMahon ( played by Hathaway ) whose career takes a unquestionably abrupt twist when she inherit her Father of the Church ’s caper championship as an arms dealmaker . Her unexpected life history turn introduces McMahon to a dangerous world of arms and drugs trading , transmit her into the throes of traffic with the Iran - Contra Affair . Though no other cast news has been announced , Rees will co - write the screenplay with Marco Villalobos , and will produce alongside Cassian Elwes . Now , Netflix has officially climb aboard to circulate the movie .

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ThoughMudbounddidn’t make headway in any of its nominated categories at the 2018 Academy Awards , the nominations alone were milestone in and of themselves . Rachel Morrison became thefirst woman to receive a nominationfor Best Achievement in Cinematography and Mary J. Blige became the first person to be nominated for both Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Achievement in Music compose for Motion Pictures ( Original Song ) . Now , with two - metre Academy Award - nominate actress Hathaway , Rees and Netflix may well be in line for another meddling awards season .

Despite the streaming service ’s massive popularity , Netflix has received some negative criticism recently . aside from having their movies banned at the Cannes Film Festival , Steven Spielberg address out against Netflixbeing eligible for Academy Award nominating address . That said , he was not implying the streaming religious service should be entirely exempt from awards on the whole , but that they should be know at the Emmys , not the Oscars , give that their movies are n’t typically shown in theaters . So , to combat the acquire stance against Netflix and awards consideration , Netflix hasconsidered purchase theatersin which their movies will play in ordering to characterize for the Oscars . Instead of risking the potency of losing out on nominating speech and profits ( they pull ahead their first Oscarfor the feature length documentaryIcarus ) , Netflix is willing to expand importantly .