Netflix Nabbed George Clooney For ‘Good Morning, Midnight’ Movie

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The tide could have totally turned towards streaming when George Clooney’s signing on to direct and star inside a Netflix challenge. Not that the Oscar winner is solely new to the sport, provided that the E.R. actor not too long ago made his return to TV with Hulu’s Catch 22. Still, he’s recent on the scene and serves as some strong proof that the streaming big — rapidly changing into identified for movies starring A-listers like Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock, Will Smith, and Keanu Reeves — at present holds the aggressive edge for attracting main expertise.

Clooney’s Netflix debut will likely be an adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s Good Morning, Midnight, which follows the Good Night, and Good Luck actor’s latest character, a lonely scientist named Augustine, who’s stationed within the Arctic and making an attempt to attach with one other grownup human being after the apocalypse. The parallel story of Sullivan, an astronaut aboard a spacecraft returning to Earth from Jupiter, follows her comparable struggles whereas she fights to return dwelling. Their tales, naturally, will intertwine on some stage, per the Amazon e-book synopsis, and Clooney is pumped to direct this sci-fi thriller:

Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov will produce alongside Anonymous Content and Syndicate Entertainment, who sourced the fabric. “Grant and I couldn’t be more excited to be involved with this incredible project,” stated Clooney. “Mark is a writer we’ve long admired and his script is haunting. We’re thrilled to be working with our friends at Netflix as well.”

Can Netflix maintain all of this costly content material? No one is aware of the reply to that query but, however the streaming wars certain are a spectator sport at this level. Event films could also be scarce on the box-office nowadays, however the time has by no means been higher for at-home viewers to search out (a complete lot of) one thing for everybody.

(Via Variety)