Paramount’s ‘The Lovebirds’ With Issa Rae and Kumail

“The Lovebirds,” the comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, is heading from Paramount Pictures to now be launched by Netflix, a person with information of the acquisition informed TheWrap.

Media Rights Capital made the deal to promote the movie to Netflix, the person mentioned. “The Lovebirds” was meant to premiere at SXSW after which open theatrically on April 3. Last week, the movie was pulled from its theatrical launch by Paramount because of the coronavirus outbreak. The new launch date for the movie is to be determined.

Michael Showalter directed “The Lovebirds,” which follows Rae and Nanjiani as a brand new couple on the run from the legislation after they get wrapped up in a homicide thriller.

Paramount additionally delayed the discharge of “A Quiet Place Part II,” which was meant to open in theaters Friday, and on the drama “Blue Story,” and it most just lately gave a digital launch to the online game household movie “Sonic the Hedgehog” after its theatrical run was minimize brief.

Many studios which have needed to delay the releases of their movies have just lately turned to VOD streaming within the wake of the coronavirus unfold shutting down hundreds of film theaters throughout the nation for weeks. Among the titles to make the transfer to digital within the coming weeks have included Universal’s “Trolls World Tour,” “Emma.,” “The Hunt” and “The Invisible Man,” Sony’s “Bloodshot,” Lionsgate’s “I Still Believe” and Disney/Pixar’s “Onward.”

Netflix on Friday introduced it might be establishing a $100 million coronavirus aid fund to assist the inventive group. Netflix additionally beforehand picked up the Paramount sci-fi movie “The Cloverfield Paradox” in 2018, dropping the movie in a shock launch on the streaming service after promoting for it on the Super Bowl.

Deadline first reported the information.