Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien Chazelle to produce Netflix musical
Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien Chazelle is taking a new project to France... and Netflix.
The streaming service has announced plans for The Eddy, an eight-episode musical drama set in contemporary Paris that revolves around a nightclub, its owner, the house band and "the chaotic city that surrounds them," Netflix says.
No casting or release date was disclosed.
The series, aimed at Netflix's global audience, will feature dialogue in French, English and Arabic. The series will be written by Jack Thorne (National Treasure).
La La Land director Damien Chazelle is working on a new musical for Netflix.
Photo: Paul DrinkwaterChazelle, who won best director at the Oscars this year for his hit musical about artistic strivers in Los Angeles, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will serve as executive producer and will direct two of the episodes.
Alan Poul (Six Feet Under, The Newsroom), will executive produce, with original music written by Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, Michael Jackson's Bad).
Said Chazelle: "I've always dreamed of shooting in Paris, so I'm doubly excited to be teaming up with Jack, Glen and Alan on this story and thrilled that we have found a home for it at Netflix."
Netflix has been aggressively courting high-profile filmmakers like the Coen brothers, Ava DuVernay and Martin Scorsese, but the last time it did so for a musical series, the result was an expensive misfire.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land.
Photo: Dale RobinetteBaz Luhrmann's The Get Down, about 1970s New York City and the birth of hip-hop, reportedly cost $US120 million to make and was cancelled after one season.
Chazelle is also directing First Man, a biopic starring Ryan Gosling as pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong, due in theatres next year.
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