'La La Land' director Damien Chazelle making a 'musical drama' for Netflix
It's pretty strange that Netflix and major filmmakers keep running into each other. Maybe it means something.
Ah, and this just in: La La Land and Whiplash director Damien Chazelle has signed on to create The Eddy, an eight-episode series for Netflix described as a "musical drama" set in "contemporary multi-cultural Paris revolving around a club, its owner, the house band, and the chaotic city that surrounds them."
This isn't Netflix's first foray into musical territory with a big screen auteur -- the streaming network previously partnered with Baz Luhrmann for hip-hop drama The Get Down, which was unceremoniously cancelled after Season 1 following rumors of production woes and a ballooning budget. Perhaps second time's the charm?
The Eddy will feature dialogue in French, English and Arabic, and be written by Jack Thorne (National Treasure), with original music by Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, Michael Jackson’s Bad).
And in a flagrant, fundamentally unfair violation of our desire to binge this series immediately, no release date has been specified. Neither does it have a production start date, though Netflix did say in its announcement that it would be shot in France.
Which makes at least one guy's dreams come true.
"I've always dreamed of shooting in Paris," Chazelle said, "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."
From the City of Stars to the City of Lights. We swoon, cue the music.
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
