By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film At a time when production is shut down, Netflix continues to grow its slate through acquisitions.
One day after the streamer paid $20 million world rights to the Ted Melfi-directed Melissa McCarthy-starrer The Starling, Netflix closed a deal with Legendary Entertainment for Enola Holmes, the Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag and Killing Eve) directed drama that stars Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown.
All rights but China are in the deal. It’s the start of a potential franchise based on the six-book book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries.
Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) adapted it. With its stock soaring, Netflix’s challenge is to not run out of new product.
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