A week after being pulled from its April 3 theatrical release amid growing concerns about the coronavirus, TheLovebirds is flying to Netflix.
The comedy, starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, was set to be released via Paramount. The studio recently pulled the release of A Quiet Place II and Blue Story.
The Lovebirds, directed byMichael Showalter, follows a couple (Nanjiani and Rae) on the brink of a breakup. The pair subsequently become embroiled in a bizarre and hijinks-filled murder mystery. (Valence Media, the parent company ofThe Hollywood Reporter, also owns MRC, which producedTheLovebirds.) As Hollywood grapples with the closure of U.S.
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