By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Netflix has commissioned its first Dutch original feature film, an untitled crime comedy focusing on aspiring rapper Richie Rich and his journey to become the greatest hip-hop artist in the Netherlands.
The project comes from writing duo Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, whose De Libi [pictured] won the top prize at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2019; El-Hamus will also direct.
Producers are Fiction Valley, the Amsterdam-based label owned by UK company Fremantle. In the movie, when Richie Rich’s watch is stolen in a violent robbery, and humiliating images of the encounter go viral, the rapper has to fix his reputation to save his career. “It is a great honor as young filmmakers to
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