New Yorker Centennial Doc From EP Judd Apatow Heading To Netflix
deadline.comA documentary on the centennial of publication The New Yorker, from executive producer Judd Apatow, will premiere on Netflix this year, the streamer announced on Friday.
Directed by Marshall Curry, who also produces alongside Xan Parker, the doc follows the editors, writers and creatives behind the scenes of one of the last print magazines of our time, offering unprecedented access to its inner workings, its contributors, and its archives.
In addition to Apatow, executive producers include Josh Church, Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos and Michael Bonfiglio. Marshall Curry Productions and Apatow Productions are the production companies.
In a statement shared with Deadline, Curry said, “I’ve been a reader of the magazine for most of my life, and it’s been thrilling to get to peek behind the curtain and witness the precision, thought, and almost fanatical obsession that goes into crafting their stories, cartoons, and covers.” Said The New Yorker Editor David Remnick, “To be the subject of someone else’s reporting is, to say the least, unusual, and even a little unnerving, for us.
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