Netflix in advanced talks to make ‘idol’ with matt reeves’ 6th & idaho; hailee steinfeld starring & producing

Netflix In Advance Talks To Make 'Idol' With Hailee Steinfeld Starring & Producing You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content By Anthony

D'Alessandro, Anita Busch October 18, 2018 1:35pm SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. EXCLUSIVE: We’re hearing that Netflix and Matt Reeves’ company 6th & Idaho are in advanced talks to

make the music-themed feature film _Idol, _on which Hailee Steinfeld is attached to star and produce. The deal has not closed yet, but we understand it is imminent. We’re hearing the news

from several sources. Netflix beat out Paramount and Universal for the Matt King-penned story, which is described as _Devil Wears Prada_ meets _All About Eve_ set in the high-stakes world of

pop music. The story revolves around a girl who becomes an assistant for an iconic-type singer and then tries to become her, as in morph into her. Federal Films, the motion picture division

of Republic Records, which Steinfeld records under, will release the original motion picture soundtrack. The _True Grit _Oscar nominee is expected to be heavily involved in the music. 6th

and Idaho Prods’ Reeves, Adam Kassan and Rafi Crohn are producing through their Netflix feature deal. In addition Steinfeld and her mother Cheri Steinfeld will be producing alongside

Federal. In addition to being nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for the Coen Brothers’ _True Grit, _Steinfeld starred in the last two _Pitch Perfect _movies, which together made

close to $500 million worldwide. Steinfeld stars in Paramount’s _Bumble _due out on December 21 and provides the voice of Gwen Stacy in Sony’s _Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse _opening

December 14. She also plays Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV series _Dickinson._ Among Steinfeld’s double-platinum single hits are her 2015 debut single “Love Myself”, “Starving” with Grey

(feat. Zedd), the summer anthem “Most Girls,” and the platinum-certified single, “Let Me Go.” To date, Steinfeld has amassed a total of nearly 2 billion streams globally. She is repped by

CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein. Reeves is repped by CAA, 3 Arts and Jackoway Austen. King is repped by Verve, manager Robert Bookman and attorney Jeff Frankel. Comments JavaScript is required to

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