Netflix Makes $20M+ World Rights Deal For ‘Nonnas;’ Stephen Chbosky-Vince Vaughn Pic Changes Toronto Plans & Now Eyes 2025 Release
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won an auction for the Stephen Chbosky-directed comedy Nonnas in a deal Deadline hears is $20 million plus for worldwide rights.
Several bidders were in the mix on a film that had been invited to be part of the Toronto International Film Festival slate.
That has changed and the film won’t make the trip. Netflix will release the film globally in 2025. Scripted by Liz Maccie, and based on a true story, Nonnas stars Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini, Drea De Matteo, Joe Manganiello, Michael Rispoli, and Campbell Scott.
Vaughn plays Joe, a single man in a dead-end job whose mother has spoiled him with her cooking. When she dies, he tries to pull himself out of grief mode by risking everything to open an Italian restaurants and honor his mother.
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