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Netflixis producing a film that will be directed by the award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, and aside from the movie’s premise and impressive cast,I’m most excited by the fact that Bigelow is involved.Unfortunately, the upcoming film does not have a title (that we know of) as of the writing of this article since it is in its early development stages. However, Netflix has released some information regarding its premise and who is set to star in Bigelow’s next movie.

Kathryn Bigelow won Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars in 2009 forThe Hurt Locker, making her the first woman to win the award for Best Director.

Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker walking away and getting hit with a bomb explosion

The Night Agentstar Gabriel Basso is in talks to star in the Oscar-winning director’s Netflix film, alongside Jared Harris, best known for his roles inMad Men,The Crown, andChernobyl. Basso and Harris are recent additions to the cast, while Netflix previously announced thatIdris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson would play significant roles in Bigelow’s movie.Specific details concerning the plot and characters are being kept hush-hush, but Netflix has confirmed that it willtake place at the White House during a national crisis.Even though the premise is quite vague (for now), Bigelow’s involvement has sold me on the film.

Co-director and co-writer

Kathryn Bigelow directing The Hurt Locker in a BTS photo

Director and co-writer

Director and producer

Kathryn Bigelow Making A Netflix Movie Is Very Exciting

Bigelow Has Won 2 Oscars

Almost seven years have passed since Kathryn Bigelow released her last film—Detroit— and I’m more than ready to see what she has in store for her next one. Some of the director’smovies have been controversial, likeZero Dark Thirty, which chronicled and dramatized the manhunt for Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, Bigelow has never shied away from taking on controversial stories as she is a fantastic director (undoubtedlyone of the best women filmmakers of all time) with a keen eye for brilliant action on the big screen.

Bigelow helming the mysterious Netflix action movie after almost seven years since the premiere ofDetroitis what makes it highly anticipated. The plot doesn’t sound unique, and while the cast is amazing,Bigelow’s comeback is the project’s most intriguing aspect.Hopefully, the upcoming film can live up to the hype and compare toBigelow’s previous movies.

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One Kathryn Bigelow Netflix Movie Was Already Scrapped

Before her new movie was announced in June 2024, Kathryn Bigelow had been working on a Netflix film that was sadly canceled.The foregone project was based on David Koepp’s 2022 novelAurora,which centers around a worldwide power outage caused by a solar storm. Sadly, the adaptation never got off the ground and Bigelow stepped away, just in time for the director to start working on her exciting upcomingNetflixaction movie.