Greetings! Welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. What’s happening? A lot, actually—and quite a bit of it has to do with Disney+. Let’s hop to it!
Netflix Nabbed the Sundance Hit The 40-Year-Old Version
Continuing its trend of going shopping at film festivals, Netflix announced earlier this week that it has picked up the worldwide rights to The 40-Year-Old Version, a movie about a struggling playwright who develops a rapper alter-ego. The movie, which won the directing award in the US dramatic category at Sundance, is the debut feature of writer-director Radha Blank. “It’s my love letter to NY and its struggling artists as well as the NY artistic institutions that raised me—hip-hop and theater,” Blank said in a statement. “As a new member of the Netflix family, I’m excited about the global audience that this film will reach.” Netflix says the film will be released in theaters and on the streaming service later this year.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finally Has a Release Date
Friends, the wait is almos