Netflix will allegedly pay $30 million for the worldwide rights to the indie romantic drama "Malcolm & Marie," starring Zendaya and John David Washington. The film was shot by "Euphoria" director Sam Levinson on black-and-white 35mm film during quarantine at the "Caterpillar House" in Carmel, California.

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• Netflix secured the deal at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival market.
• The film takes place over the course of one evening, as a filmmaker (Washington) returns home from a movie premiere and discusses his relationship with his girlfriend (Zendaya).
• Netflix also acquired the film "Bruised," from director Halle Berry, at Toronto.
• Last week, Netflix picked up "Pieces of a Woman," which secured the Best Actress prize for Vanessa Kirby, at the Venice film festival.

In her new YouTube Originals documentary, Paris Hilton opens up about the emotional and physical abuse she suffered during childhood at boarding school. The film marks the first time Hilton has discussed her experiences publicly.

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• Hilton is not a producer on the film, titled "This is Paris," and claims she hadn't planned on being so candid during the interviews.
• Hilton's parents sent her to a variety of boarding schools for teens with behavioral problems in the 1990s, including the Provo Canyon School in Utah, around which the abuse allegations are centered.
• "This is Paris" is now streaming on Hilton's YouTube channel.

DAILY CALENDAR

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

THE THIRD DAY: Limited series, co-produced by HBO and Sky Studios, telling three different stories about three characters, all set on the same mysterious island. The first section -- titled "Summer" and starring Jude Law -- debuts today. More installments will follow in the fall and winter. Katherine Waterson, Paddy Considine, Emily Watson, and Naomie Harris co-star. [HBO]

WE ARE WHO WE ARE: Limited drama series from writer/director Luca Guadagnino ("Call Me By Your Name") about the friendship between two teens (Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamon) at a U.S. army base in Italy. The cast also features Chloë Sevigny, Scott Mescudi (aka musician Kid Cudi), and Alice Braga. [HBO]

ENSLAVED: Docuseries about the use of state-of-the-art diving technology to locate and examine sunken slave ships across multiple continents. The film also chronicles a historical investigation by journalists Simcha Jacobovici and Afua Hirsch, and a personal story about actor Samuel L. Jackson's search for his own ancestral tribe. [Epix]

HBO Max renewed the DC Comics adaptation "Doom Patrol" for a third season. Though the show debuted on the DC Universe platform, it will now stream as an HBO Max exclusive.

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• The show's recent second season streamed on both DC Universe and HBO Max.
• The Doom Patrol is composed of misfit superheroes -- including Brendan Fraser as "Robotman" Cliff Steele, Matt Bomer as Negative Man, and Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane -- who save the world under the mentorship of their "Chief" (Timothy Dalton).
• No word yet on a premiere date for Season 3.

Disney's new live-action take on "Mulan" was, of course, intended for theaters, but wound up on Disney+ as a $30 add-on after the pandemic shut down public movie screenings worldwide. This is really too bad, for so many reasons, but in particular because the film was clearly intended for a movie theater experience. It's a lushly produced, colorful, massive-scale war/adventure movie, almost like a teen-friendly introduction to the sweeping historical epic genre of "Braveheart," "Hero," and even "Lawrence of Arabia." The spectacle is the main selling point here.

This is doubly true because -- once you're done admiring the sets, costumes, and action set pieces -- there really isn't a ton left here to chew on. "Mulan" goes through the same story beats as the 1998 animated original -- minus the songs and the whimsical comedy -- and relentlessly tries to maintain a delicate balance. The film wants to be action-oriented and exciting enough to draw in crowds that want to see a new "Crouching Tiger," without totally abandoning the kids and families who love Mulan the Disney Princess. I'm not sure it's entirely successful in this regard. From an adult perspective, the messaging feels a bit muddled, and the war scenes generic, and I fear it may still be too violent and troubling for young viewers...

YouTube has started rolling out its TikTok competitor, called YouTube Shorts, throughout India. The new feature will allow users to create 15-second videos set to music.

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• The app already includes "100,000s of tracks" for users to choose from; negotiations with some artists and music labels are ongoing.
• The videos will appear in a new homepage row dedicated to Shorts.
• Instagram also has a TikTok competitor of its own, called Reels.

"Dear White People" actor Jeremy Tardy has left the series after accusing studio Lionsgate of racial discrimination. Tardy made the allegations in a Facebook post on Friday.

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• "Dear White People" will return to Netflix for a fourth and final season next year.
• Tardy claims that Netflix made him an offer to return for the fourth season, but refused to consider counter-offers, despite making accommodations for his white co-stars.
• Tardy then claims, after efforts to renegotiate failed, his character was written off of the series.
• Lionsgate declined to comment on the matter.

Netflix released a trailer for the Aaron Sorkin drama feature "The Trial of the Chicago 7." The clip aired on TV during the LA Rams/Dallas Cowboys Sunday Night Football broadcast.

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• The scripted film relates the true story of the protest outside the 1968 Democratic Convention that turned into a violent clash with police officers and the National Guard.
• Protest organizers were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot; much of the film concerns their trial.
• The cast includes Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella, Jeremy Strong, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
• The film had originally been in development at Paramount; Netflix picked it up for $56 million.
• The film is Sorkin's second as a director, after "Molly's Game."
• Netflix will release "The Trial of the Chicago 7" on October 16.

Author Rick Riordan will help to develop feature adaptations of his "Kane Chronicles" novels for Netflix. The author is also known for his "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series.

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• Riordan announced his involvement on social media, saying that the deal with Netflix has been in progress since October.
• The "Kane Chronicles" novels concern Egyptian gods who return to the modern world, through the eyes of a pair of young siblings.
• Riordan is also developing a series based on "Percy Jackson" for Disney+.

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• Gladys Knight squared off against Patti LaBelle in the latest installment of the "Verzuz" musical battle series.
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