Entertainment
Barack Obama Production Announces Six New Projects In Netflix
Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company last Friday announced six new projects in development for Netflix Inc., including a love story with a super natural twist and a young adult thriller.
The former president and first Lady’s Higher Ground Productions will adapt British – Pakistani author, Mohsin Hamid’s novel, Exit West into a film. According to a statement from Netflix, the book tells the story of a young couple who find magical doors to transport them to other places and land in middle of a global refugee crisis.
Other film projects include a science fiction movie called Satellite which will be produced with T. Street, a production company run by Star Wars director, Rinn Johnson and producer, Ram Bergman. Another is ‘Tenzing’ the story of Napulese – Indian man who first reached the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand.
The Young Wife is a feature film that follows a woman on the day of her wedding who feels out of sync as a storm approach.
The company is also developing two TV series “Fire Keepers Daughter” a thriller based on a young adult novel by Angeline Boulley about an 18-year-old Ojibwe tribe member, who reluctantly goes undercover in a police investigation on her reservation.
The other series is Nature Documentary about national parks. Netflix said the projects will be released over the next few years, but did not give exact release date.
The Obamas signed a multi-year production deal with Netflix in 2018. Their earlier Netflix projects include: American Factory which won an Oscar in 2020 for Best Documentary.
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