via Deadline.com
Major news for fans hopelessly devoted to Olivia Newton-John: a documentary in production about the late singer and actress will be coming to Netflix.
The streaming platform today announced the untitled project is being directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nicole Newnham (Crip Camp, The Disappearance of Shere Hite). The feature – from R.J. Cutler’s This Machine (a division of Sony Pictures Television) – will explore “the music, life, and magic of beloved pop star and cultural phenom Olivia Newton-John,” according to a release. “In her own words, through vivid archival and via reminiscences from close friends and collaborators, we’ll follow Olivia’s journey as the world falls madly in love with her and she ascends to the height of fame, only to be confronted by challenges of epic proportions.”
Producers of the untitled Olivia Newton-John film are This Machine’s R.J. Cutler, Elise Pearlstein and Trevor Smith, along with Howard Gertler. Executive Producers include Mark Blatty for This Machine and Larry Mestel and Natalia Nastaskin of Primary Wave along with Margaret Yen.
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