Netflix puts Halle Berry’s ‘The Mothership’ on shelves – The Hollywood Reporter

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In a surprising development, Netflix will no longer release Halle Berry’s sci-fi film the mom, Hollywood Reporter He confirmed it.

Perry W the mom The team had already completed much of the filming of the project, but it needed extensive reshoots to get it over the finish line. Netflix chose not to move forward with these reshoots and shelved the film instead. Insider The newsletter first broke the news.

The sci-fi film stars Berry as a woman who discovers an extraterrestrial object under her house one year after her husband disappears. Matthew Chapman (Bridge of Spies) He wrote and directed the mom As his first directorial film. The cast included Molly Parker, John Ortiz, and Omari Hardwicke.

This move is reminiscent of the decision of Warner Bros. Discovery for 2022 has been cancelled bat girl, The DC movie, which has already completed filming and was expected to arrive on HBO Max. The company has also put the animation feature on hold Coyote vs. Peak Late last year, though, it allowed filmmakers to take it to other studios. So far no buyer has emerged.

MRC, the company behind Netflix’s Sundance acquisition last year fair playsupported Umm Siba. Perry and Danny Stillman executive produced the momwith Fred Berger and Brian Cavanaugh Jones produced by Automatik. the mom It was part of a multi-picture partnership between Berry and the streaming service.

Perry is still working with Netflix, which has been released Bruisesher directorial debut in 2020, after it was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. It also has a Mark Wahlberg feature the Union With the advent of streaming services.

the the mom The news comes on the heels of Scott Stuber stepping down from the top job at the movie streaming service to form his own media company. Stauber was instrumental in courting Perry and other top talent to produce films for Netflix.