Netflix has won the global rights in an auction to “The Starling,” a dramedy directed by Ted Melfi that stars Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Chris O’Dowd and Daveed Diggs, the streamer announced Monday.“The Starling” is described as a heartwarming and comic story about a woman who suffers through a hardship and then becomes obsessed with trying to kill a small starling bird nested in her backyard that harasses and attacks her, something that now represents all her problems.
In the process, she forms an unlikely friendship with a quirky psychologist turned veterinarian with his own troubled past.Melfi is directing the film from a script by Matt Harris, and he’ll also produce alongside Kimberly Quinn and Limelight’s Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker.
“The Starling” comes from Limelight, Entertainment One (eOne) and Boies Schiller Entertainment.
The executive producers are Boies Schiller Entertainment’s Zack Schiller and
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