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Preview:
- Matthew McConaughey and Zoe Saldaña will star in ‘Positano.’
- It’s a brand new romantic caper.
- Daniel Roher will direct.
As soon as his large, profitable style, Matthew McConaughey hasn’t been on the heart of a really romantic film for a couple of years now.
In line with Deadline, that’s all set to alter with a brand new film referred to as ‘Positano’, described as a romantic caper set on the titular Italian location.
And McConaughey gained’t be alone –– Zoe Saldaña, most just lately seen within the likes of ‘Emilia Pérez,’ –– can also be aboard to star.
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What’s the story of ‘Positano’?
Matthew McConaughey arrives on the pink carpet of The ninetieth Oscars® on the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Credit score/Supplier: Scott Diussa / A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: A.M.P.A.S.
Past the fundamental concept of “a romantic caper set in Positano” (which in case you’re unaware is a picturesque, cliffside village on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, well-known for its colourful, vertically stacked homes, steep slender streets, luxurious boutiques, and delightful pebble seashores like Spiaggia Grande), not a lot is understood in regards to the story.
Writers Alessandro Tanaka and Brian Gatewood crafted the script as a spec, which caught the eye of the workforce at Working Title.
They acquired it to director Daniel Roher, whose most up-to-date film, ‘Tuner’ starring Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall, made its debut ultimately 12 months’s Telluride Movie Competition and can be at Sundance subsequent month, and he signed on to direct.
McConaughey and Saldaña boarded shortly after and Netflix picked up the mission.
The place else can we see Matthew McConaughey and Zoe Saldaña?
Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) in twentieth Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash’. Photograph courtesy of twentieth Century Studios. © 2025 twentieth Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
McConaughey was most just lately seen in Apple unique film ‘The Misplaced Bus’ and is hooked up to a few initiatives that may reunite him with ‘True Detective’ creator Nic Pizzolatto; a brand new, untitled TV collection and a film based mostly on the Mike Hammer character.
He’s additionally been at work on a TV collection co-starring Woody Harrelson, although that one has hit some artistic wobbles throughout capturing.
Saldaña scored a Finest Supporting Actress Oscar for ‘Emilia Pérez’ again in March, voiced a personality in Disney/Pixar’s ‘Elio’ and is again on screens proper now in ‘Avatar: Fireplace & Ash.’
When will ‘Positano’ be on screens?
There’s no phrase on when ‘Positano’ could be in theaters, or even when, given Netflix’s perspective to its film output. However it may very well be prepared for some level in 2027.
Zoe Saldaña on the Disney presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas. Photograph: Disney.