It's been quite the rough go for director Andrew Dominick's Marilyn Monroe biopic. The film, regrettably, has been stuck in development hell for the past eight years now. It's also seen several high-profile actresses, namely Naomi Watts and Jessica Chastain, attached to the project, but both eventually dropped out due to commitments set elsewhere. It appears, however, through the divine intervention of a streaming giant that the film has finally caught its big break. And unlike Marilyn, this film's first exposure will be set in the stage of one of the most innovative media companies of the modern age.
Netflix recently announced that the new biopic, titled Blonde, will begin filming early next year. The film is a adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates biography. Marilyn was last brought to life onscreen in 2011's My Week With Marilyn. That Oscar-nominated film starred Michelle Williams as the the blonde bombshell actress who took Hollywood by storm, but mostly focused on the softer side of the real life woman who simply wanted to love and to be loved.