{"id":79583,"date":"2022-09-27T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-buys-robert-downey-jr-father-documentary-sr-the-hollywood-reporter-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:00:01","slug":"netflix-buys-robert-downey-jr-father-documentary-sr-the-hollywood-reporter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-buys-robert-downey-jr-father-documentary-sr-the-hollywood-reporter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Buys Robert Downey Jr.  Father Documentary &#8216;Sr.&#8217;  \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Sr.<\/em>a documentary feature about the maverick independent filmmaker <strong>Robert Downey Sr.<\/strong> that was directed by <strong>Chris Smith<\/strong> (<em>fyre<\/em>) and counts <strong>Robert Downey Jr.<\/strong> among its producers, has been acquired by Netflix and will receive a full-fledged Oscar push from the streamer this season, <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tDowney Jr., who attended the film&#8217;s world premiere earlier this month at the Telluride Film Festival (where <em>THR<\/em> reviewed it as \u201cunique and affecting\u201d), intends to hit the campaign trail on behalf of the project about his father (who died at 85 in July 2021), which will drop on the streamer before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tThe film, which explores Downey Sr.&#8217;s life and work (he is best known for the 1969 Madison Ave. satire <em>Putney Swope<\/em>), as well as themes ranging from mortality to healing generational dysfunction (the relationship between Sr. and Jr. is prominently featured), will next screen at the New York Film Festival on Oct.  10 and 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tSr.  is a co-production between Team Downey, the production company founded by Downey Jr.  and <strong>Susan Downey<\/strong>, and Library Films.  Netflix and Team Downey previously collaborated on the fantasy series <em>Sweet Tooth<\/em>, which is heading into its second season.  And Smith, a five-time Emmy nominee, previously directed the Netflix projects <em>fyre<\/em> (a giant hit for the service), <em>Bad Vegan<\/em>, <em>Operation Varsity Blues<\/em> and <em>Jim &#038; Andy: The Great Beyond<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\t\u201cWe&#8217;re grateful to have Netflix partner with us on this highly personal project,\u201d the Downeys, who produced the film with <strong>Emily Barclay Ford<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin<\/strong> <strong>Ford<\/strong>, said in a statement.  \u201cThey&#8217;re the ideal home for our unconventional, oft absurd, brutally in-depth homage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tAdded Smith, \u201cOn the first day of filming, Sr.  said &#8216;trust anything, and anything can happen&#8217; \u2014 and that ended up being the guiding light for the project.  What started as a straightforward documentary quickly devolved into anything but.  Knowing what I know now, it&#8217;s really the only way you could attempt to make something on the two Downeys.  Larger than life but open and human as ever, it was such a pleasure and life affirming experience to try to capture some glimpses of the highs, lows and everything in-between.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sr.a documentary feature about the maverick independent filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. that was directed by Chris Smith (fyre) and counts Robert Downey Jr. among its producers, has been acquired by Netflix and will receive a full-fledged Oscar push from the streamer this season, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Downey Jr., who attended the film&#8217;s world &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-buys-robert-downey-jr-father-documentary-sr-the-hollywood-reporter-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix Buys Robert Downey Jr.  Father Documentary &#8216;Sr.&#8217;  \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79483,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-buys-robert-downey-jr-father-documentary-sr-the-hollywood-reporter\/","url_meta":{"origin":79583,"position":0},"title":"Netflix Buys Robert Downey Jr.  Father Documentary &#8216;Sr.&#8217;  \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter","date":"September 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sr.a documentary feature about the maverick independent filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. that was directed by Chris Smith (fyre) and counts Robert Downey Jr. among its producers, has been acquired by Netflix and will receive a full-fledged Oscar push from the streamer this season, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. 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