Netflix and Ava DuVernay have defeated a defamation lawsuit over the award-winning limited series When They See Us, which centers on the wrongful convictions of the Central Park Five. Linda Fairstein originally sued Ava DuVernay and Netflix for defamation and damages for her portrayal in the hit series. Fairstein claimed the way she was portrayed […]Read More
The prosecutor in the Netflix series “When They See Us” is now suing the director Ava DuVernay over how she was portrayed in the show. Linda Fairstein was the NYC prosecutor that put away the Exonerated Five in the Central Park Jogger case back in 1989. Fairstein filed the federal suit today, saying she actually […]Read More
Netflix has landed the rights to an Ava DuVernay-directed documentary on the late rapper, Nipsey Hussle. Following an intense bidding war against Apple and Amazon. The film is a co-production between DuVernay’s ARRAY and Hussle’s Marathon Films. Netflix took the rights in the deal, which is supposedly worth eight figures and in the teens, Deadline […]Read More
