Netflix Wins Rights to Ted Melfis The Starling With Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Kline – TheWrap

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 ODowd 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 hell also produce alongside Kimberly Quinn and Limelights Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker. The Starling comes from Limelight, Entertainment One (eOne) and Boies Schiller Entertainment. The executive producers are Boies Schiller Entertainments Zack Schiller and David Boies and eOnes Jen Gorton and Zev Foreman.

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Also co-starring in the film are Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao and Kimberly Quinn. The Starling is currently in post-production.

McCarthy, who starred in Melfis St. Vincent back in 2014, has made a dramatic turn in recent years after work in Can You Ever Forgive Me? and The Kitchen. Shell also next appear in the live-action remake of Disneys The Little Mermaid.

The Starling is Melfis first feature since 2016s Best Picture-nominated Hidden Figures.

CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent negotiated the deal with Netflix.

Deadline first reported news of the deal.

The actress has come a long way since her days playing Sookie

"Go" (1999)

McCarthy made her feature film debut with a supporting role in "Go," directed by Doug Liman.

"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2000)The actress had a small role as Doris, a woman flirting with Jimmy Bosley at the crime scene.

"Gilmore Girls" (2000-2007)

McCarthy was cast as Sookie St. James, the best friend of Lorelai Gilmore, in the WB television series. The series ended in 2007, and McCarthy was not asked to return for the reboot announced in February.

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2004)McCarthy played a saleswoman in an episode titled "The Surrogate," in which Larry David gets a heart monitor and uses the device to get out of uncomfortable situations.

In 2005, McCarthy married Ben Falcone, fellow actor and future "Bridesmaids" co-star (seen here at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival).

"Mike &Molly" (2010-2015)"Mike & Molly" premiered on CBS in 2010 and starred McCarthy and Billy Gardell as a couple who fall in love. The show was cancelled in January 2016.

McCarthy even earned an Oscar nomination for her role in "Bridesmaids," and presented at the 2012 ceremony with co-star Rose Byrne.

"This Is 40" (2012)

With Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in the leads of Judd Apatow's comedy, McCarthy played a kid's mom who gets in a verbal argument with Rudd's character, Pete, at school.

"Identity Thief" (2013)

The film was a surprise hit at the box office, debuting to $34.5 million and grossing $134.5 million although it received terrible reviews. Jason Bateman starred in the film about a man getting his identity stolen by a woman.

"The Heat" (2013)Directed by Paul Feig, McCarthy teamed up with Sandra Bullock to take down a mobster. The film grossed $230 million globally from a $43 million budget.

"Tammy" (2014)

The film, which received mixed reviews, had McCarthy in the role of a recently-unemployed woman who goes on a road trip with her alcoholic grandmother. The film made $84.5 million domestically.

"The Boss" (2016)

McCarthy stars as a disgraced industry titan who goes to prison for insider trading. She then tries to redeem herself by starting a new empire with brownies.

The actress has come a long way since her days playing Sookie

The actress has come a long way since her days playing Sookie

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