Yahoo Lifestyle New Yorker Centennial Doc From EP Judd Apatow Heading To Netflix
A documentary on the centennial of publication The New Yorker, from executive producer Judd Apatow, will premiere on Netflix this year, the streamer announced on Friday.
Directed by Marshall Curry, who also produces alongside Xan Parker, the doc follows the editors, writers and creatives behind the scenes of one of the last print magazines of our time, offering unprecedented access to its inner workings, its contributors, and its archives.
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In addition to Apatow, executive producers include Josh Church, Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos and Michael Bonfiglio. Marshall Curry Productions and Apatow Productions are the production companies.
In a statement shared with Deadline, Curry said, “I’ve been a reader of the magazine for most of my life, and it’s been thrilling to get to peek behind the curtain and witness the precision, thought, and almost fanatical obsession that goes into crafting their stories, cartoons, and covers.”
Said The New Yorker Editor David Remnick, “To be the subject of someone else’s reporting is, to say the least, unusual, and even a little unnerving, for us. We’ve let Marshall, Judd, and Netflix into our offices and work lives and they will take it from there. I look forward to seeing what they make of the work we do each day and what we hope to achieve as we celebrate our 100th anniversary and, even more, forge ahead as a publication in complicated times.”
Harold Ross and his wife, Jane Grant, founded The New Yorker in 1925 as a sophisticated humor and cultural magazine aimed at New York City’s urban elite. The first issue, published on February 21, 1925, featured a cover illustration of a dandy known as “Eustace Tilley,” drawn by Rea Irvin, which has become an enduring mascot of the magazine, appearing annually on its anniversary covers.
Throughout its history, The New Yorker has been known for publishing influential writers such as J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Joan Didion, and James Baldwin, and for introducing groundbreaking literary fiction, poetry, and essays. It’s also been a home for iconic cartoonists like Charles Addams and Roz Chast, with its signature single-panel cartoons becoming one of its defining features. Its investigative journalism has also made an impact, from Rachel Carson’s environmental exposé Silent Spring to Ronan Farrow’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the #MeToo movement.
A four-time Oscar nominee active across narrative and documentary, Curry won the prize for Best Live Action Short in 2020 with The Neighbors’ Window. Most recently directing on Peacock’s SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, he broke out with the 2005 documentary Street Fight, chronicling Cory Booker’s 2002 campaign for mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Other works from the filmmaker include If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Racing Dreams, and A Night at the Garden, to name just a few. He is represented by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Granderson Des Rochers.
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