Netflix Picks Up Kevin Hart Vehicle

Netflix will release Kevin Hart’s Fatherhood on Father’s Day June 18, presenting the movie with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.

The streaming service acquired the worldwide rights for the feature from Sony Pictures, which has had to push the release date of the film several times due to the continued theatrical shutdowns exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sony will be presenting the film, along with Higher Ground. However, the worldwide deal excludes China.

The movie, based on the book Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin, centers on a man who loses his wife soon after childbirth and who must now raise his newborn child on his own.

Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives) , Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It), Anthony Carrigan (Barry), Melody Hurd (Trick) and Paul Reiser (Aliens) also star. Paul Weitz (Admission) directed the film from a script he co-wrote with Dana Stevens (Safe Haven).

Marty Bowen (First Man), David Beaubaire (Men In Black International), and Peter Kiernan (6 Balloons) produced along with Hart, who recently signed a first-look deal with Netflix via his HartBeat Productions banner.

Betsy Danbury (Nightcrawler), Aaron L. Gilbert (Joker), Jason Cloth (Respect), Bryan Smiley (Jumper), Jaclyn Huntling Swatt (Happiest Season), Isaac Klausner (Paper Towns), Channing Tatum (Magic Mike) and Reid Carolin (Logan Lucky) will executive produce.

Leave your thoughts on Netflix acquiring the streaming rights to Fatherhood below in the comments. Readers seeking to support this type of content can visit our Patreon Page and become one of FilmBook’s patrons. Readers seeking more movie news can visit our Movie News Page, our Movie News Facebook Page, and our Movie News Twitter Page. Want up-to-the-minute notification? FilmBook staff members publish articles by Email, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Flipboard. This news was brought to our attention by The Hollywood Reporter.