Netflix Snaps Up Big-Budget ‘All Quiet on The Western Front’ Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

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Netflix is believed to have swooped for world rights to a long-anticipated adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's seminal book “All Quiet on the Western Front' that will star Daniel Brühl.

The project is understood to be among the biggest-budget films to ever come out of Germany, with production set to begin in March. Former Washington Post journalist Ian Stokell and producer and actor Lesley Paterson penned the script, which is based on the classic novel about World War I by former German infantryman Erich Maria Remarque, published in 1929 and taught in curricula around the world for its sobering account of the futility of war.

handled global sales on the new adaptation, which will add to Netflix’s burgeoning catalogue of German content, which includes hit series “Dark” and “Unorthodox.”picked up rights to the film back in February, around the Berlin Film Festival Remarque’s story follows teenagers Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, who voluntarily enlist in the German army, riding a wave of patriotic fervour that quickly dissipates once they face the brutal realities of life on the front.

 

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