Netflix Lands Film About Michael Jackson's Pet Chimp Bubbles

That's right. Netflix is finishing up a deal for the film Bubbles. It's a stop-motion animated film about Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee of the same name, and it looks to be one of the best films coming from Cannes Film Festival this year.

But what sort of madman came up with the idea to make a stop-motion film about Michael Jackson's chimp, you might ask? Well, that would be the brilliant mind of Taika Waititi, who is known for Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows, as well as helming the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok film. He's working on it with Mark Gustafson who worked on Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Variety reported that the deal is for worldwide rights and the price is just under $20 million. But thats not the only thing Netflix has been buying. They've been making some big buys at Cannes this year. Netflix certainly is making it's move to be a big producing company, and I think that they have a winner with Bubbles.

It sounds like it can't go wrong. The wonderful director Taika Waititi, alongside Mark Gustafson who alongside Wes Anderson, brought us an amazingly animated Mr. Fox, and it's about Bubbles, one of the greatest pop star in history's pet monkey. You can't make this stuff up. I can't wait to see it when it is released.