Noah Baumbach Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros.; Sets New Theatrical Movie With Studio Label Clockwork (EXCLUSIVE)

Auteur leaving Netflix after five years, an exclusive partnership that yielded "Marriage Story"

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Noah Baumbach is getting back to work, setting his next film project for theaters and moving his business to Warner Bros.

The Oscar-nominated writer and director has signed a three-year, first-look agreement for features at the Burbank studio, following a long exclusive pact at Netflix. The new deal takes effect in 2027 and Baumbach’s inaugural project will be released by Clockwork, WB’s upstart indie label run by Neon veteran Christian Parkes.

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