
Back to All News
Antoine Fuqua Forms First Look Partnership With Netflix; Announces New Production Company Name Hill District Media
Entertainment
03 December 2021
GlobalUnited States
Director and Producer ANTOINE FUQUA has entered into a first-look partnership with Netflix, continuing his relationship with the studio after the highly-successful drama The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
In addition to directing, the deal will focus primarily on films, documentary features.
Fuqua also announced the renaming of his production company to Hill District Media, previously titled Fuqua Films. The new name emphasizes his background and roots that translate to his work on the screen.
Quote from Antoine Fuqua: Working with Netflix on The Guilty was such a rewarding experience, both from an artistic and collaborative point of view, said Fuqua. I'm beyond excited to continue this relationship and expand our slate of films with a partner that shares our vision at Hill District Media.
Quote from Tendo Nagenda, VP Netflix Film: Antoine is an impactful storyteller who believes art can create meaningful change in the world. We had a great collaboration with him on The Guilty and look forward to telling many more stories together in the future.
ABOUT ANTOINE FUQUA
Fuqua is the director behind such films as Training Day, The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Southpaw, Olympus Has Fallen, Brooklyn's Finest, Shooter, Tears of the Sun and King Arthur. He directed and executive produced the documentary American Dream/American Knightmare on the legendary Marion Suge Knight and directed the blues documentary, Lightning in a Bottle, executive produced by Martin Scorsese. Fuqua currently serves as executive producer on the FOX medical drama The Resident. Most recently, he directed and executive produced the critically acclaimed documentary What's My Name: Muhammad Ali, for HBO, which was a winner at the 2020 PGA Awards in the Outstanding Sports Program category and the 2020 Sports Emmys in the Outstanding Long Sports Documentary category. This year, his HBO sports documentary The Day Sports Stood Still also received a Critics Choice Documentary Award nomination. His company also produced Quibi's movie in chapter #FreeRayshawn, starring Laurence Fishburne and Stephan James, which won two Emmy awards. The series also won a 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form Series - Comedy or Drama. His latest series Mayor of Kingstown is now releasing new episodes of its first season on Paramount+. Other upcoming projects include Emancipation, Bullet Train, The Terminal List, recently announced Mike Tyson film, Lakers docuseries and Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation series, among others.
More from Netflix
21/05/2026
Back to All News
In a Broken System, How Far Will You Bend? Netflix Releases Ma...
21/05/2026
Back to All News
RHYTHM FLOW ITALY: The Trailer Is Out Now For the Third Seas...
21/05/2026
Back to All News
Our Latest Steps to Make Content More Accessible
Product
21 May 2026
Global
Link copied to clipboard
Download all assets
Listen to the a...
20/05/2026
Back to All News
23 000 LIVES Celebrates Its World Premiere at the Munich Film Festival
Netflix/Reiner Bajo
Entertainment
20 May 2026
GlobalGermany
Link...
20/05/2026
Back to All News
One Hundred Years of Solitude Concludes This August, With Part...
20/05/2026
Back to All News
Beloved NHK Dramas to Stream on Netflix Worldwide Starting June 22
Entertainment
20 May 2026
GlobalJapan
Link copied to clipboard
Netflix...
19/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Unveils the Trailer for RAFA, the Documentary Series A...
19/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Expands Consumer Products Footprint with Strategic Con...
17/05/2026
Back to All News
Oasis Premieres on Netflix June 19
Entertainment
17 May 2026
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
Summer, sunshine, the beach, parties. T...
15/05/2026
Back to All News
A Mother, Two Daughters and One Big Scandal: Netflixs Crime-Co...
14/05/2026
Back to All News
Meet the 100 Contestants of Physical 100: Sweden
From left to right: Simon Imh user, Miranda Tibbling, Malin Migdal Flefil, Daniel Adams-Ray,...
14/05/2026
Back to All News
The Last Laugh: NIAJ Fest Wraps Another Successful Los Angeles Takeover
Entertainment
14 May 2026
GlobalUnited States
Link copied to clipb...
13/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Announces Danish Adaptation of Love is Blind'
Entertainment
13 May 2026
GlobalDenmarkSweden
Link copied to clipboard
Love is...
13/05/2026
Back to All News
The Trailer for the Second Season of My Family Only on Netflix June 10
Entertainment
13 May 2026
GlobalItaly
Link copied to clipboard
The...
13/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Upfront 2026: Get Closer
Business
13 May 2026
GlobalUnited States
Link copied to clipboard
Download all assets
At our fourth Upf...
12/05/2026
Back to All News
A New Vaporous Killer Is About to Shock the World: Human Vapo...
12/05/2026
Back to All News
Adolescence: A British Story That Resonated With the World
Entertainment
12 May 2026
GlobalUnited Kingdom
Link copied to clipboard
Over h...
12/05/2026
Back to All News
Macarena Garc a and Carlos Cuevas star in El Acercamiento de l...
12/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Unveils Documentary on Norway's 26-Year Journey to...
12/05/2026
Back to All News
The Netflix Effect
Ted Sarandos
co-CEO
Social Impact
12 May 2026
Global
Link copied to clipboard
Download all assets
Ten years ago, Ne...
09/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Announces That the World of Money Heist Continues
Entertainment
09 May 2026
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
DISCOVER THE VID...
08/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Announces Standalone Sequel to Global Hit La Palma
Entertainment
08 May 2026
GlobalDenmarkFinlandNorwaySweden
Link copied to clipb...
07/05/2026
Back to All News
Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix Present the Trailer of ...
07/05/2026
Back to All News
Viral Hit Main Trailer Turns Street Fighting Into Online Spect...
07/05/2026
Back to All News
Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix Present the Trailer of ...
06/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Sets June 5 Premiere for Teach You a Lesson, an Action...
05/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Teases Its Biggest South African Telenovela Yet: The P...
05/05/2026
Back to All News
Limited Series About the Greatest Soccer Team of All Time: Net...
05/05/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Unveils the Official Trailer for Berlin and the Lady w...
05/05/2026
Back to All News
Limited Series About The Greatest Soccer Team Of All Time: Net...
05/05/2026
Back to All News
Rhythm Flow Italy 3 - From June 22, Every Monday on Netflix
Entertainment
05 May 2026
GlobalItaly
Link copied to clipboard
RHYTHM FLO...
03/05/2026
Back to All News
Filming Begins on the Third and Final Season of Breathless
Entertainment
03 May 2026
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
Discover the vi...
03/05/2026
Back to All News
Filming begins on the third and final season of Breathless
Entertainment
03 May 2026
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
Discover the vi...
01/05/2026
Back to All News
NIAJ Fest Gets Los Angeles In on the Joke With Free Pop-Up Events
Entertainment
01 May 2026
GlobalUnited States
Link copied to clipboard
...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Has Released the Trailer for Dibu Mart nez: The Kid Wh...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
The Map of Longing Arrives on Netflix Next July 17
Entertainment
30 April 2026
GlobalSpain
Link copied to clipboard
WE ARE ALL MADE OF SM...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
Saif Ali Khan Anchors a Story of Duty and Dilemma, Red Chillie...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
Netflix has released the trailer for Emi Mart nez: The Kid Who...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
A Bunch of Goofy Misfits Out to Save the World: Netflix Releas...
30/04/2026
Back to All News
Introducing Exciting New Ways to Find and Enjoy Your Next Favorite on Mobile
Product
30 April 2026
Global
Link copied to clipboard
Downlo...
29/04/2026
Back to All News
SUPERNOVA: GENESIS Reached a Peak Audience of More Than 6.5 Mi...
27/04/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Shared the Official Trailer of Thank You, Next Returni...
27/04/2026
Back to All News
Running Point' Season 2 Shoots and Scores With All-Star Brand Partners
Business
27 April 2026
United States
Link copied to clipboard
...
27/04/2026
Back to All News
Netflix Announces El Sobrino, the New Film by Dami n Szifron S...
27/04/2026
Back to All News
Soul Mate' Main Trailer Shows a Decade Guided by Fate
Entertainment
27 April 2026
GlobalJapan
Link copied to clipboard
Two lonely so...
27/04/2026
Back to All News
Netflix announces El sobrino, the new film by Dami n Szifron s...
26/04/2026
Back to All News
Director Yoon Jong-bin Returns with The Generals' (WT), A...
26/04/2026
Back to All News
Nine Queens, Starring Alvaro Morte and Patrick Criado, Starts ...