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Matt Rife Inks Two-Special Deal With Netflix, Will Also Develop Workplace Comedy For Streamer
Comedian Matt Rife has inked a deal for two more Netflix specials, with a sitcom also now in development at the streamer.
EXCLUSIVE: Following the huge success of his debut Netflix special Natural Selection, which brought in 10+ million views in its first two weeks and reached the Global Top 10 in 42 countries, Netflix is expanding its business with Matt Rife, as sources tell Deadline the comic has signed a two-special deal with the streamer, as well as a development deal for a gym/workplace comedy series that he’ll write and star in. The most viewed stand-up comic on social media, with over 33 million followers and 2 billion views across all platforms, Rife last year was in the company of Taylor Swift as one of the only acts to break Ticketmaster due to demand for tickets to his “ProbleMATTic World Tour,” a record-breaking arena and theater world tour with Live Nation, for which he’s currently out on the road. “But now that I have the freedom in success via stand-up, it opens up avenues in other areas that I am passionate about, like film and television, that I’m hoping I can make that transition over to, because it can only feed itself.”
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