Kylie Minogue has signed a seven-figure deal to film a fly-on-the-wall Netflix documentary.
The Aussie pop star has been locked in a bidding war with streaming giants for months. But Netflix bosses beat rivals Apple+ and Disney to the rights to Kylie’s story, with filming expected to start later this year.
A source said: “There was a serious bidding war over this. Kylie’s had an incredible life, from starring in Neighbours to becoming a pop icon and still dominating the charts decades later. She has a massive fan-base so there’s no question it will attract a huge audience. That’s why the offers went so high – everyone’s very excited.”
Kylie first found fame in 1986, when she joined the cast of daytime TV soap Neighbours as Charlene Mitchell. But she went on to become the Princess of Pop, with record sales of more than 80 million. Seven of her 16 albums have been No.1s, including last year’s Tension, with racy hit single Padam Padam.
Kylie followed that up with her first concert residency at The Venetian hotel’s Voltaire in Las Vegas. And in December, she filmed ITV’s An Audience with Kylie at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Both Kylie and Netflix declined to comment.