{"id":55823,"date":"2025-10-02T07:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55823\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:28:07","slug":"one-direction-stars-zayn-malik-and-louis-tomlinson-to-reunite-for-netflix-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55823\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction stars Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to reunite for Netflix project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">A representative for Netflix said the project will be directed by Nicola Marsh, who made the Netflix documentary Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The travel documentary will be made in collaboration with production company Campfire Studios, which is known for Unknown Number: The High School Catfish and America\u2019s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, according to the outlet. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Zayn Malik was the first member to leave One Direction. Photo \/ Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin, FilmMagic \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Zayn Malik was the first member to leave One Direction. Photo \/ Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin, FilmMagic <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">A source told the Sun: \u201cThis will be an absolutely huge show for Netflix and is guaranteed to whip 1D\u2019s global army of fans into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAlthough the idea of \u00adBritish boyband members doing a show about travelling across America sounds random, most of them now have strong links Stateside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnd it\u2019s likely to be a chance for some serious soul-searching and deep discussions about the incredible journey the group have already been on since they were formed on The X Factor 15 years ago.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The news comes a year after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/liam-payne-dead-one-direction-singer-found-in-buenos-aires-local-media-reports\/BRODJF6ZNZBWPNTLLBECO44BBA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/liam-payne-dead-one-direction-singer-found-in-buenos-aires-local-media-reports\/BRODJF6ZNZBWPNTLLBECO44BBA\/\">Payne\u2019s death<\/a> at 31 years old, after falling off a balcony in Argentina. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">His funeral was the first time the other members of the band, Tomlinson, Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, congregated together since 2016. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The boy band skyrocketed to fame in 2010 after appearing on the The X Factor in the UK, becoming a cultural phenomenon until their eventual split in 2016. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">They have multiple songs with over a billion streams, including What Makes You Beautiful and Story of My Life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The group have won multiple awards and were the world\u2019s best-selling artists in 2013. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">Each member of the band has gone on to have a successful solo career since the break-up. <\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">Malik has lived in America since 2018, while Tomlinson spends large portions of his time there, spending time with the 9-year-old son he has with stylist Briana Jungwirth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A representative for Netflix said the project will be directed by Nicola Marsh, who made the Netflix documentary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[95,3468,31406,156,2082,2740,22050,47006,4754,37107,157,1094,111,139,69,5270,3263,15267,9874,1314,5436,61,47007,1315,47005],"class_list":["post-55823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-and","tag-deal","tag-direction","tag-entertainment","tag-for","tag-former","tag-louis","tag-malik","tag-members","tag-multimilliondollar","tag-music","tag-netflix","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-project","tag-reported","tag-reunite","tag-road","tag-stars","tag-to","tag-tomlinson","tag-trip","tag-zayn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}