NBCUniversal — the parent company of producers Universal TV — won an auction for the library after outbidding Netflix in a $100 million-per-year pact.

Filmmakers updating the stale genre for a Netflix-assisted comeback in the #MeToo era say they are avoiding “insulting” tropes while embracing gender swaps, empowerment and even grand gestures: “If done in the right way, it won't feel creepy."