Netflix is wrapping up a deal for “Pain Hustlers,” a conspiracy film from David Yates that is set to starThe pact, which is for global rights to the package, is said to be in the $50 million range, according to a knowledgable insider. The sale is the biggest one so far out of Cannes, where dealmaking has been slow going.
“Pain Hustlers” boasts a script by “The True American” writer Wells Tower, the film is produced by Lawrence Grey through his Grey Matter Productions banner and Wychwood Pictures. The movie’s official logline reads: “Dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter, Liza Drake , a high-school dropout, lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Liza’s charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Blunt is the star of “Edge of Tomorrow” and “Into the Woods.” Yates has directed several Harry Potter films, as well as its less-successful Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Films. Media Finance is repping the film at Cannes. A spokeswoman for CAA declined to comment, a spokesperson for Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.optional screen reader
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Can’t wait to never see it after it’s buried by the algorithm!
Better than their pedo flicks
Netflix paid more for this unreleased movie than the entire opening weekend box office of David Yates' last movie (JK Rowling's flopped Fantastic Beasts finale).
Disney take $50M off your purchase price.
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