Hustlers

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"Pain Hustlers," "Fingernails" Set Deals - Dark Horizons (Dark Horizons)

Netflix is closing out a deal in the $50 million range for the David Yates-helmed conspiracy thriller “Pain Hustlers” starring Emily Blunt.

Buckley plays someone sceptical of the positive result she received with her longtime partner, and starts working at the institute as an assistant to a mysterious and dedicated instructor (Ahemd). Her 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. Easily the biggest sale out of the Cannes market so far this year, Wells Tower penned the film and Lawrence Grey will produce and filming begins August 22nd.

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'Pain Hustlers': Netflix Looking to Acquire Emily Blunt Film at Cannes (Collider.com)

Netflix is close to acquiring Pain Hustlers, a new film starring Emily Blunt, for over $50 million, making it the largest Cannes deal ever.

Pain Hustlers could serve as a fresh start for Netflix, considering the company recently lost over 200,000 subscribers, with more expected on the way. Apart from her extraordinary performances as Evelyn Abbott in the A Quiet Place franchise, other credits for the actress include the recent 2021 film Jungle Cruise, where she starred alongside Dwayne Johnson, 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow, 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada, and will also star in a 2023 film titled Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer, which is currently filming. Deadline has reported that a new film starring A Quiet Place’s Emily Blunt titled, Pain Hustlers, is close to being acquired by Netflix in an over $50 million deal, which would make it the largest deal on the Cannes market thus far.

Netflix buys Emily Blunts film Pain Hustlers at this whopping price (WION)

Netflix has closed a deal for the worldwide rights of Emily Blunt starrer `Pain Hustlers` for an amount of USD 50 million.

In the first big purchase at the 75th Cannes Film Festival where deals have been going slow, Netflix has closed a deal for the worldwide rights of Emily Blunt starrer Pain Hustlers`, a criminal conspiracy film from David Yates. This deal comes as Netflix has been enduring some headaches of its own, like the drop in subscribers that triggered a stock sell-off, which led to layoffs and mounting scepticism about the streamer, as per Variety. Netflix has closed a deal for the worldwide rights of Emily Blunt starrer `Pain Hustlers` for an amount of USD 50 million.

Netflix Shells Out $50 Million For David Yates' Next Film Pain Hustlers (MovieWeb)

Netflix has made a $50 million deal for the rights to Fantastic Beasts director David Yates' next film, Pain Hustlers, starring Emily Blunt.

Hopefully, Yates will return for at least one last film to satisfactorily conclude the Fantastic Beasts series. Pain Hustlers is set to film this August, and David Yates could be occupied in post-production till next year. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was released this April to mixed reviews and massively underperformed at the box office. Pain Hustlers is Netflix’s first major Cannes Film Market deal, and the company does seem confident in the crime drama’s chances of success. Although Pain Hustlers’ premise is quite intriguing, is the film really worth $50 million? Netflix has acquired Fantastic Beasts director David Yates’ next film, Pain Hustlers, for a staggering $50 million.

Streamers lead heavyweight package deals in Cannes (Screen International)

Streaming giants have struck a pair of heavyweight worldwide deals on packages in Cannes, with Netflix swooping for Emily Blunt drama Pain Hustlers and ...

A production start has been scheduled for August. Jerome Duboz is executive producer. However the acquisitions team was on the ground from the outset looking for opportunist buys and wasted little time transacting with The Veterans and CAA Media Finance on Pain Hustlers, in which Blunt will star for David Yates as a high school drop-out who joins a pharmaceutical start-up and gets embroiled in a criminal conspiracy.

Cannes 2022: Netflix buys global rights of Emily Blunt starrer 'Pain ... (Gulf News)

tabloid! Mary Poppins1 Emily Blunt Image Credit: AFP. In the first big purchase at the 75th Cannes Film Festival ...

This deal comes as Netflix has been enduring some headaches of its own, like the drop in subscribers that triggered a stock sell-off, which led to layoffs and mounting scepticism about the streamer, as per Variety. The film’s logline tells that Blunt will play “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 centre of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences,” reported The Hollywood Reporter. According to Variety, an insider has revealed that the pact’s amount is in the $50 million range.

Emily Blunt & Harry Potter Director's New Movie Going To Netflix (Screen Rant)

Netflix strikes a big deal to acquire Pain Hustlers, directed by Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast's David Yates and starring Emily Blunt.

Considering it has already made a large impression on the popular streaming platform, it looks like Pain Hustlers will be one film audiences should keep an eye out for. Netflix has struck a deal for David Yates’ upcoming directorial feature Pain Hustlers starring Emily Blunt. It was announced early in May that Blunt would star in the project and that Yates, best known for his work on the final four Harry Potter films, as well as the recent Fantastic Beasts series, would helm the production. Now, according to Deadline, Netflix is closing a $50 million deal for Pain Hustlers that includes global rights.