Exclusive: Netflix has won U.S. rights to Liam Neeson-Laurence Fishburne action-thriller The Ice Road in what is a record domestic-only deal out of the EFM, we can reveal.
The streamer stumped up $18M for the movie off a promo, we understand, in a deal that was closed over the weekend as the virtual EFM action got underway. There were multiple buyers in the hunt, we hear.
In The Ice Road, after a remote diamond mine collapses in the far northern regions of Canada, an ice driver (Neeson) leads an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the lives of trapped miners despite thawing waters and a threat they never see coming.
It’s quite the logline. Perfect for Neeson’s ‘very particular set of skills’.
Pic is written and directed by Die Hard With A Vengeance and Armageddon scribe Jonathan Hensleigh. Code Entertainment produced and financed alongside ShivHans Pictures.
The streamer stumped up $18M for the movie off a promo, we understand, in a deal that was closed over the weekend as the virtual EFM action got underway. There were multiple buyers in the hunt, we hear.
In The Ice Road, after a remote diamond mine collapses in the far northern regions of Canada, an ice driver (Neeson) leads an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the lives of trapped miners despite thawing waters and a threat they never see coming.
It’s quite the logline. Perfect for Neeson’s ‘very particular set of skills’.
Pic is written and directed by Die Hard With A Vengeance and Armageddon scribe Jonathan Hensleigh. Code Entertainment produced and financed alongside ShivHans Pictures.
- 3/1/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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