Jaume Collet-Serra has signed a multiyear general movie cope with Netflix, the distributor of his hit 2024 motion thriller Carry-On, starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
The primary challenge underneath the deal, which can see him directing and producing for the streamer, is An Harmless Woman, a beforehand introduced psychological thriller through which a younger and bold lady is seduced by a excessive powered D.C. couple, being drawn right into a harmful world of intercourse, energy and homicide.
Most just lately engaged on Play Useless, a survival thriller described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917, on which we have been first to report, Collet-Serra’s upcoming slate additionally features a reimagining of the basic actioner Cliffhanger, starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan.
Since premiering on Netflix on December 13, the Spanish filmmaker’s Carry-On has generated practically 200 million views, establishing itself not solely as Netflix’s most watched film of 2024, but additionally because the streamer’s second hottest movie of all time.
Additionally recognized for guiding high-concept thrillers like The Shallows and Non-Cease, Collet-Serra broke out together with his work on horror movies Home of Wax and Orphan earlier than happening to a string of collaborations with Liam Neeson on Non-Cease, in addition to the movies Unknown, Run All Evening, and The Commuter. He’s additionally helmed the tentpoles Black Adam and Jungle Cruise, amongst different tasks.