Jonathan Bailey & Natalie Portman's 'Pumping Black' Selling To Amazon

Jonathan Bailey & Natalie Portman's 'Pumping Black' Selling To Amazon

EXCLUSIVE: In the first big deal to go down at the Cannes market, Amazon has swooped on most international rights to Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman psychological thriller Pumping Black. Set in the competitive and cutthroat world of professional cycling, and described as being in the vein of Whiplash and Black Swan, Pumping Black “follows […]

Jonathan Bailey & Natalie Portman Psychological Thriller ‘Pumping Black’ Acquired by Amazon

In the first big deal out of this year’s Cannes film market, Amazon has acquired Pumping Black starring Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman, Deadline has learned. Mimi Cave (Fresh) will direct the psychological thriller from a script by Haley Hope Bartels. Set in the competitive world of professional cycling, the project is described as being in the vein of Whiplash and Black Swan. It follows cyclist Taylor Mace, who at 35-years-old is finding h…

Pumping Black: Natalie Portman’s thriller sells to Amazon for the first big sale made at the Cannes market

Sold! As the Cannes Film Festival proceeds, so do the movie deals. Studios are ready to snatch up their next potential distribution deals for the year and Deadline is reporting that the first big sale to go down is for the Natalie Portman psychological thriller about cycling, Pumping Black. The thriller comes from Mimi Cave, who made her feature directorial debut with the cannibal thriller Fresh in 2022, then she followed that up with the dark c…