Play Dead: Jaume Collet-Serra Thriller Acquired By Netflix
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Play Dead: Jaume Collet-Serra Thriller Acquired By Netflix
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired Play Dead, the WWII thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra, which we scooped last February. A deal figure wasn’t disclosed. Starring Noah Jupe (Hamnet) and Matthias Schweighöfer (Oppenheimer), Play Dead follows a shell-shocked soldier who, after seeing a deadly ambush wipe out his unit in the final days of World War II, […]
Netflix acquires "Play Dead": The World War II thriller starring Matthias Schweighöfer is said to be reminiscent of "1917" and "Don't Breathe." Netflix is further expanding its collaboration with director Jaume Collet-Serra. As reported by the US trade magazine "Deadline," the streaming service has secured the rights to the World War II thriller "Play Dead." Matthias Schweighöfer, 44, plays one of the two main roles as a Nazi, opposite British r…
Netflix Picks Up ‘Play Dead’ – WW II Survival Thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra & Sam Raimi
Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan, The Shallows) is back with survival thriller Play Dead, and Deadline reports that Netflix has acquired the film for release. Play Dead has been described as a mix between Don’t Breathe and 1917. Don’t Breathe is of course the intense home invasion horror movie directed by Fede Alvarez, while 1917 is the Sam Mendes-directed British war movie from back in 2019. Jaume Collet-Serra’s Play Dead follows a shel…
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