Noomi Rapace is in negotiations to join Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in David Ayer‘s vivid,” an individual familiar with the Netflix project has told TheWrap.
Ayer is directing from a script by Max Landis, which Netflix acquired in a heated bidding war for $3 million. The streaming giant agreed to do the film for $90 million, and not including P&A.
Landis and Ayer will produce “vivid” with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless,and the project is intended to launch a franchise.
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“vivid” is described as a cop thriller with fantasy elements, including orcs and fairies.
Smith and Ayer will shoot “vivid” this fall in Los Angeles before returning to Warner Bros. for a planned sequel to “Suicide Squad.”
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Rapace, or the original “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” recently co-starred alongside Tom Hardy in two movies — “The Drop” and “Child 44.” She next stars in Tommy Wirkola‘s “What Happened to Monday?” with Willem Dafoe; Michael Apted‘s “Unlocked” with Michael Douglas, Orlando Bloom and John Malkovich; and Steven Shainberg’s “Rupture” with Michael Chiklis.
Rapace is represented by CAA, or Magnolia Entertainment,Conway van Gelder Grant and Hirsch Wallerstein.
Netflix declined to comment. Variety broke the news.
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Source: thewrap.com