Netflix has acquired global streaming rights for Thomas M. Wright’s psychological crime thriller film ‘The Stranger’ that premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. ‘The Stranger’ is set to launch worldwide on Netflix in October.
As per Netflix, ‘The Stranger’ revolves around two strangers who strike up a conversation on a long journey. One, a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case; the other, an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship is at the core of this tightly wrought thriller, based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.
Written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, ‘The Stranger’ stars Golden Globe nominee Joel Edgerton and BAFTA Award winner Sean Harris in lead roles. The gripping thriller drama is also set to premiere in Australia at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 5. ‘The Stranger’ will release in Australian theatres before it’s launch on Netflix in October.
The film is produced by Rachel Gardner; See-Saw Film’s Iain Canning and Emile Sherman; Blue Tongue Films’ Joel Edgerton; and Anonymous Content’s Kim Hodgert and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts.
The production companies bankrolling ‘The Stranger’ are See-Saw Films (‘The Power of the Dog’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Heartstopper’), Anonymous Content (‘The Revenant’, ‘Spotlight’, ‘Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind’, ‘Schitt’s Creek’) and Blue Tongue Films. See-Saw Film’s Simon Gillis; Rocket Science’s Thorsten Schuhmacher; Lars Sylvest; Trinity Media Financing’s Morgan Emmery and Jean-Charles Levy serve as executive producers for the film. ‘The Stranger’ will premiere globally on Netflix in October.
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