Well, that didn’t take long. Earlier this week, news broke about a bidding war between Amazon and Netflix for Crime 101, a Don Winslow adaptation with Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal attached to star. The war is now over, the money has been spent, and Amazon has come out on top.
According to Puck, Amazon shelled out a whopping $90M to acquire Crime 101, about a detective tracking down a series of high-level jewel heists that he believes were committed by one criminal, while the police target the Colombian cartels.
The film has American Animals director Bart Layton at the helm, and Avatar: The Way of Water‘s Shane Salerno as a producer.
Considering the working relationship Netflix has with Hemsworth, releasing Spiderhead and two Extraction movies led by him, it’s surprising they let this one go. The sticking point was reportedly that Amazon promised a theatrical release, while Netflix sought script rewrites.
Both actors have been attached prior to the current Hollywood strikes, but it’s still interesting to see a deal of this size getting done during them.