Netflix has acquired the global rights to Ciarán Foy’s horror movie Eli from Paramount Pictures and will release the film in 2019, Collider has exclusively learned.
Trevor Macy produced the film via his Intrepid Pictures banner along with John Zaozirny, while Matt Alvarez executive produced Eli alongside Melinda Nishioka and Jenny Hinkey.
The script is credited to David Chirchirillo, Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing.
Charlie Shotwell (Captain Fantastic) stars as the title character, a young boy who’s plagued by an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world.
After exhausting …
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