Netflix Buys Emily Blunt-Led Pharmaceutical Conspiracy Thriller Pain Hustlers

News has broken about the biggest deal out of Cannes 2022 so far — and surprise, surprise, it’s a Netflix acquisition.

Variety is reporting that the streamer has nabbed global rights for a movie called “Pain Hustlers” in a deal that may have cost as much as 50 million.”Pain Hustlers” will star “Jungle Cruise” actress Emily Blunt as an undereducated new mom named Liza Drake.

In hopes of gaining a better life for herself and her daughter, Liza starts working at a pharmaceutical start-up located in a strip mall in Central Florida.

Things get out of control from there, as the film’s synopsis explains:The post Netflix Buys Emily Blunt-Led Pharmaceutical Conspiracy Thriller Pain Hustlers appeared first on /Film.

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