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Amazon Set To Acquire Oscar Winner Emerald Fennell's Next Film ... (Deadline)

Filming is set to begin this summer in the UK on the project starring Elordi (Euphoria), Keoghan (The Batman) and Pike (Gone Girl).

We understand this will be a world rights deal in a pact with Knives Out outfit MRC. No word yet from Amazon or MRC, but the deal gets the former on the board at the Cannes market following splashy streamer deals from Netflix, which picked up Emily Blunt starrer Pain Hustlers, and Apple, which acquired Jessie Buckley-Riz Ahmed drama Fingernails. We’ll tell you more as we get it. Jacob Elordi (Euphoria), Barry Keoghan (The Batman) and Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) are attached to star in MRC’s Saltburn. Principal photography is set to begin this summer in the UK. EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is in final negotiations to pre-buy rights to in-demand Cannes market package Saltburn, the next film from Promising Young Woman Oscar winner Emerald Fennell.

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Amazon Set to Buy Emerald Fennell's 'Saltburn' with Jacob Elordi ... (IndieWire)

Oscar winner Emerald Fennell writes and directs obsessive family drama "Saltburn" starring Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike.

I’m not frightened of violence, but I am frightened of being bad and wrong and unforgiving. “In a very generał sense, we all know we are not good, to some degree, and we’re frightened of being asked to explain ourselves,” Fennell said when discussing ‘Promising Young Woman.” “Some people expected violent retribution. The film centers on the titular superhero Zatanna who sets out to find her father.

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Oscar Winner Emerald Fennell's Latest Film 'Saltburn' Acquired By ... (Collider.com)

Amazon has thrown its hat in the ring, and is in its final dealings to purchase the coveted Saltburn package at Cannes, reports Deadline.

Fennell has proven herself as powerful writer and director, already known for pushing limits and getting under an audience's skin. After the success of Fennell's first feature film, the nail-polish lacquered thriller Promising Young Woman that snagged her an Oscar for her original screenplay, it's no wonder her follow-up film Saltburn is such a commodity at Cannes this year. Writer, acress and director, Emerald Fennell is a triple threat, and all signs point to Saltburn being an intrigue and a success.

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