Fun fact – Jaume Collet-Serra’s Carry On is currently Netflix’s third most-watched movie of all time, just behind Red Notice (and way behind KPop Demon Hunters, which will likely hold that record for a long time). With that in mind, it’s perhaps no surprise to learn that Netflix has snapped up the rights to Collet-Serra’s new film, Play Dead, which is produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert and is being described as “Don’t Breathe meets 1917.” Deadline was the first to break the news.
In it, A Quiet Place star Noah Jupe plays a shell-shocked soldier in the final days of WWII whose entire platoon is wiped out, leaving him the sole survivor. Surrounded by a battalion of German soldiers, he must now try to survive the night. In addition to Jupe, the film is set to co-star Matthias Schweighöfer, who is familiar to Netflix viewers for his role in Army of the Dead and its spinoff, Army of Thieves (which he also directed).
Collet-Serra has been on a roll as of late, with the Black Adam director in high demand following Carry On’s Netflix success. He’s actually got another ambitious movie in the can, the Cliffhanger reboot, which stars Lily James, with it being a feminine spin on the classic Stallone movie. While that notion alone may raise some eyebrows (has a gender-swapped reboot ever actually worked?), the buzz on Cliffhanger was initially solid, with it picked up for a prime summer release by RK Entertainment. Sadly, that company has seemingly collapsed, and Cliffhanger is currently without a distributor. While it’s possible Netflix may step in due to its relationship with Collet-Serra, the film was shot entirely on location and was always set up as a theatrical release. We should have some news on that one shortly.
Play Dead should hit Netflix sometime in 2027.
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