Lee Daniels-Directed Exorcism Thriller With Aundra Day, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis Scares Up $65M+ Netflix Deal After Head-Spinning 7-Bidder Battle
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The devil got into Hollywood this weekend, with seven bidders waging a head-spinning auction battle for a star-studded exorcism movie package was won late last night by Netflix.
Lee Daniels will direct, reuniting with his Oscar-nominated The United States Vs Billie Holiday star Aundra Day, who’ll star with Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin and Aunjanue Ellis.
Day will play the mother of an Indiana family whose children purportedly became demonically possessed in a thriller inspired by an actual case.
Sources tell Deadline that the package closed upwards of $65 million, covering the film’s budget and buyouts. Daniels and Tucker Tooley are producing.
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