Netflix Buys Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones Sundance Drama ‘Train Dreams’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comTrain Dreams,” a lyrical drama about a logger whose work developing America’s railroad keeps him laboring in isolation, has sold to Netflix.
The film earned rave reviews after debuting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, with Variety’s Peter Debruge calling it a “modest monument” and praising it for “creating a record that history somehow missed.” Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones star in “Train Dreams,” which is adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella.
Clint Bentley, who oversaw the 2021 Sundance drama “Jockey,” directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Greg Kwedar.
The two recently collaborated on the Oscar-nominated script for “Sing Sing.” Kerry Condon, William H. Macy and Clifton Collins Jr., who starred in “Jockey,” round out the cast of “Train Dreams.” “Train Dreams” was fully financed by Black Bear, the production company which also funded “Sing Sing,” so this project extends their relationship with the filmmakers.
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