Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Mosul,” an action film that plunges viewers into the fight between a renegade police unit and the ISIS fighters who have destroyed their homes, has been purchased by Netflix.The deal comes over a year after “Mosul” made its debut at the 2019 edition of the Venice Film Festival.
That’s partly a testament to how tricky “Mosul” is as a commercial prospect (it’s subtitled, devoid of major movie stars and deals with a complicated political situation).
It’s also because 101 Studios, the label operated by former Weinstein Company executive David Glasser, acquired the film with the intention of releasing it.
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