Prime Video & Blumhouse Win World Rights To Sundance-Winning Horror ‘Nanny’ In $7M Deal
deadline.comBlumhouse and Prime Video have won world rights to Sundance horror-drama Nanny, we can reveal.In a competitive situation, which also included SPC and Neon, Prime Video ultimately won out thanks to a deal in the $7M range.
Blumhouse’s Jason Blum saw the movie and instantly fell for it so wanted to include it as part of the company’s Amazon deal.
There is also a theatrical commitment, we understand.From in-demand first-time feature writer/director Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny premiered at Sundance this year in the U.S.
Dramatic Competition to strong reviews and went on to win the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the first horror film to take the festival’s top honor.The film stars Anna Diop (Us) as a Senegalese immigrant nanny, piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, who is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her American Dream.
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