Jonathan Bailey & Natalie Portman Thriller ‘Pumping Black’ Racing To Amazon In First Big Cannes Market Deal
Amazon has acquired most international rights to the psychological thriller 'Pumping Black,' starring Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman. The film, set in the world of professional cycling, follows a cyclist who must take dark measures to protect his secret as he ages out of the sport. Directed by Mimi Cave, production is set to begin in the fall.
- ▪Amazon has secured most international rights to 'Pumping Black' at the Cannes market.
- ▪The film features Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman and is set in the competitive world of professional cycling.
- ▪Mimi Cave will direct the film, which is based on a screenplay by Haley Hope Bartels.
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(L-R) Jonathan Bailey; Natalie Portman Franco Origlia/Getty Images/Amy Sussman/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: In the first big deal to go down at the Cannes market, Amazon has swooped on most international rights to Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman psychological thriller Pumping Black. Set in the competitive and cutthroat world of professional cycling, and described as being in the vein of Whiplash and Black Swan, Pumping Black “follows cyclist Taylor Mace, who at 35-years-old is finding himself ageing out of the sport. He is taken under the wing of Andrea Lathe, a doctor driven by her own thirst for victory and power.
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