Nocturnal Launches After Selling ‘Play Dead’ to Netflix
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- Nocturnal Entertainment launches after selling its first feature, the WWII thriller ‘Play Dead’, to Netflix, marking its entry into film financing and production.
- Netflix acquires ‘Play Dead’, starring Noah Jupe and Matthias Schweighöfer, adding a period thriller to its slate amid a 9‑10% share decline.
- NantStudios will provide Nocturnal’s next project with cutting‑edge virtual production tools on Melbourne soundstages this fall, leveraging Unreal Engine for in‑camera VFX.
Why it matters: Netflix, whose shares fell 9‑10%, gets ‘Play Dead’ to fill its slate, while Nocturnal lands a buyer and will shoot its next project this fall, helping Netflix cut content spend and giving Nocturnal a revenue stream.
