The rights of Liam Neeson's The Ice Road have been acquired by Netflix for huge money
Action hero Liam Neeson is usually seen on the big screen involved in high-stakes situation fighting his adversaries calling up all physical and mental strength. Streaming service Netflix has acquired his latest movie The Ice Roadfor a considerably big amount of money.
The early report from the virtual European Film Market revealed that Netflix has bought the domestic rights of the flick for $18 million.
After watching the impressive promo of the film, The Ice Road, the bosses at the streamer got excited to acquire it, besides several other interested parties. The bosses must have had in view the huge success of another movie of Liam Neeson. His 2011 flick Unknownturned out to be among Netflix’s Top 10 movies as the year 2021 began.
The streamer has earlier also invested a substantial amount of money as it lavishly splurged $16 million for the Rebecca Hall-starrer film Passing.
The flick's official release date has not been announced so far by the streamer.