Netflix acquires Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades,’ plans fall 2027 theatrical release

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Joel Coen’s gothic mystery “Jack of Spades,” Variety’s Clayton Davis reports. Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro also reports the acquisition. A fall 2027 theatrical release is planned ahead of streaming; TheWrap reports that the film is due on Netflix later that year.

The film adapts Frances Frederica Montrésor’s 1901 novel “The Alien: A Story of Middle Age” and is set in 1880s Scotland, according to Variety. that Netflix describes it as “a sinister gothic mystery filled with intrigue and betrayal set in the atmospheric Scottish Highlands.”