Netflix is in talks for the Geeta Gandbhir directed documentary The Excellent Neighbor which received the Documentary Directing Award at this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant.
The Excellent Neighbor made its world premiere within the U.S. Documentary Competitors part.
The movie follows a minor disagreement between neighbors in Florida which takes a deadly flip, with police physique digicam footage and interviews probing the aftermath of the state’s controversial “stand your floor” legal guidelines.
The Excellent Neighbor reps the second pick-up for the streamer out of this yr’s competition after Prepare Desires which they took for top teen tens of millions, as Deadline first advised you.
Deadline first reported the primary sale out of Sundance with NEON taking the Michael Shanks’ directed, Dave Franco and Alison Brie starring horror film Collectively in a $15 million-plus deal.
Cinetic dealt with gross sales on The Excellent Neighbor. Netflix decline to remark.
