Antoine Fuqua-Jake Gyllenhaal Package ‘The Guilty’ Acquired by Netflix In $30 Million WW Deal

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to The Guilty, a dramatic thriller that is based on the Gustav Moller-directed Danish drama Den Skyldige, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua directing. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Nic Pizzolatto, “True Detective” creator wrote the script. The film will be produced by Gyllenhaal and his Nine Stories partner Riva Marker, along with Fuqua and Kat Samick through his Fuqua Films; Scott Greenberg; Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Svetlana Metkina for Bold Films; and Amet Entertainment’s David Haring.

The film takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch call center. Call operator Joe Bayler (Gyllenhaal) tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, and facing the truth is the only way out. The film will be produced by Gyllenhaal and his Nine Stories partner Riva Marker, along with Fuqua and Kat Samick through his Fuqua Films, Scott Greenberg, Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Svetlana Metkina for Bold Films and Amet’s David Haring. Annie Marter, Möller and Lina Flint will be exec producers with Christian Mercuri and Jon Oakes.