

Netflix has purchased the U.S rights to Sacrifice, a satirical action comedy starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy. The film was a market purchase at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film was a Cannes market purchase, after originally premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. The film also stars Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Yung Lean (in his film debut), Ambika Mod, and Charli XCX.
The film is the English-language debut for French director Romain Gavras, who directed the film, and co-wrote the film with playwright Will Arbery. The film’s official synopsis is as follows:
Sacrifice tells the story of Joan (Taylor-Joy), a zealous spirit driven by a volcanic prophecy only she can hear, who is on a mission to save the world from a fiery reckoning. Along with her militia of mystical disciples, she hijacks a glamorous charity gala and takes three hostages: Mike Tyler, a beleaguered movie star desperate for redemption, Bracken, the world’s richest man, and Katie, who’s just unlucky. They are forced on a journey, as hilarious as it is epic, through forest and fire until Mike faces the ultimate question: what would he sacrifice for humanity?
According to Deadline, Sacrifice is set to release on Netflix sometime in the summer or fall season of this year, following the film’s theatrical release in International markets.
