Netflix buys new Liam Neeson movie in record-breaking deal

Liam Neeson in Honest Thief
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Netflix US has picked up Liam Neeson'💎s latest movie, The Ice Road, for $18 million. The streamer beat m𝓰ultiple buyers with the recording-breaking domestic deal, according to .

Co-starring Laurence Fishburne, the action thr🎶iller sees a remote diamond mine collapse in the fa꧟r northern regions of Canada. An ice driver (Neeson) then leads an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the lives of trapped miners despite thawing waters and a threat they never see coming. 

The movie was written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, who previously wrote movies like Die Hard With a Vengeance, Jumanji, and The Punisher,ꦿ the latter of which he also directed. This is the filmmaker's first movie in 10 years. 

Meanwhile, Neeson has had a lot on his plate. The actor's recent projects released in the past year include action thrillers The Marksman and Honest Thief, as well as the comedy drama Made in Italy, in which starred alongside his son, Micheál Richardson. Fishburne, meanwhile, recently starred in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:John Wick: Chapter 3 and Where'd You𒁏 Go, Bernadette with Cate Bla🅠nchett. 

The Ice Road is one of many new movies set to arrive on Netflix this year – the site's 2021 slate also includes 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:27 new original movies featuring big names, like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zack Snyder's zombie heist movie Army of the Dead and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:action comedy Red Notice, ♉stܫarring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson.

While we wait for The Ice Road to hit the streamer, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix movies to watch right now. 

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