Netflix has bought the rights to Felicity Jones‘ new movie after debuting to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. The English actress is perhaps best known to audiences for her portrayal of the rebel heroine Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. However, a few years prior in 2014, she appeared briefly in another franchise film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, portraying Felicia Hardy, Harry Osborn’s sidekick at Oscorp.

Aside from those two franchise films, Jones has carved out a career for herself as a critically acclaimed actress. In 2015, she starred in The Theory of Everything and, opposite Eddie Redmanye’s Oscar-winning performance as Stephen Hawking, earned her own Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of his wife, Jane Wilde. Some of her other acclaimed performances have come in the romantic drama Like Crazy and as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic, On the Basis of Sєx. Jones is currently up for her second Oscar nomination for her performance in The Brutalist.

Netflix Buys The Rights To Train Dreams

The Movie Debuted To Rave Reviews At Sundance

Netflix has purchased the rights to Train Dreams after debuting to rave reviews at Sundance. Directed by Clint Bentley, who co-wrote the script with Greg Kwedar based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, the film follows Joel Edgerton as a logger working to develop the railroad across the United States, causing him to spend significant time away from his wife (played by Felicity Jones) and daughter. The cast also includes Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., and Paul Schneider.

Now, after debuting to rave reviews at Sundance, Netflix has bought the rights to Train Dreams, per Variety. However, no release date has been announced. It’s the second sale out of Sundance this year after Together, a body horror film starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, was acquired by Neon for $17 million.

What Netflix Buying Train Dreams Means For The Movie

It Should Be An Awards Season Contender

Not only is Train Dreams led by two-time Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, currently in the running this year for The Brutalist, but it’s also co-written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, who also collaborated on the script for Sing Sing, which is up this year for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. Train Dreams‘ reviews call it a beautifully sH๏τ, poetic, and introspective film about forgotten lives and fleeting moments, anchored by restrained yet powerful performances from Edgerton and Jones. Train Dreams will clearly be a strong awards season contender, so Netflix should release it late this year.

Source: Variety