Joel Coen’s next film starring Josh O’Connor will be released on Netflix

The filmmaker returns to the Scottish Highlands for a gothic thriller set at the end of the 19th century.

Joel Coen is preparing his return behind the camera, and Netflix has won the bet.

The platform has just acquired the global rights to Jack of Spadeshis next feature film, with a theatrical release planned for fall 2027, before being put online.

Written by Eleanor Catton, Joel and Ethan Coen and Conor McPherson, the film is adapted from the novel The Alien: A Story of Middle Agespublished in 1901 by Frances Frederica Montrésor. The plot takes place in Scotland in the 1880s, in the heart of the Highlands. Netflix presents it as a gothic and sinister story, full of intrigue and betrayal.

In the cast, Josh O’Connor (The Crown, Disclosure Day) will share the bill with Patsy Ferran (Darkest Hour, God’s Own Country), Damian Lewis (Homeland, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Another Year).

Filming wrapped in Glasgow late last year. The film was then presented to several studios likely to distribute it. According to Varietya first version approached 150 minutes, before a second, tighter cut convinced buyers.

Jack of Spades will mark the second feature film directed solo by Joel Coen, after The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021. This will also be his second collaboration with Netflix, after The Ballad of Buster Scruggsthe sketch western released in 2018 and nominated three times for the Oscars, notably for its adapted screenplay.

Behind the camera, Joel Coen also reunites with one of his long-time collaborators: French cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, nominated for an Oscar for The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, Inside Llewyn Davis And The Van Gogh Passion.

Jack of Spades will be released in fall 2027 on Netflix.