Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Joel Coen’s Jack of Spades, a gothic mystery starring Patsy Ferran, Josh O’Connor, Damian Lewis and Lesley Manville. The film will open in theaters in fall 2027 before arriving on Netflix. Exact theatrical and streaming dates have not been announced.
Set in the Scottish Highlands, Jack of Spades centers on mystery, intrigue and betrayal. The film is based on Frances Frederica Montrésor’s 1901 novel The Alien: A Story of Middle Age, with a screenplay credited to Eleanor Catton, Joel and Ethan Coen, and Conor McPherson.
Joel and Ethan Coen Share Screenwriting Credits
While Joel Coen directs, Ethan Coen’s involvement in the screenplay brings the brothers back together creatively following their separate filmmaking projects. Their previous collaborations include Fargo, No Country for Old Men and Netflix’s 2018 Western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Joel subsequently directed Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth.
The cast brings together Ferran, whose credits include Living and God’s Own Country; O’Connor, known for Challengers and The Crown; Lewis, whose work includes Homeland; and Manville, an Academy Award nominee for Phantom Thread. Character details have not been broadly announced.
Behind the camera, Coen reunites with cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel and composer Carter Burwell. Producers include Robert Graf, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Steven Rales for Indian Paintbrush, and Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin for Blueprint Pictures. Donald MacKinnon serves as executive producer.
Jack of Spades is scheduled for a fall 2027 theatrical release, followed by its Netflix debut.
