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Warner Bros In Talks To Acquire Hot Thriller Spec ‘The Bet’ From Javier Gullón; 42 To Produce


'The Bet,' a female-led thriller spec from Javier Gullón, is selling preemptively to Warner Bros, Deadline hears.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is finalizing a deal to preemptively acquire The Bet, a hot spec from Spanish screenwriter Javier Gullón( Enemy), according to multiple sources. Other recent feature credits for Gullón include Spanish filmmaker Aritz Moreno’s Moscas and Advantages of Travelling by Train, as well as the 2022 Netflix pic Rainbow. Among 42’s other upcoming projects — produced alongside Blossom Films — is Amazon’s thriller Holland, Michigan, starring Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal and Matthew Macfadyen.

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