Pain Hustlers

Pain Hustlers is an upcoming American conspiracy drama film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Wells Tower, based on a 2018 New York Times Magazine article, "The Pain Hustlers", by Evan Hughes[1] and his subsequent novel The Hard Sell released in 2022. It stars Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d'Arcy James, and Chloe Coleman.

Pain Hustlers
Directed byDavid Yates
Screenplay byWells Tower
Based on"The Pain Hustlers"[1]
by Evan Hughes
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Richmond
Edited byMark Day
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

High school dropout Liza Drake lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

Cast

Production

On August 18, 2021, Sony Pictures announced the development of an untitled film directed by David Yates and written by Wells Tower, based on the Evan Hughes’ New York Times Magazine article, “The Pain Hustlers” from May 2, 2018 [1] and his subsequent novel The Hard Sell released in January 2022. It is a co-production between Grey Matter Productions and Wychwood Pictures. Yates produced the film along with Lawrence Grey and Yvonne Walcott Yates.[2] In May 2022, Emily Blunt joined the cast and Netflix acquired the film, which was titled Pain Hustlers, in a deal worth at least $50 million.[3] In July, Chris Evans came on board to star.[4] In August, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d'Arcy James, and Chloe Coleman were added to the cast.[5] Production began in late August.[4]

References
  1. Hughes, Evan (May 2, 2018). "The Pain Hustlers". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  2. Kroll, Justin (August 18, 2021). "Harry Potter And Fantastic Beasts Director David Yates Sets New Film At Sony As Next Project". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. Wiseman, Andreas (May 21, 2022). "Netflix Closing In On $50M+ WW Deal For Emily Blunt Package Pain Hustlers With David Yates Directing: Cannes Market Big Splash". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  4. Kroll, Justin (July 5, 2022). "Chris Evans To Co-Star With Emily Blunt In Netflix Movie Pain Hustlers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  5. Vlessing, Etan (August 29, 2022). "Andy Garcia, Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass Board Netflix's Pain Hustlers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
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