Netflix has acquired worldwide rights (excluding UK free TV rights which are retained by BBC Films) to Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss’ new film, The Power of the Dog.
The production companies are See-Saw Films and Big Shell Films/Max Films Production in association with Brightstar and BBC Films.
Synopsis:
Wealthy Montana brothers Phil (Cumberbatch) and George Burbank are two sides of one coin. Phil is graceful, brilliant and cruel where George is stolid, fastidious and gentle. Together they are joint owners of the biggest ranch in the Montana valley.
It is a place where men are still men, the rapidly modernizing 20th century is kept at bay and where the figure of Bronco Henry, the greatest cowboy Phil ever knew, is revered.
When George secretly marries local widow Rose (Moss), a shocked and angry Phil wages a sadistic, relentless war to destroy her entirely using her effeminate son Peter as a pawn.
Netflix will be the worldwide distributor of the film, with Transmission Films releasing theatrically in Australia and New Zealand. Netflix to work with its other local partners worldwide on the theatrical release.