
A year after Netflix paid $20 million at Sundance for workplace relationship drama Fair Play, only to watch the prestige title come and go on its platform in October without much of an audience or awards buzz, the streaming service has boldly pulled out its wallet once again at the film festival.
On Monday in Park City, Utah, Netflix paid $17 million for filmmaker Greg Jardin's high-concept horror-comedy It's What's Inside, a movie about a bunch of college friends getting together for a wedding pre-party ... that, of course, has an unintended outcome.