Sandra Bullock to Star in Drama About Life After Prison at Netflix

Sandra Bullock is reteaming up with Netflix after finding success with “Bird Box;” the actress is set to star in an untitled drama for the streaming service about life after prison.

Nora Fingscheidt will direct the film that’s based on a script by “Mission: Impossible” franchise director Christopher McQuarrie. McQuarrie adapted the screenplay from the BAFTA-nominated British miniseries “Unforgiven” from 2009. McQuarrie added in a statement on Twitter that the first draft of the screenplay actually dates back to 2010.

The untitled film stars Bullock as Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and who re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. Facing severe judgment from the place she once called home, her only hope for redemption is finding the estranged younger sister she was forced to leave behind.

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“Bohemian Rhapsody” producer Graham King is producing for his GK Films, along with Bullock for Fortis Films and Veronica Ferres for Construction Film. Nan Morales, Nicola Shindler, Sally Wainwright and Colin Vaines are executive producing the project.

Bullock most recently starred in “Bird Box” for Netflix. The 2018 horror and thriller film from director Susanne Bier is one of Netflix’s top-performing films, with the streamer saying that the movie was watched across 80 million accounts during its first four weeks on the service.

Fingscheidt is a German filmmaker who earlier this year directed the drama “System Crasher,” which is Germany’s official submission to the 2020 Academy Awards. The film premiered at the International Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and has won 24 international awards, including Berlin’s Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Award for new perspectives in cinema for Fingscheidt.

McQuarrie directed the last two “Mission: Impossible” movies and is attached to direct the seventh and eighth films in the franchise. He also wrote the script for Tom Cruise’s upcoming “Top Gun Maverick.”

Bullock is represented by CAA.

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The Evolution of Sandra Bullock, From 'Speed' to 'Ocean's 8' (Photos)

Sandra Bullock started out in the 1980s and rose to fame in the '90s and beyond. She has starred in some of Hollywood's biggest critical and commercial successes, becoming one of the most successful actresses of her generation and winning an Academy Award along the way.

Take a look back at the rise and continued success of her career:
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"Love Potion No. 9" (1992)

Bullock gave one of her first memorable performances in this romantic comedy, starring opposite Tate Donovan as a biologist who experiments with a potion that makes her irresistible to the opposite sex. The film was panned by critics but gave Bullock one of her first big roles.
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"Speed" (1994)

Bullock's big breakout was in this action thriller, which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Bullock starred as a spirited bus passenger who works with two police officers — played by Keanu Reeves and Jeff Daniels — to thwart a terrorist from blowing up a bus full of people.
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"While You Were Sleeping" (1995)

Bullock received her first Golden Globe nomination for playing a lonely fare token collector who falls in love with a handsome commuter, played by Peter Gallagher. After she rescues him from a collision with a train, he falls into a coma and she accidentally poses as his fiancée — only to fall in love with his brother instead.
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"Miss Congeniality" (2000)

Bullock starred in the 2000 smash hit “Miss Congeniality” as a socially inept FBI agent-turned beauty pageant contestant. The film raked in $212 million worldwide and Bullock was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
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"Crash" (2004)

Bullock had a supporting role in the critically acclaimed drama “Crash," which won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture. She was lauded for her performance as the wealthy wife of a Los Angeles district attorney who accuses a Mexican-American locksmith of being a gang member and a crook.
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"The Proposal" (2009)

Bullock earned another Golden Globe nomination for her role in the 2009 romantic comedy “The Proposal.” She starred as a Canadian executive who convinces her assistant — played by Ryan Reynolds — to pose as her fiancé after learning that she may face deportation from the United States due to her expired visa.
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"The Blind Side" (2009)

Bullock won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the biographical sports drama “The Blind Side.” Bullock starred as an interior designer who welcomes an abandoned football player into her home.
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"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" (2013)

Bullock starred opposite Tom Hanks in the 2013 drama “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," playing the widowed mother of a nine-year-old with Aspergers who believes that his father has left a final message for him somewhere in New York City.
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"The Heat" (2013)

Bullock starred as an FBI Special Agent who must work with a Boston detective — played by Melissa McCarthy — to apprehend a mobster in Boston. The film grossed $229 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics.
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"Gravity" (2013)

Bullock was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the universally acclaimed science fiction thriller “Gravity.” She starred opposite George Clooney as an astronaut who is stranded in outer space following the destruction of their space shuttle. The film grossed $723 million worldwide and was considered one of the best of the year.
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"Ocean's 8" (2018)

Bullock stars in the female-led sequel, which follows a group of women as they plan to rob the Met Gala in New York City. Bullock plays Debbie Ocean, a professional robber and the estranged sister of Danny Ocean, from Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” trilogy. The film hits theaters on Friday.
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Oscar winner has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest critical and commercial successes since the 1990s

Sandra Bullock started out in the 1980s and rose to fame in the '90s and beyond. She has starred in some of Hollywood's biggest critical and commercial successes, becoming one of the most successful actresses of her generation and winning an Academy Award along the way.

Take a look back at the rise and continued success of her career:

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The Evolution of Sandra Bullock, From 'Speed' to 'Ocean's 8' (Photos)

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