Denzel Earning $35 Million For A Role… Twice?

Following the news of his casting alongside Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones in crime thriller “Here Comes the Flood,” it has been revealed that Denzel Washington is earning a massive paycheque for his efforts. Puck News reports that, according to three sources of theirs, Netflix will be forking over $35 million to lock in the […] The post Denzel Earning $35 Million For A Role… Twice? appeared first on Dark Horizons.

May 20, 2025 - 08:00

Denzel Earning $35 Million For A Role… Twice?

Following the news of his casting alongside Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones in crime thriller “Here Comes the Flood,” it has been revealed that Denzel Washington is earning a massive paycheque for his efforts.

Puck News reports that, according to three sources of theirs, Netflix will be forking over $35 million to lock in the celebrated actor for the film.

This is reportedly an all-in deal, including backend buyouts, and seems to be his standard rate for streaming projects these days. One of their sources adds that the deal matched the same deal he had with Apple and A24 paid for Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest”.

That latter film, a remake of Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” just premiered at Cannes to mostly very positive reviews along with a farily good 5.5-minute standing ovation. It follows a music mogul who faces a life-and-death moral dilemma when he gets caught up in a ransom plot.

“Here Comes the Flood” is called an unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses. Fernando Meirelles directs that from a script by Simon Kinberg.

The largest ever fee-plus-buyout for a single film is still the $50 million that Dwayne Johnson reportedly received for “Red One” at Amazon.

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