Denzel Washington isn’t slowing down. Despite past hints that he might be eyeing retirement, the Oscar winner continues to expand an already loaded slate. The latest addition: Here Comes the Flood, a high-stakes heist film set up at Netflix, where he’ll share the screen with Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Two Popes), the film promises to rework the heist genre through a more unconventional lens. Described by the streamer as a story involving “a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses,” Here Comes the Flood looks to inject cerebral tension into the usual break-in formula.
The screenplay comes from Simon Kinberg, who is currently developing a new Star Wars film and has previously written for titles like Mr. & Mrs. Smith and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Plot details remain under wraps, and no casting breakdown has been confirmed yet, so it’s still unclear who among the trio plays the criminal mastermind, who’s along for the ride, and who’s getting played.
The film has been in development limbo since 2020, when Netflix shelled out a reported seven-figure sum for the script. At one point, Jason Bateman was attached to direct, but that version never materialized. With Meirelles now steering the ship and a stacked cast on board, the project is back on track and turning heads.
Netflix has had a mixed track record with big-budget thrillers. Flashy titles like Red Notice and The Gray Man delivered stars but struggled to leave a lasting mark. But with the pedigree behind Here Comes the Flood, there’s reason to believe this one could make a bigger splash.
Kinberg and Audrey Chon are producing under their Genre Films banner, alongside Meirelles. Samson Mucke joins as executive producer.
No release date has been announced yet, but with cameras expected to roll soon, more details should surface in the coming months. Until then, Netflix’s growing library of heist flicks — including Kaleidoscope, Lupin, and Triple Frontier — might help fill the gap.
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