Netflix is buying the Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones drama Train Dreams. Sources tell us that the deal was in the high teen millions. Pic is based on the 2011 Denis Johnson novella and directed by Academy Award-nominee Clint Bentley.

"Train Dreams," a drama starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, has been acquired by Netflix out of Sundance. Our own review called it a "patient, profound and painful experience" and compared it to the work of Terrence Malick.

Train Dreams,” a lyrical drama about a logger whose work developing America’s railroad keeps him laboring in isolation, has sold to Netflix. The film earned rave reviews after debuting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,

Acquired by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal, 'Train Dreams' with Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones might be Sundance's biggest breakout.

Netflix has bought the drama “Train Dreams” starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and William H. Macy, according to Variety. Deadline reported the purchase was over $10 million. The film is an adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella of the same name.

In the second known deal of a slow Sundance on the acquisitions front, Netflix has picked up the drama Train Dreams starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones. Clint Bentley directed the Premieres entry and co-wrote with Greg Kwedar, the director of Sing Sing, which Bentley co-wrote and produced.