The movie, which falls under the Sony Pictures Entertainment banner was initially announced back in January 2020 with Jason Statham being eyed for Woody Harrelson’s part. The movie reportedly had a budget of $75 million.

Netflix acquired the rights to it from Sony in April 2022. Netflix has acquired a number of Sony movies in recent years primarily in the animation department. In 2021, for example, Netflix acquired three animated movies with The Mitchells Vs. The Machines and Vivo being the two biggest.

Netflix’s The Man From Toronto was directed by Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) and is based on a script by Robbie Fox and Chris Bremner. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch produced, with Bill Bannerman, Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth serving as executive producers.

The Man From Toronto has been a victim of the pandemic up until now. It’s been rescheduled multiple times. It was first set to be released in November 2020 before being moved to September 2021 but then pulled completely. It was then set to release in August 2022 but again, that date is no longer applicable.

A Netflix release date has yet to be kept but given the show is in the bag so to speak, we shouldn’t have a long wait.

Netflix acquired the global rights to the movie excluding China.

If you’re in the United States, you would’ve received this movie in the first window deal (we originally predicted it’d arrive between January and March 2023) Netflix struck last year regardless.