Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington to star together in Netflix’s thriller, ‘Leave the World Behind’

This fierce pair will be coming together for the first time since 1993 where they starred in The Pelican Thief.

The project, which is titled, Leave the World Behind, is based on an upcoming novel by Rumaan Alam. Sam Esmail, who is the creator of the hit T.V. show, Mr. Robot, will be directing this adaption of the book. He has previously also worked on the Amazon Prime T.V. show, Homecoming, that starred Julia Roberts in its first season.

The story revolves around a married couple that head out to a remote corner of Long Island for a holiday with their children. What follows next is a series of unfortunate events, causing tensions to rise. The themes that are explored within this plot include that of race, parenthood, and class.

Word around town is that several studios and streaming websites bid for this project, with Apple MGM and Netflix emerging as close competitors, but Netflix eventually winning the deal in the end.