India, March 1 -- Netflix has officially won the battle for Natalie Portman's upcoming romantic comedy, Good Sex, in a massive $55 million deal. The streaming giant outbid major competitors, including Warner Bros., Apple, and Amazon, to acquire global distribution rights.

The film will be written and directed by Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham (Girls) and will star Oscar-winner Natalie Portman in the lead role, according to Deadline. This is one of the biggest sales to come out of the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin, where studios were engaged in a heated bidding war for the project.

According to Deadline, Good Sex follows the story of Ally, a successful couples' therapist approaching 40, who is reluctantly pushed back into the dat...