Joe Wright’s Next Movie Is The Psychological Thriller ‘The Woman In The Window’
By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2018 5:30 am EST
Based off of A.J. Finn’s bestselling novel that hit shelves this year, The Woman in the Window is a Hitchcockian thriller that follows the reclusive Dr. Anna Fox, who spends her time drinking wine and spying on her New York City neighbors. But one day she witnesses a shocking crime while watching the idyllic Russell family across the street, and her reality is sent spiraling out of control.
Here is the synopsis to the book:
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.
It shares a few traits with another New York Times bestseller about an alcoholic woman who witnesses a crime: The Girl on the Train. Unfortunately, The Girl on the Train’s promises of being a Hitchcockian thriller came up empty — the book was better suited to a Lifetime movie than a theatrical release that wasted the talents of Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson.
I haven’t read The Woman in the Window, but its parallels to Girl on the Train — and its similar journey from New York Times bestseller list to screen — make me a little nervous that we’ll get a messy domestic drama masquerding as a thriller. Hopefully, an award-winning director like Wright could elevate the material, though he’s had a fair share of stinkers in his time. He may have directed my favorite adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (yes, it’s my favorite, fight me!) but he still has a way to go before he makes up for Pan.
