‘The Woman In The Window’ With Amy Adams Pushed To 2020 After Test Screenings Confused Audiences
By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2019 8:00 am EST
For those who haven’t heard of The Woman in the Window, here’s the synopsis:
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.
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.
I’ve heard from a few who have read the book that the story itself is rather unbelievable, not unlike other recent adult thrillers like Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and A Simple Favor. But that’s also exactly what makes some of these movies so entertaining in the end.
“We’re dealing with a complex novel. We tested the movie really early for that very reason. We wanted to make it better, and we’ve had Disney’s full support in doing that.”
But this particular film was confusing enough that Joe Wright will now oversee five days of reshoots that will hopefully help fix this issue for general audiences. The reshoots will take place once Amy Adams has finished shooting the Netflix movie Hillbilly Elegy with Ron Howard. As for what the new 2020 release date will be, that remains to be seen. Will Disney wait until next awards season to release the film, or will they place it in February or March instead? We shall see.
