Director Joe Wright’s “Woman in the Window,” a thriller starring Amy Adams and an adaptation of Dan Mallory’s bestselling novel of the same name, had its fall release delayed until 2020 by Disney (who now own the movie after their Fox purchase). According to THR, the reason for the delay was that the movie was going back into production for reshoots due to, get this, the third act needing more clarification.THR stated that the movie left test-screening audiences “confused” and that worried Disney.
Fox 2000 president Elizabeth Gabler said, “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.”
I had heard some test-screening rumblings, through people who had emailed me, that Wright’s movie was just not very good. It wasn’t even a question of the ending being “confusing” as much as the entire movie being a total bomb.
The official synopsis reads like this:
In “The Woman in the Window,” a psychological suspense thriller directed by Joe Wright, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street from her New York City brownstone, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and she suspects foul play. A stellar ensemble cast brings Tracy Letts’ screenplay based on the gripping, best-selling novel to life, where shocking secrets are revealed, and no one—and nothing—is what it seems.
The cast assembled for “The Woman in the Window” is a collection of staggering talents; Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anthony Mackie, and Wyatt Russell. The film is set to be released on May 15, 2020, by 20th Century Fox. Watch the first trailer below.
Zeller’s feature debut, “The Father,” was an acclaimed and Oscar-winning film. Many believe he struck out with his sophomore effort, 2022’s critically maligned “The Son.” This is another miss.