Rachel Weisz to Join a 'Seance on a Wet Afternoon'
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Weisz is set star and produce @Legendary's adaptation of acclaimed suspense novel "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" with "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" helmer Tomas Alfredson to direct https://t.co/VpVhQLcwDv
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 14, 2021
Rachel Weisz is set to star in and produce Seance on a Wet Afternoon for Legendary, based on the 1961 novel by Mark McShane. The film will be directed by Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy) and writtern by Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes).
The story involves a self-proclaimed medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so that she can get fame and validation as a psychic. But when her husband finds out her true motives, he realizes that her plan could destroy them both. Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough starred in a 1964 adaptation of the novel, which earned several award nominations.
Weisz is currently working on a gender swapped limited series adaptation of Dead Ringers for Amazon.
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Always happy to see her getting work! Side note: this is the first post I’ve submitted in months that didn’t give me an error screen!!