‘WOMAN OF THE HOUR' TRAILER: ANNA KENDRICK COURTED BY A SERIAL KILLER IN HER NETFLIX DIRECTORIAL DEBUT BASED ON A TRUE STORY

This morning, Netflix debuted the first official teaser for Woman of the Hour, its anticipated thriller starring Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), which marks the Oscar nominee’s feature directorial debut, and is slated to debut on the streamer on October 18.

In the film written by Ian McDonald, which world premiered to critical acclaim at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, Kendrick plays Cheryl Bradshaw, an aspiring actress in 1970s Los Angeles who finds herself courted by a serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) in the midst of a years-long murder spree, when they cross paths as contestants on popular game show The Dating Game.

The real-life killer, played by Zovatto, is Rodney Alcala, a California native who was responsible for at least eight murders across the U.S., among other crimes.

Woman of the Hour also stars Tony Hale (Veep), Nicolette Robinson (One Night in Miami…), Pete Holmes (Crashing), Autumn Best (4400), Kathryn Gallagher (You) and Kelley Jakle (Pitch Perfect franchise). Produced by Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, the film’s executive producers include Stuart Ford, Zach Garrett, Miguel A. Palos, Jr., Kendrick, Ian McDonald, Joe Penna, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Paul Barbeau, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Andrew Deane and Stephen Crawford. Lorelle Lynch, Chris Abernathy and Tracy Rosenblum served as co-producers.

Most recently unveiling titles like Jeremy Saulnier’s action thriller Rebel Ridge and the Joey King starrer Uglies, Netflix’s slate of new films for the rest of the month also includes Azazel Jacobs’ drama His Three Daughters (September 20) and Sydney Freeland’s Rez Ball (September 27), an acclaimed sports drama coming off its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

Check out the Woman of the Hour teaser by clicking above.

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