Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”) will be making her directorial debut with Netflix’s “Woman of the Hour.” The streamer just dropped the first teaser trailer, and it’s promising to be an eerie, true-crime ride.
The trailer shows Sheryl Bradshaw (Kendrick) on the date from hell in a tacky tropical-themed bar. There are awkward silences, he tenses at her laughter and has some seemingly misplaced aggression. When her date orders another round without checking with her, she signals to the waitress that she’s in trouble.
Sheryl is on high alert when her date insists on walking her back to her car. The even more so, when he catches her trying to give him a fake number. She thankfully trusts her instincts because, as it turns out, she is on a date with the ruthless serial killer Rodney Alcala, played by Daniel Zovatto.
“Woman of the Hour,” is inspired by the true story of Cheryl Bradshaw who went on the popular 1970s show “The Dating Game.” She was matched up with Alcala but later rejected because he gave her a bad feeling.
“Woman of the Hour”
The film seeks to flip the serial killer story on its head, by focusing on the lives he cut short. In contrast to other Netflix properties like “Monster” where the first season came under fire for focusing more on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer than the lives he took.
Kendrick and Zovatto will star alongside Tony Hale (“Veep”), Nicolette Robinson (“The Affair”), Autumn Best (“4400”), Kathryn Gallagher (“Spring Awakening”), and Kelley Jakle (“Pitch Perfect”). Kendrick will be directing from a script by Ian McDonald that landed on the Black List in 2017.
“Woman of the Hour” will premiere on Netflix on October 18th. You can check out the unnerving teaser trailer below:
