Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with Netflix’s Woman of the Hour. When the film debuted at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, it quickly became one of my biggest must-sees. Kendrick received strong reviews for her juggling of the complex tone of the piece. On one hand, the film is a lovingly recreated celebrate of 1970s kitsch and The Dating Game. On the other, it’s an incredibly tense thriller about an aspiring actress (Kendrick) who goes on The Dating Game only to be matched with a serial killer.
The newly released teaser trailer highlights the latter.
Check out Woman of the Hour when it drops on Netflix October 18, 2024.
ABOUT WOMAN OF THE HOUR
Director: Anna Kendrick
Written By: Ian McDonald
Producers: Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules
Executive Producers: Stuart Ford, Zach Garrett, Miguel A. Palos, Jr., Anna Kendrick, Ian Mcdonald, Joe Penna, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Paul Barbeau, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Andrew Deane, Stephen Crawford
Co-Producers: Lorelle Lynch, Chris Abernathy, Tracy Rosenblum
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale, Nicolette Robinson, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle
Logline: The stranger-than-fiction story of an aspiring actress in 1970s Los Angeles and a serial killer in the midst of a year-long murder spree, whose lives intersect when they’re cast on an episode of The Dating Game.
