Mary Elizabeth Winstead to affix Maika Monroe within the upcoming remake of ’90s traditional The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
Deadline studies that Mary Elizabeth Winstead is in negotiations to star alongside Maika Monroe within the upcoming remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
The twentieth Century Studios undertaking is a brand new tackle the 1992 thriller, which starred Rebecca De Mornay and Anna Bella Sciorra. When Claire Bartel (Sciorra) is assaulted by her physician, she studies him to the police, however he kills himself to keep away from being arrested. The physician’s pregnant spouse, Peyton (De Mornay), has a miscarriage and is pushed mad with rage. Posing as a nanny for the Bartel household, she decides to tear Claire’s life aside by seducing her husband and murdering her. Maika Monroe will likely be taking part in the De Mornay function within the remake, whereas Winstead will likely be moving into the Sciorra function.
Michelle Garza Cervera will direct The Hand That Rocks the Cradle remake from a script by Micah Bloomberg.
Winstead was just lately seen starring alongside husband Ewan McGregor in A Gentleman in Moscow, Paramount+’s adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel. McGregor stars as Depend Alexander Rostov, who finds himself on the improper aspect of historical past within the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. Spared fast execution, he’s banished by a Soviet tribunal to the attic room within the opulent Lodge Metropol and threatened with loss of life if he ever units foot exterior once more.
Winstead additionally appeared in Star Wars: Ahsoka as Hera Syndulla, the Insurgent chief who first appeared in Star Wars: Rebels. It was initially unsure whether or not or not the sequence would get a second season, however star Rosario Dawson was greater than prepared to return. “I’m absolutely putting it out into the universe,” Dawson mentioned. “We’re joking about it, but I’m manifesting it because I feel like I helped Dave [Filoni, Star Wars mastermind and Ahsoka Tano’s co-creator] manifest this role. So I’m ready. I’m excited. I’m willing. I got my ice-packs ready to go for Season 2 and beyond! I would not be mad at that.” Earlier this 12 months, Lucasfilm formally confirmed that Dave Filoni was growing one other season. Nonetheless, the sequence might want to recast one main function: Baylan Skoll, the previous Jedi performed so superbly by the late Ray Stevenson.
