The novel it was based on, by AJ Finn, was part of the post-Gone Girl boom in domestic thrillers centred on fractured female protagonists, and after David Fincher’s adaptation became a smash, Fox hoped for a repeat success, nabbing the rights with speed.
Ultimately what happened off screen has become far more interesting than what’s finally being dumped in front of us. Yet it has all the hallmarks of a classic cursed production – disastrous test screenings, frantic reshoots, a second writer brought in late, a swirling controversy, a frantic Netflix sale. It was a talk-of-the-town package – a starry cast attached to the adaptation of a blockbuster book with an acclaimed film-maker and a Tony-winning playwright bringing it to life.
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