After helping leading Longlegs to box-office success this past summer, Maika Monroe is ready to star in another iconic horror thriller as she is set to star in 20th Century’s new take on the 1992 classic The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Michelle Garza Cervera will direct the pic with Micah Bloomberg penning the script.
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The original film starred Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra and follows a woman, played by De Mornay, who after her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband’s victims and the woman’s family. Monroe will step into the role made famous by De Mornay while the other role originally played by Sciorra is still open.
The original screenplay was written by Amanda Silver and the film was executive produced by Rick Jaffa who then became the writing team of Jaffa/Silver ( Jurassic Park, Planet of the Apes )
Ted Field will produce through Radar Pictures as well as Michael Schaefer & Mike Larocca who will produce through Department M. Michael Napoliello & Maria Frisk are overseeing for Radar.
Monroe has become one of the more sought after actors in town after the success of Longlegs, which has become the biggest indie of the year and instantly became the top choice to star in this pic who was just excited to jump into this iconic villain role.
Monroe most recently starred in Oz Perkin’s Longlegs opposite Nicolas Cage, which made over $100 million at the box office, making it the most successful indie horror movie in the past ten years. She played the lead in Chloe Okuno’s Watcher , and broke out in David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows .
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Her other film credits include Hot Summer Nights with Timothee Chalamet and Villains with Bill Skarsgaard.
Garza Cervera gained recognition for her debut feature Huesera , which has received acclaim since its premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron Award. Huesera has since accumulated over 40 awards worldwide, including the Citizen Kane Award and the Blood Window Award at the Sitges Film Festival, and earned 17 nominations at the Mexican Academy’s Ariel Awards, winning Best First Feature, Original Screenplay, Makeup, and Special Effects. She was also selected for the 2023 Sundance Momentum Fellowship and was nominated for Breakthrough Director at the 2023 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Bloomberg’s credits include Homecoming and Sanctuary.
Garza Cervera is represented by WME, Grandview and HWHM+F. Monroe is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP. UTA and represented by lawyer Bethany Haynes at Sloss Law.
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