‘Nightbitch’: Mary Holland Joins Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy In Marielle Heller’s Searchlight Neo-Horror
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Mary Holland (Senior Year) has signed on to star alongside Amy Adams and Scoot McNairy in Searchlight Pictures’ darkly comic horror Nightbitch, based on the debut novel of Rachel Yoder.
Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) is directing from her own script. The film, now in production, tells the story of a woman thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a canine.
Bond Group and Annapurna acquired film rights to Yoder’s book in 2020 and developed the script alongside Heller. Searchlight then acquired worldwide rights in May, in a deal sources placed at $25 million-plus; it marked a reemergence of Megan Ellison’s reconfigured Annapurna in the marketplace.
Details as to Holland’s role are under wraps. Nightbitch will stream on Disney’s DTC platforms as a Hulu Original in the U.S., with additional release plans to be announced later.
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