Rachel Weisz has lined up an intriguingly dark role in a new film adaptation of the classic 1960s suspense novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
According to Deadline, the movie is now being steered by Tomas Alfredson (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Let the Right One In) after original director Harry Bradbeer stepped back to helm the Enola Holmes sequel. The project has a script by Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne, who also penned an episode of BBC America’s CripTales.
Weisz will play Myra Savage, a self-proclaimed psychic who persuades her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime. The aim is to boost her profile as a medium, but her amoral plan soon comes unstuck, placing both Savage and her husband in jeopardy.
Written by Mark McShane and first published in 1961, Seance on a Wet Afternoon was previously adapted into a 1964 movie starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough.
Weisz recently appeared in this year’s superhero movie Black Widow. Before that, she scored her second Oscar nomination for her performance opposite Olivia Colman in 2019’s The Favourite. Her first Oscar nomination – which duly became a win – came for her performance in 2006’s John le Carré adaptation The Constant Gardener.
Can you picture Rachel Weisz in this morally murky role?