Amy Adams’ ‘The Woman in the Window’ Sets May Netflix Release

Netflix is pulling back the curtain on The Woman in the Window. In a teaser for the film released today on Twitter, the streamer finally revealed a release date for the Amy Adams thriller, which is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix this spring on May 14. The news comes months after Netflix first acquired the film in August 2020. The Woman in the Window landed at the streamer from  20th Century Studios, which had originally planned to release it theatrically before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered theaters across the country.

Adams stars in The Woman in the Window as Dr. Anna Fox, an agoraphobic who witnesses a disturbing incident she wasn’t supposed to see. After becoming friends with her neighbor, Jane Russell (Julianne Moore), Anna is deeply affected when Jane disappears one day after a violent incident in her apartment. Anna is consumed by her friend’s whereabouts and begins to unravel as she dives deeper into the reality she’s created in her head.

If it sounds a little bit like Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train, you’re on the right track — the film comes from the same studio as Gone Girl and shares a director with Darkest Hour and Atonement, Joe Wright. Along with Adams and Moore, The Woman in the Window, which is based on a book of the same name by author A.J. Finn, also stars Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Tracy Letts, who wrote the script for the film.

The film is finally making its way to audiences nearly two years after it was first scheduled to premiere. While The Woman in the Window was originally slated for a 2019 release, it was pushed back after test screenings. “There were some plot points that people found a bit confusing — I would say possibly too opaque maybe,” Wright told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year. “So we had to go back and clarify certain points, but I think also we tried to make sure we didn’t oversimplify anything and make things too clear. There’s an enjoyment in not knowing what’s going on, but at the same time, you have to give the audience something to hold on to — you have to lead them through the labyrinth of mystery and fear.”

Before The Woman in the Window premieres on Netflix, check out the full trailer for the dark drama, which you can watch in the video above.