Anna Kendrick to Direct The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo at Netflix

Deadline revealed Kendrick will direct an adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The film follows a young journalist’s long-awaited interview with Evelyn Hugo, an aging Hollywood starlet who pulls back the curtain on her seven marriages and, as she tells tales of Hollywood scandals, betrayals and woe, unveils shocking truths about her life and the lives of those around her.

Kendrick's Netflix directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, arrived in 2024 and earned strong reviews; the movie currently has a 91% positive score, with much of the praise centered on Kendrick's direction. She pulled double duty on that project, also starring in the adaptation of a true-life series of crimes.

Woman of the Hour focused on real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala and how he somehow managed to become a contestant on The Dating Game, highlighting Alcala's many horrible crimes and how his appearance on the show nearly resulted in even more deaths.

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