2016-2018

Now-defunct Fox 2000 Pictures acquired screen rights to the A.J.

Finn novel in fall 2016, before it was even published.

In January 2018, the book became an instant No.

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Amy Adams in ‘The Woman in the Window’.Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon/NETFLIX

I was thrilled and excited, and I wanted to know what happened next.

I thought it would make a great movie that I would want to see."

The film went into production from August to October.

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2019-2020

After Disney acquired Fox,Womanwas pushed from 2019 to 2020.

Test screenings revealed that some found the plot too confusing; Disney ordered reshoots.

“But it’s a thriller and people have certain expectations about the way a thriller works…

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William Morrow

I haven’t seen the redone version and we’ll see what it looks like.

2020-2021

As with so many other movies, the COVID-19 pandemic crushedWoman’s 2020 theatrical release plans.

Last year, Netflix bought the film and eventually slated it for a summer 2021 streaming debut.

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