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.

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…

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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