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Naomi Watts is to star in an English-language remake of Goodnight Mommy, a cult Austrian horror film first made in 2014.
According to Variety, the Amazon Studios movie, which will be directed by Matt Sobel, centres around twin brothers and their mother (Watts), who returns from a surgical procedure wrapped in bandages. As her behaviour becomes increasingly strange, the brothers suspect their mum might be an imposter.
“My favorite films are those that invite the audience to step inside their protagonist’s journey, said Sobel, who is best known for helming 2015 s Take Me to the River. In our re-imagining of Goodnight Mommy, fear of abandonment, and the dreadful realization that those close to us may not be who they seem, create an immersive nightmare, with visceral sensations front and center, he went on, adding: I can’t wait to create this heart-stopping story with Amazon and the peerless Naomi Watts.
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The boys suspicion sets off a roller-coaster of emotional mind games and misunderstandings between the mother and her children that eventually explodes with irreparable and heartbreaking consequences.
The English-language remake will be directed by Matt Sobel from a script written by Kyle Warren.
Cult hit: She will star in and executive produce the Amazon Studios take on the psychological thriller, released back in 2014. The movie follows two twin brothers who, when sent to stay with their mother, are shocked to find her covered in bandages following a procedure
Scary games: The boys suspicion sets off a roller-coaster of emotional mind games and misunderstandings between the mother and her children
Naomi Watts to Star in Remake of Austrian Horror Goodnight Mommy
Movie Take Me To The River director Matt Sobel, who will shoot the Amazon Studios project, claims that the re-imagining of the 2014 film will put visceral sensations front and center. Apr 7, 2021
Take Me To The River (2016) director Matt Sobel will shoot the Amazon Studios project, which revolves around twin brothers who are sent to stay with their mother, only to suspect the woman all bandaged up is an imposter.
The psychological thriller will be executive produced by Watts, alongside the original movie s filmmakers Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, reports Variety.
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The last several years have been quite good to the horror genre, with movies from both the Hollywood space and other countries having contributed to this ârenaissanceâ period. As an example of the latter, 2015 saw the wide release of
Goodnight Mommy, an Austrian psychological horror movie that scored a lot of positive reception, including being named one of the Top 5 Foreign Language Films of 2015 by the National Board of Review. Well, wordâs come in that Amazon now has a remake of
Goodnight Mommy in the works.
Naomi Watts, whoâs no stranger to horror thanks to playing Rachel Keller in
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