Neon, the Best Picture Oscar-winning studio behind Parasite, has acquired U.S. rights to the psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway.Set in the early ‘60s, best friends and neighbors Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway) both live an idyllic traditional lifestyle with manicured lawns, successful husbands and sons of the same age.
Life’s perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond and a psychological battle of wills begins as the maternal instinct reveals its darker side.Mothers’ Instinct is based on the novel Derrière la Haine by novelist Barbara Abel.
Writer Sarah Conradt (50 States of Fright) adapted the English language script.The Neon-distributed feature is a remake of the 2018 critically acclaimed Belgium movie Duelles from director Olivier Masset-Depasse.
The filmmaker will also direct this English-language production which begins shooting on May 25. Anton fully financed the pic.Hathaway and Chastain will serve as producers, as well as Chastain’s partner Kelly Carmichael under their Freckle Films banner.Hathaway recently starred in the critically acclaimed Apple TV + series WeCrashed and will next be seen in James Gray’s Armageddon Time with Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong, which will premiere in Official Competition at Cannes.
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