Pitch Good star Anna Kendrick is stepping behind the digicam for the primary time to convey us Girl of the Hour – a film that appears on the true story of a male serial killer showing on a courting present in the course of spree. He gained the present, in actual fact.
Anna will play Cheryl Bradshaw, a bachelorette on the present who dates the killer, named Rodney Acala. In actual life, Rodney appeared on The Relationship Sport in 1978. He grew to become often known as the “Dating Game Killer” after being convicted as a intercourse offender and serial killer and sentenced to dying.
The film will tackle this true story. A overview by The Every day Beast described Girl of the Hour as “a true-crime thriller that also operates as a damning commentary on societal misogyny”. So not solely do we predict it’s going to be tremendous compelling and attention-grabbing, however a extremely necessary have a look at the risks girls should navigate when sharing a courting world with males, in addition to the questionable morality of courting reveals, which we arguably have extra of now than we did within the Seventies.
This is every thing we find out about Girl of the Hour.
Girl of the Hour plot
A plot synopsis of the film from Netflix’s TUDUM reads as follows: “Woman of the Hour is based on the stranger-than-fiction true story of Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala. Bradshaw was a bachelorette on the hit ’70s TV matchmaking show The Dating Game and chose handsome and funny bachelor No. 3, Rodney Alcala.
“But behind Alcala’s charming facade was a deadly secret: He was a psychopathic serial killer.”
It adds that Woman of the Hour “explores the way women navigate a world of violent men”.
Woman of the Hour cast
Joining Anna Kendrick will be Daniel Zovatto as Rodney Alcala, Kathryn Gallagher (Gossip Girl) Nicolette Robinson, Kelley Jakle, Pete Holmes and Tony Hale.
Woman of the Hour release date
Woman of the Hour will be released on Netflix on 18 October.
Woman of the Hour trailer
We’re not going to lie, the trailer has got us obsessed already. We see Anna’s Cheryl prepare for her appearance as the bachelorette on The Dating Game, with an assistant telling her that the most important thing is for her to smile and laugh over and over.
The trailer also shows Cheryl and Rodney’s unsettling first date, where he talks about being “seen” and not hiding who he is. We are shown shocking footage of him hurting his victims, while Cheryl sits opposite the table from him.
It’s all incredibly eerie, a super brave move from Anna for her directorial debut – we’re intrigued to see more.
