Wednesday star Jenna Ortega is earning her stripes in Hollywood after the success of several major projects. The fast-rising talent has once again landed another major role in a feature film titled Single Female. Alongside her, the film will also star Canadian actress Taylor Russell. So, without further delay, let’s get into the latest updates regarding the film.
Remake of a solid 1990s box-office hit is on the cards
The film is being developed by 3000 Pictures in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The project will serve as a remake of the 1992 psychological thriller Single White Female, which itself was adapted from author John Lutz’s novel SWF Seeks Same. The ’90s thriller starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the lead roles.
The producers have tapped Bodies Bodies Bodies screenwriter Sarah DeLappe to write the script for the upcoming film. Ortega and Russell will also serve as producers alongside Stacey Sher and Marisa Paiva.
The original 1992 film revolves around a character named Allison, who rents a room in her apartment to Hedra and gradually begins to grow suspicious of the tenant’s increasingly strange behavior. The psychological thriller proved to be a major success at the time, earning around $84.1 million at the global box office.
Ortega is currently filming the third season of the Netflix series Wednesday. The actress also has several film projects lined up, including Klara and the Sun, a Sony feature directed by Taika Waititi, as well as J.J. Abrams’ The Great Beyond, which is slated for release by Warner Bros. later this year.
Meanwhile, Russell—known for her standout performance in Bones and All, directed by Luca Guadagnino, where she starred opposite Timothée Chalamet—will next be seen in Hope from filmmaker Na Hong-jin. The actress also recently made her stage debut in The Effect.
With Ortega and Russell attached to the project, the remake is likely to generate considerable buzz among fans of psychological thrillers. It remains to be seen whether the film, which will reintroduce the unsettling roommate premise for a new generation of audiences, can live up to the reputation of the original 1992 classic that became a defining entry in the genre.
