Netflix has released the Woman of the Hour teaser trailer and poster for its newest period crime thriller, which serves as Anna Kendrick‘s feature directorial debut.
The teaser introduces Kendrick as an aspiring actress in 1970s Los Angeles, who unknowingly goes on a date with a serial killer after selecting him in a televised dating show. The video also features a new look at cast members Tony Hale, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Kathryn Gallagher, and Kelley Jakle.
Woman of the Hour is directed by Kendrick from a screenplay written by Ian MacAllister McDonald. It is executive produced by Kendrick, Stuart Ford, Miguel A. Palos Jr., Zach Garrett, Paul Barbeau, Ian MacAllister McDonald, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Joe Penna, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Russ Posternak, Andrew Deane, and Stephen Crawford. Producers are Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules serving as producers.
“In the 1970s Rodney Alcala went on a murder spree, luring women by posing as a photographer looking for models,” reads the synopsis. “Though already a registered sex offender and recently released from prison, he infamously appeared on The Dating Game, a show that introduced a set of three new bachelors each week, hidden from view as a woman asked them amusing questions before choosing a winner to go on an all-expenses-paid trip with her.”
Woman of the Hour will be available on Netflix October 18.
