The Murder Mysterenaissance really is in full effect right now. Between Benoit Blanc’s latest outing in Glass Onion, the upcoming third season of Only Murders In The Building, and the imminent release of Murder Mystery 2, which some (aka. Empire's very own Chris Hewitt) are already speculating could be the genre’s latest masterpiece, we’re in a new Golden Age for crime on screen. And now we have yet another to look forward to. As reported by Variety, Bill & Ted Face The Music star Alex Winter is gearing up to direct The Adults, an original, darkly comic crime film.
The film, written by novelist Michael M.B. Galvin, will see Evan Rachel Wood and Josh Gad play siblings Megan and Nathan, whose lives are turned upside down by the discovery of a body buried in their parents’ basement. Barry star Anthony Carrigan is also set to be a key player in the film, though his role is currently being kept under wraps.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Evan, Josh and Anthony on this darkly comic crime drama,” Winters said in a statement. “[The Adults] takes a sly look at the challenges we all face today, trying to survive in the modern world.” As well as directing the movie, Winter will be producing it too, alongside Scott Kroopf of Many Rivers Productions and Russell Hollander. Connie Tavel will serve as exec producer on the project.
Understandably, little else is known about the film as of yet, so we have no release date or trailer to share for now. While we wait for more news on this one, then, we’re off to try and stop Chris Hewitt watching that Murder Mystery 2 trailer again.