Given that he was able to deliver a great update of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson clearly isn't afraid of source material that have been filmed before. He has Rachel Weisz ready to star in a film based on Mark McShane's 1961 suspense tome Seance On A Wet Afternoon.
The story, which was brought to the screen in 1964 for a film starring Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley, follows a self-proclaimed psychic medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both.
Enola Holmes director Harry Bradbeer had been attached to direct, working from a script by Jack Thorne. The latter is staying on as writer, while Bradbeer is instead busy making the Holmes sequel.