Variety is reporting that Naomi Watts is set to lead the cast of the Hollywood remake of Goodnight Mommy, a hit 2014 movie hailing from Austria. The original movie gained some solid acclaim when it was first released, and the remake is being set up over at Amazon Studios, so expect a big release.
Here’s the synopsis for the original movie.
Elias and his twin brother Lukas arrive at their mother’s house to find her face covered in bandages ? the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery. Lukas delights in their mother’s uncharacteristically lax house rules, but in Elias’ mind, a dreadful thought takes root: the sinking suspicion that this woman beneath the gauze, who’s making their food and sleeping in the next room, isn’t really their mother.
There’s more at the end of the link above but here’s a look back at the 2014 original from filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.
