Elizabeth Banks is switching gears from action to horror. The “Charlie’s Angels” director and star is attached to topline and helm “The Invisible Woman” for Universal, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Erin Cressida Wilson (“The Girl on the Train,” “Secretary”) penned the current draft of the script.
Described as “‘Thelma & Louise’ meets ‘American Psycho,'” the original take on the story follows in the footsteps of the 1940 Universal title that followed a department store model “who becomes the test subject of an invisibility experiment. Upon becoming invisible, she gets back against her mean boss but unwittingly falls into a caper involving gangsters,” the source summarizes. The original “Invisible Woman” was released following 1933’s “The Invisible Man” and 1940’s “The Invisible Man Returns.”
Banks is developing the project and will produce with Max Handelman via their Brownstone Productions.
Elisabeth Moss stars in a reboot of “The Invisible Man” that’s set to bow February 28. The thriller sees the Emmy-winning “Handmaid’s Tale” actress tormented by her abusive ex, a wealthy and brilliant scientist whom she’s told is dead — but she’s convinced has managed to make himself invisible.
Banks made her feature directorial debut with 2015’s “Pitch Perfect 2.” The Anna Kendrick-starrer debuted to $69.2 million, marking the biggest domestic opening for a first-time feature director at that time. Her follow-up, spy pic “Charlie’s Angels,” is in theaters now.
