Director Sam Taylor-Johnson in Talks for ‘A Reliable Wife’ Adaptation

Finally, the next project from a director I greatly admire – Sam Taylor-Johnson. Formerly known as Sam Taylor-Wood (until she married actor Aaron Johnson) her feature directorial debut was highly underseen Beatles film Nowhere Boy, after a few shorts and photography work. I think she’s an incredibly underrated, very talented, refreshingly contemporary filmmaker and I’ve been anxious to follow her directing career. Deadline is reporting that Sony/Columbia Pictures is in talks to have Taylor-Johnson direct their adaptation of A Reliable Wife, the period thriller written by Robert Goolrick, about a snowy Wisconsin love triangle. Rural Wisconsin, 1907. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt stands stands alone on the train platform anxiously awaiting the arrival of a visitor. The woman who arrives is not who he expects. This woman, this reliable wife, will decide whether Ralph Truitt lives or dies. Opening intro comes from the book’s official website. This adaptation is in development at Sony/Columbia Pictures, with Michael De Luca, Jami Gertz and …