Elisabeth Moss drinks and devours as Shirley Jackson in this vicious trailer for Shirley
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Elisabeth Moss is The Haunting of Hill House author Shirley Jackson in Shirley, a volatile thriller that’s no mere biopic. Based on Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel, it drops a young married couple in the maelstrom that is Jackson’s marriage with Michael Stuhlbarg’s Stanley Edgar Hyman. “The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door,” reads a synopsis.
Madeline’s Madeline director Josephine Decker, a filmmaker we’ve praised for her ability to blur life and art, is behind the camera, while Martin Scorsese is listed as an executive producer.
Shirley, whiskey floating on her breath, storms onto VOD on June 5.
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“The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon
cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at
their door,”Who’s Afraid of Shirley Jackson?
Just coming here to post the same. Congrats.
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the boy who cried Woolf.
Jackson in June, corn be heavy soon.
Um, seriously. That’s the first thing that came into my mind when I read that.
Likewise.
Dammit, beat me to it.
Let’s see if it even comes close to that. I doubt it.
Glad to see seemingly every person reading this had the same thought I did.
isn’t this just having the neighbors over for drinks?this is one of the ONLY two reasons to hang out with “young couples”
Take your star and GTFO.
I saw it at Sundance, it’s definitely very similar
oooooh, looks good. i’ve become quite the jackson fan in the last few years so this is right up my alley!
I’m sure a lot of us first found out about her here.
Surely this isn’t just a ripoff of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
It Shirley is.
It sure ain’t a ripoff of Jackson’s life.And don’t call me Shirley.
and this is why, despite it all, I still love people
Looks like Peggy Olsen finally done broke a fuse.
“You never say thankyou!”“THAT’S WHAT THE RESENTFUL BARBS ARE FOR!”