Tilda Swinton will star in a film adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's 2020 novel, Death in Her Hands, IndieWire reported. The project is directed by David Lowery, who will adapt the novel, with See-Saw Films producing. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Jeanie Igoe are producing, with executive producers to include Simon Gillis and Ann Phillips.
"I am a devoted fan of Ottessa Moshfegh, and the opportunity to translate Death in Her Hands to the big screen has been, in some ways, a subterfuge for getting to spend a great deal of time obsessing over her prose. But now the ruse is up!" Lowery said. "The script begot by the novel will soon become a film, and I am suddenly aware more than ever that adapting this particular work represents a devious challenge (anyone who's read the novel will understand why)! But I'm ready for it, and am emboldened to have such wonderful collaborators at my side: the whole team at See-Saw, Jeanie, and of course, the incredible Tilda Swinton, who I know will illuminate Ottessa's story in ways I could only dream of."
Producers Canning and Sherman added, "David Lowery is a master of crafting striking, atmospheric stories, and there's no one better to bring Ottessa Moshfegh's haunting and brilliant novel to the screen. We can't wait for audiences to step into the world he creates and be swept away by Vesta's story, played by the incomparable, magnetic, and endlessly compelling Tilda Swinton."