Focus Features and Will Packer Productions have announced that they're working on an adaptation of the Amber Garza novel WHEN I WAS YOU, a thriller that's described as being like "You meets FATAL ATTRACTION". (That's FATAL ATTRACTION pictured above.)
Variety reports that Garza's novel centers on
a woman named Kelly Medina who becomes obsessed with another Kelly Medina — a single mother half her age who lives in her same town, has a baby boy, and has her whole life ahead of her. When they become friends, she finds a renewed sense of purpose taking care of the young woman and her baby.
The description for the novel has a bit more detail:
It all begins on an ordinary fall morning, when Kelly Medina gets a call from her son’s pediatrician to confirm her upcoming “well-baby” appointment. It’s a cruel mistake; her son left for college a year ago, and Kelly’s never felt so alone. The receptionist quickly apologizes: there’s another mother in town named Kelly Medina, and she must have gotten their numbers switched.
For days, Kelly can’t stop thinking about the woman who shares her name. Lives in her same town. Has a son she can still hold, and her whole life ahead of her. She can’t help looking for her: at the grocery store, at the gym, on social media. When Kelly just happens to bump into the single mother outside that pediatrician’s office, it’s simple curiosity getting the better of her.
Their unlikely friendship brings Kelly a renewed sense of purpose—taking care of this young woman and her adorable baby boy. But that friendship quickly turns to obsession, and when one Kelly disappears, well, the other one may know why.
That sounds creepy enough.
Will Packer will be producing the WHEN I WAS YOU adaptation alongside James Lopez. Packer says,
Amber Garza writes edgy and tense psychological thrillers that keep her readers on the edge of their seats. We're excited about collaborating with Focus Features on material this good."
Garza's novel won't be published until August 25, 2020, but copies can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK.
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