Paramount plus will welcome Julia Garner's Rosemary's Baby prequel to the world this fall
Apartment 7A is led by Garner and directed by Relic's Natalie Erika James
We’ve talked ad nauseam about how every single film ever made is getting the remake treatment right now, but it seems the urge to recycle is so strong that some stories are getting two (or more!) separate revisits at the same time. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! will be the second Frankenstein interpretation to hit theaters in two years (and arguably, like, the fifth Joker interpretation), we’ve had a couple The Talented Mr. Ripleys, and now it appears it’s Rosemary’s Baby’s turn.
If Kim Kardashian’s run as a foul-mouthed Hollywood publicist in American Horror Story’s recently concluded Rosemary’s Baby season wasn’t your speed, a three-time Emmy winner might do the trick. Julia Garner will almost definitely be bringing that one-of-a-kind scream back for Apartment 7A, the upcoming Rosemary’s Baby prequel from Relic’s Natalie Erika James.
The logline for the film, which is set in 1965 New York and explores the story of Rosemary’s apartment before she arrives, reads as follows: “When a struggling, young dancer (Garner) suffers a devastating injury, she finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected, older couple promises her a shot at fame.”
Based on this description alone, it sounds like Garner’s character and Mia Goth’s Maxine could throw down a killer “please, I’m a star” battle if either of them survives their respective upcoming films. The odds aren’t great for Garner, though, as her still unnamed character is most likely Terry Gionoffrio, the young woman who commits suicide at the beginning of the original Roman Polanski film.
Either way, Garner will be joined in the cursed building by Dianne Wiest (Mayor Of Kingstown), Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean film series), Marli Siu (Everything I Know About Love), Andrew Buchan (All the Money in the World), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka). Apartment 7A premieres this fall on Paramount+.