Is Otessa Moshfegh one of Hollywood’s next creative forces? Il Post thinks so, as the Italian outlet reports that three of the writer’s works are being adapted for upcoming films, and with major directorial talent involved.  The news shouldn’t surprise Moshfegh fans.  She’s written two screenplays already: 2022’s “Causeway” with her husband Luke Goebel and Elizabeth Sanders; and William Oldroyd‘s adaptation of her 2015 novel debut “Eileen,” which she also co-wrote with Goebel.

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Need a twisty, genre-bending thriller this holiday season? Look no further than “Eileen,” William Oldroyd‘s first feature since 2016’s “Lady Macbeth.” And Oldroyd could do much worse for his latest film than adapting the debut novel of Ottessa Moshfegh, one of the premier female novelists in contemporary American literature.

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Set in 1960s New England, “Eileen” follows Thomasin McKenzie‘s young secretary at a juvenile detention facility as she falls under the dangerous spell of an alluring female colleague.

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