After her reign as Serena van der Woodsen, the golden child in Gossip Girl—and also the worst friend—Blake Lively has turned to assassin adjacent roles to scratch her villain-esque itch following the teen drama.
A Simple Favor aside, Lively is returning to the small screen for yet-another role that sees her play a chic housewife with a vengeful agenda—this time, for Netflix.
As per Deadline, Lively is teaming up with Juno screenwriter, Diablo Cody, and the streaming giant to recreate the Dark Horse comic, Lady Killer.
Based on a comic written by Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer follows the character of Jodie Schuller, a picture-perfect 1950s housewife who, when she's not caring for her family, side-hustles as a trained assassin.
And while, no, her husband nor her children know of her double-life, she has no intention on quitting. However, her loved ones are too often in danger without even knowing that their mother is the reason why, but Josie is determined to find a way to juggle both.
Back in 2018, Jones spoke about why she chose to set Lady Killer during the same ever-so-popular Mad Men era, rather than modern times.
"For me the time period was super-important because I wanted it to be a black comedy, and to me, nothing makes me laugh harder than contradictions. And especially, the whole book is based on a visual joke, and so there would be no book without that time period," Jones revealed to Syfy Wire.
"It was coming out just as Mad Men ended and people kept making a similarity between the two, and I was fine with it… If I had to modernise it, I just wouldn't do it."
However, this isn't Netflix nor Lively's first foray into comic book adaptations and killer housewives. Having recently found success with Umbrella Academy, based on comics by Gerard Way, the streaming giant is ready to take another swing at an adaptation filled with a member of Hollywood A-list, because after all, it's clearly working.
As for Lively, the film will be her third turn playing the beautiful, innocent housewife with a murderous secret. In A Simple Favor, she played Emily, a glamorous housewife with a secret twin and a dangerous past.
And in The Rhythm Section, she took on the role of a traumatised woman who turns her trauma into rage, becoming an assassin. As for how she'll take on the incredibly similar role in Lady Killer, we'll have to wait and see.
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