ACTRESS Amy Adams is set to star in “The Woman in the Window,” a thriller that “Darkest Hour” helmer Joe Wright will direct for Fox 2000.

With a nod to the Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear Window,” the source book, written by A.J. Finn, told of a child psychologist with severe agoraphobia and a penchant for mixing alcohol with her medication who hasn’t left her house in months. The woman witnesses a horrible crime involving a new neighboring family but no one, including the police, will believe her. And she has doubts herself. Tracy Letts penned the adaptation,

“The Woman in the Window” is one of the breakout publishing stories of 2018, having debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list and remaining the biggest-selling adult fiction title of the year to date with more than 1 million copies sold in the United States. The novel is currently published in 38 languages.

Adams, whose last big-screen appearance was as Lois Lane in “Justice League,” will next appear in HBO’s prestige limited series “Sharp Objects.” (SD-Agencies)