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Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale to star as a married couple threatened by a stalker in Netflix thriller The Watcher
Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale have just been announced as the lead actors for the new Netflix limited series The Watcher.
The show is executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, who are best known for their hit series Ratched, The Politician and Pose.
The Watcher will star Naomi, 52, and Bobby, 51, as a married couple who have just moved into their dream home only to find themselves targeted by a stalker.
Coming soon: Naomi Watts (left) and Bobby Cannavale (right) have just been announced as the lead actors for the new Netflix limited series The Watcher
The stalker, known as ‘The Watcher’, sends the couple cryptic and threatening letters in a bid to force them out of their new house.
The show marks a reunion for Naomi and Bobby, who also star together in the upcoming drama This is the Night.
Eric Newman, Bryan Unkeless, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have also signed on as producers.
Horror ‘The Watcher tells the story of a married couple who have just moved into their dream home only to find themselves targeted by a stalker. Pictured: Naomi Watts in The Ring II (2005)
The Watcher is based on a real-life story of a New Jersey couple who were menaced by a stalker, according to The Cut.
The couple bought a home in 2014 for $1.4million, but soon put it back on the market after receiving threatening letters from someone calling themselves ‘The Watcher’.
The stalker’s letters claimed they had been ‘watching the house for decades’ and one of their sinister notes read: ‘I am The Watcher. Bring me your young blood.’
Frightening: The Watcher is based on a real-life story of a New Jersey couple who were menaced by a stalker after buying a home in 2014 for $1.4million, according to The Cut
Eventually the house did sell again in 2019 for $959,000, but the identity of ‘The Watcher’ was never discovered by police.
The story was at the centre of a bidding war between six studios in late 2018, before Netflix acquired the rights and decided to make a miniseries instead of a film.
Production on The Watcher will start this fall (Australia’s spring-summer).
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