EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of her directorial debut, Woman of The Hour, Anna Kendrick is reuniting with Netflix on her next directing gig and has set her sights on one of the studio’s high-profile adaptations.

Anna Kendrick attends the Tiffany & Co. celebration of Amanda Seyfried's Golden Globe nomination for 'The Testament of Ann Lee' at Chateau Marmont on Jan. 9, 2026, in Los Angeles, C

Following her Netflix directorial debut 'Woman of the Hour,' Kendrick will next helm the best-selling Taylor Jenkins Reid novel

Leslye Headland was previously named as director of the film in 2023, however Variety reports she left the project for unspecified reasons. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo follo

Anna Kendrick is set to direct the forthcoming Netflix adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Deadline exclusively reported Monday citing sources close to the deal. The news follows previous reports in 2023 and 2025 respectively that Leslye Headland and Maggie Betts had signed on for directorial duties,

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of her directorial debut, Woman of The Hour, Anna Kendrick is reuniting with Netflix on her next directing gig and has set her sights on one of the studio’s

Anna Kendrick has been hired to direct “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” for Netflix. Two other filmmakers, Maggie Betts and Leslye Headland, were previously attached to the project but departed