According to Deadline, Oscar nominee Vanessa Kirby has signed on for the leading role in Netflix’s upcoming thriller drama The Night Always Comes, based on Willy Vlautin’s 2021 novel of the same name.
Kirby is set to play the character of Lynette, a working-class woman “who embarks on a 24-hour quest to call in old debts and raise enough money to keep a roof over her head.” This comes after Marvel Studios recently confirmed Kirby’s casting as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.
What to expect in The Night Always Comes?
The Night Always Comes will be directed and produced by Benjamin Caron, who previously worked with Kirby on The Crown. Written by Sarah Conradt, the film is produced by Kirby, Gary Levinsohn, Ryan Bartecki, Jodie Caron, and Lauren Dark. Production is expected to take place in May in Portland.
The novel’s official synopsis reads: “Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in fifteen years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home—and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price. But a week before they’re set to sign the loan papers, her mother gets cold feet and reneges on her promise, pushing Lynette to her limits to find the money they need.
“Set over two days and two nights, The Night Always Comes follows Lynette’s frantic search—an odyssey of hope and anguish that will bring her face to face with greedy rich men and ambitious hustlers, those benefiting and those left behind by a city in the throes of a transformative boom. As her desperation builds and her pleas for help go unanswered, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets her on a precarious, frenzied spiral. In trying to save her family’s future, she is plunged into the darkness of her past, and forced to confront the reality of her life.”
