Amy Adams Plays a Stay-at-Home Mom Who Thinks She's Turning Into a Dog inNightbitchTrailer

Mar. 15, 2025

Amy Adamsis exploring her wild side.

The six-time Oscar nominee, 50, stars as a new mom who is convinced she’s turning into a dog inNightbitch, an adaptation of author Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel.

Per a synopsis, Adams’ character “pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.” Are her doglike features merely a trick of the imagination?

Searchlight Pictures, the distributor behind the movie, released a poster on May 12, revealing a cheeky tagline: “Motherhood is a bitch.”

Amy Adams in “Nightbitch”.Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

When asked about the delayed release ofNightbitchdue to the Hollywood writers' and actors' strikes of 2023, Heller toldIndieWirein April, “It’s kind of like having creative blue balls. We want this movie to come out and be in the world. I’m just so excited that it’s finally coming out and we’re going to get to share it.”

Amy Adams in “Nightbitch”.Anne Marie Fox/Searchlight Pictures

Anne Marie Fox/Searchlight Pictures

Heller toldVanity Fairlast month of Adams' commitment to the role, “She was this gorgeous movie star who was never allowed to look real, and she got to look real” here.

Adams added of her transformation, “I wasn’t judging anything as it was going on. I wasn’t judging my physical appearance. I was just in the character so much. So, yeah, I suppose that can feel liberating at times, but also terrifying.”

Adams hasn’t been seen on screen since 2022’sDisenchanted, the sequel to her 2007 Disney breakoutEnchanted. Among her other upcoming projects is costarring with Jenna Ortega inKlara and the Sun, from director Taika Waititi.

Nightbitchis in theaters Dec. 6.

source: people.com