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Thorny Crime Drama Furious Taps Into Very Relevant Societal Issues

Several years ago, Emmy Rossum saw director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Ron Bass' 1987 neo-noir thriller Black Widow, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. She was immediately taken by it, and the notion that it could be updated for the modern day.

Thorny Crime Drama Furious Taps Into Very Relevant Societal Issues

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Several years ago, Emmy Rossum saw director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Ron Bass' 1987 neo-noir thriller Black Widow, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell.

She was immediately taken by it, and the notion that it could be updated for the modern day.

Rather than a straight adaptation, however, Rossum saw the framework for something much...

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Several years ago, Emmy Rossum saw director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Ron Bass' 1987 neo-noir thriller Black Widow, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. She was immediately taken by it, and the notion that it could be updated for the modern day. Rather than a straight adaptation, however, Rossum saw the framework for something much...

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