Single White Female Remake with Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell in Early Stages of Development

Ortega and Russell are in early talks a remake of the 1992 thriller that starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell might be teaming up for an updated version of an iconic roommate thriller.

Ortega, 22, and Russell, 30 are in early talks to star in a remake of 1992’s Single White Female, PEOPLE can confirm, after the news was first reported by TheInsneider.

Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh starred in the original, in which Fonda’s Allison Jones welcomes a new roommate Hedra Carlson, played by Leigh.

Allison has just broken up with her fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber) and quickly forms a close bond with her new roommate.

However, as Allison rethinks her breakup with Sam, her roommate grows jealous and violent.

The original movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and was based on John Lutz’s 1990 novel SWF Seeks Same, and had a sequel starring Kristen Miller titled Single White Female 2: The Psycho.

Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh in 1992’s “Single White Female”.

Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures, which has a partnership with Sony and HarperCollins Publishers, is reportedly behind the remake.

Gabler has previously developed hit movies including Life of Pi, The Devil Wears Prada and Where the Crawdads Sing.

PEOPLE has reached out to Ortega and Russell’s reps for comment.

Jenna Ortega at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Ahead of Ortega starring in a second season of Netflix’s Wednesday, the actress has been busy with her recent horror-comedy Death of a Unicorn.

Her costar Paul Rudd recently told PEOPLE he was “amazed at her level of coolness” while at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas.

The two star as a father-daughter pair who accidentally run over the titular mythical creature while driving to visit a group that includes Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant.

Taylor Russell at the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards.

Bones and All star Russell is set to star opposite Michael B. Jordan in a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios that will be released in theaters.

Jordan, who is also directing the remake, is making the third iteration of The Thomas Crown Affair on film, after the original and a 1999 remake starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.