Apartment 7A is not for the faint-hearted. The chiller on Paramount Plus serves as a prequel to the iconic 1968 movie Rosemary’s Baby, telling what happened in the apartment before Rosemary moved in. Julia Garner plays a promising young dancer who suffers a devastating injury. She then finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a strange but well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame. The movie also stars Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess and Kevin McNally.
Here’s everything you need know about Apartment 7A….
Apartment 7A release date
Apartment 7A will launch worldwide on Paramount Plus from Friday September 27 2024.
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Is there a trailer?
Yes there's a trailer for Apartment 7A which you can take a look at below.
Apartment 7A plot
Set in 1965 New York, the story explains what happened in Apartment 7A before Rosemary from the classic horror tale moved in. This time the apartment is home to a struggling dancer Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner), who has suffered a terrible injury. She’s then offered a shot at fame by a peculiar older couple but it appears that dark forces are at work.
An ambitious young dancer Terry Gionoffrio dreams of fame and fortune in New York City, but after suffering a devastating injury, an older, wealthy couple ROman and Minnie Castevet (Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally) welcome her into their home in the luxury apartment building the Bramford. When fellow resident and influential Broadway producer (Jim Sturgess) offers her another chance at fame, it seems that all her dreams are finally coming true. However, after an evening she can’t fully remember, disturbing circumstances soon have her second-guessing the sacrifices she’s willing to make for her career as she realizes that something evil is living not only in Apartment 7A, but in the Bramford itself.
"When I first was approached about the project, I was very dubious," says director Natalie Erika James. ‘I never would have signed on to do a remake of such a classic and seminal film, but it’s been a joy to be able to play within the sandbox of Ira Levin’s novel, and also play with the characters. I guess my motivation for taking it on was feeling like there was a different emotional journey to be explored,’ she adds. ‘And to do it in a way that skewed the genre a little bit."
Apartment 7A cast — Julia Garner as dancer Terry Gionoffrio
Julia Garner plays a dancer Terry Gionoffrio tempted by the chance to achieve the fame she has always dreamed of. Her finds dreams of stardom are cut short when she seriously injures her foot during a performance. Relying on painkillers to get her through auditions, Terry only manages to get back on her feet when she meets affluent elderly couple, Minnie and Roman Castevet – Dianne West and Kevin McNally taking on the roles played in the original by Oscar-winner Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer – who offer her a place to live. But just as her career finally takes off, an evening she can’t fully remember leaves Terry believing that something evil is lurking within the walls of the Bramford…
In the 1969 film, directed by Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow’s titular Rosemary Woodhouse crosses paths with her neighbour, Terry (played then by Angela Dorian), in the Bramford’s eerie basement laundry room. This prequel reveals Terry’s sinister untold story, as well as introducing new characters, including Terry’s friend and fellow dancer, Annie Leung (Marli Siu), and Broadway producer Alan Marchand (Jim Sturgess), who also lives in the Bramford and gives Terry her big break.
* Julia Garner is best known for her role as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix series Ozark but has also been in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, The Assistant, Inventing Anna, The Americans, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Waco and Dirty John.
Who else is starring?
Kevin McNally plays Roman Castavet, a character who appeared in Rosemary’s Baby, while Dianne Wiest is his wife Minnie. They are both secret Satanists. Jim Sturgess plays a Broadway producer.
Additional supporting cast includes Marli Siu, Andrew Buchan, Rosy McEwen and Marli Siu, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Nikkita Chadha.
All about Rosemary’s Baby
Based on the horror novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, Roman Polanski’s classic 1968 horror film starred Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse, a newlywed living in Manhattan with her husband Guy (John Cassavetes).
Rosemary becomes pregnant and her elderly neighbours Minnie and Roman Castevet (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer) take her under their wing. But Rosemary soon begins to suspect that they are members of a Satanic cult who want to use her baby for their own ends.
The film was a major box-office hit, grossing more than $33 million worldwide and winning numerous awards. It was filmed at the Dakota building in New York, outside which John Lennon was shot and killed in 1980.
