Jackie Earle Haley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Abigail Cowen to Star in Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Widow’

Abigail Cowen (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”), Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010), and Lou Diamond Phillips (Young Guns) will lead the indie thriller Widow,  THR reports.

Drawing comparisons to Barbarian and Strange Darling, the genre-bending film is said to shift gears midway through in an unexpected way.

Cowen stars as a young mother, desperate and on the run with her infant son, who races across empty highways and forgotten truck stops as she’s hunted by ruthless cartel enforcers and relentless federal agents.

But in the shadows between predator and prey, something far more terrifying is stirring — and nothing in this story is what it seems.

Based on the forthcoming AMP Comics graphic novel of the same name, Widow is directed by “Knightfall” creator Don Handfield from a script he wrote with Joshua Malkin (Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever).

Jason Schmidt (“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”), Nadine Velazquez (“My Name Is Earl”), Jose Pablo Cantillo (“The Walking Dead”), Rob Morgan (“Stranger Things”), Joseph Lucero (“Mayans MC”), and PJ Sosko (“The Girls on the Bus”) round out the cast.

Handfield produces through AMP Comics, alongside Lauren Vilchik of Walker Street Entertainment, Eshan Kamarsu of Tambura Pictures, and Chase McNaughton of Frigate Filmworks.

“This is a film that weaponizes your assumptions,” teased Handfield. “The less you know going in, the more devastating the experience.”

“What drew me to Widow is the character at its center,” said Vilchik. “She’s a fully dimensional woman fighting for survival, and her choices force the audience into impossible moral territory. That complexity — and ferocity — is rare.”

“This is a film people will be talking about — and debating — long after the credits roll,” added Kamarsu.

Willow is currently in production in North Carolina.