Video Interview: Writer/Director Veena Sud Discusses Bringing Her Series THE STRANGER Back to Life as a Feature Film on Hulu

I still have fond memories of gathering around the TV with my family on Sunday nights to watch Veena Sud’s captivating TV series The Killing (based on Forbrydelsen by Søren Sveistrup), so I’m especially thrilled that Veena’s 2020 Quibi series The Stranger (starring Maika Monroe as a rideshare driver who encounters a killer client played by Dane DeHaan) has been recut and re-released as a feature film that’s now streaming on Hulu!

Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with Veena in a new video interview to discuss the unique multi-year journey of this new version of The Stranger, including the importance of co-owning the copyright to the project, restructuring The Stranger as a feature film, and working with Maika Monroe, Dane DeHaan, Avan Jogia, and their canine co-star Preston!

ABOUT THE STRANGER
From Veena Sud, acclaimed creator of THE KILLING comes an edge-of-your-seat ride through one life-changing night. New to Los Angeles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe, star of It Follows and Neon’s upcoming Longlegs) picks up Carl (Dane DeHaan, recently seen in Oppenheimer and star of HBO’s The Staircase) from a home deep in the Hollywood Hills. What begins as a routine ride turns into Clare’s worst nightmare: a twelve-hour fight for survival through the city’s seedy underbelly. Carl is not the passenger Clare thought he was, and Clare is not easy prey…Avan Jogia (Victorious, Now Apocalypse) also stars in this thriller, coming soon to Hulu as a new feature-length film.

Directed by Veena Sud

Written by Veena Sud

Starring Maika Monroe, Dane DeHaan, Avan Jogia

Running Time 1 hr 37 min