Amazon MGM Unveils Cast for Dark Rom-Com 'Butcher & Blackbird'

Thomas Doherty and Emma Laird are confirmed to star in Amazon MGM Studios' adaptation of Brynne Weaver's bestselling serial killer romance "Butcher & Blackbird." Chris McKay, director of The Tomorrow War, will helm the film for a global Prime Video release. Written by Laura Kosann with revisions from Ari Berkowitz and Ava Tramer, the script follows Sloane and Rowan as two competing killers who must navigate their relationship while targeting other murderers in an annual competition. Originally self-published before becoming a New York Times bestseller on TikTok, Weaver's first installment of the Ruinous Love Trilogy has sold over five million copies worldwide.