However,it soon becomes clear that Slater’s island is far from paradise.

By 2021,Kravitz decided to make it her directorial debut, and finished penning the script alongside E.T.

Feigenbaum (High Fidelity).

Blink Twice 2024 Film Release Poster

In January 2024, Kravtiz officially changed the film’s title fromPussy IslandtoBlink Twice.

Other projects, like the seriesP-Valley, have strategically minced words…

There’s no denying thatBlink Twiceis a far less provocative title.

Channing Tatum with a camera and Naomi Ackie cheering in Blink Twice

Custom Image by Kate Bove

Here’s when each song plays.

Kravitz explained in another interview withEntertainment Weeklythat there were a lot of obstacles.

The realization that a majority of women were offended by the title…really pushed Kravitz to reconsider.

Channing Tatum in Blink Twice with music behind him

Directed by Zoë Kravitz, Blink Twice is a drama thriller film, marking her first foray into the world of directing. The film follows a cocktail waitress invited to a tech billionaire’s private resort home to party with them - but after arriving, she begins to discover the dark truth behind the island.

Spoilers are ahead for Blink Twice’s ending.

Of course,Blink Twicehammers home the message in its own way.

Blink Twiceis now playing in theaters nationwide.

Frida (Naomi Ackie) with a fearful expression in Blink Twice (2024)

Movies

Blink Twice