The Girl on the Train is a Broadway adaptation of a film.
Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) , commonly known simply as Birdman , is a 2014 American black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu . The Girl on the Train is a 2016 American mystery thriller drama film directed by Tate Taylor and written by Erin Cressida Wilson , based on Paula Hawkins ' 2015 debut novel of the same name .