Bates Motel Season 5 Spoilers: Rihanna As Marion Crane; Show to Finally Tackle 'Psycho' Story

After four seasons of building on Norman Bates' backstory, "Bates Motel" is finally getting ready to delve into "Psycho" storyline from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film that is recognized in the annals of horror history as one of the best classic genre films of all time. 

In the Season 4 finale, it was confirmed that Vera Farmiga's character Norma Bates was dead and while police are looking at suicide, Sheriff Alex Romero is sure that Norman had something to do with his wife's death. Before the end of the finale, hints of the movie storyline were already executed as Norman, whose psychosis is getting worse, decides to dig up his mother's body to bring her back home. Alex mulls about how to avenge Norma's death while her other son Dylan is still clueless that his mother is dead, a recap from EW posted. 

The trailer for the new season finally unveiled Rihanna in the role of Marion Crane, whose murder by the hands of "Mother" spawned the events of 1960 horror masterpiece. The iconic role was originally played by Janet Leigh on the big screen. 

Showrunner Kerry Ehrin explained that when they begin to tackle the events of film's storyline, they want to take a unique approach yet maintain elements that will still make it recognizable for fans of the franchise. Their choice for role of Marion Crane, as well as their approach to her story is expected to flesh out her character, something that the limited screen time in the film was unable to do, Screenrant reported. 

"The internal story of that, for a woman, is a really interesting one. We never really got to see that. In Psycho, you just see the outside of that more," she explained. 

"Bates Motel" Season 5 will be the culmination of Norman's story as originally planned by A&E. The show, which fans have deemed as the rightful successor to Hitchcock's original movie,  returns to the network on February 20.