HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Former "X-Files" star David Duchovny
will portray acclaimed hard-boiled crime novelist James
Ellroy in the upcoming adaptation of Ellroy's memoir My Dark
Places (ISBN 0679762051 TP).
"Dark Places" details Ellroy's quest to resolve the unsolved
murder of his mother in 1958. The book began as a story that
first appeared as an article in GQ magazine.
Adapted by Jan Oxenberg, the film will be directed by Robert
Greenwald ("Steal This Movie"), who produces, with Francis
Ford Coppola sharing executive producer credits. Shooting is
scheduled to start in June in Los Angeles. United Artists
will distribute in North America as part of its output deal
with American Zoetrope.
Greenwald, who met Ellroy through the writer's agent,
optioned the rights to the manuscript when he heard the story
even before Ellroy began writing it. Screenwriter Oxenberg
also worked closely with Ellroy and Greenwald on the
script.
Greenwald said: "This is as close to an autobiography as
James is going to write, and I felt a moral as well as a
professional obligation because of his incredible talent to
have him as deeply involved as possible throughout the making
of the film. He's been extremely helpful and came up with
wonderful suggestions, and he has been part of the casting
process as well."
Ann Chambers Theis ~
theisa@co.chesterfield.va.us Collection Management
Administrator, Chesterfield County Public Library (VA)
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