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It is one of the most harrowing tragedies in American history.Now, a new film is being made surrounding the tragic events of the Jonestown Massacre, the mass cult suicide-murder that claimed 909 lives in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978.Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloë Grace Moretz will topline the thriller, according to Deadline. Thriller:Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloë Grace Moretz to star in new movie White Night based on the horrific Jonestown MassacreThe project is being helmed by filmmaker Anne Sewitsky with a script based on survivor Deborah Layton's memoir Seductive Poison.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJoseph Gordon-Levitt will play cult leader Jim Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz will play a member of the Peoples Temple founder’s inner circle in “White Night,” a new film about one of the largest murder-suicides in history.The Jonestown Massacre, as it is more commonly known, resulted in the deaths of more than 900 people, most of them Jones’ followers. They followed the Christian Socialist preacher and faith healer to Guyana, where he worked to establish a remote jungle commune, only to find their dreams of creating a religious paradise devolve into an abusive nightmare.FilmNation Entertainment will finance the movie and produce it with Archer Gray.

Cast has been set for White Night, a thriller about one of the most infamous cult stories of all time – the Jonestown Massacre – which is being helmed by Anne Sewitsky (Happy, Happy).