Shailene Woodley, Cara Delevingne & Noémie Merlant To Star In Killer Films Genre Biopic About The Life & Loves Of Patricia Highsmith; Memento Launches Hot Pic For Cannes Market
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Cara Delevingne (Carnival Row) and Noémie Merlant (Portrait Of A Lady On Fire) are set to star in a genre biopic of celebrated author Patricia Highsmith, which is being produced by Carol and Past Lives outfit Killer Films.
Titled The Murderous Miss Highsmith, the film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, The Talented Mr.
Ripley, which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women. The project aims to get inside the mind of the author, who will be played by Emmy-nominee Woodley, and reveal her fascination for gruesome murders, exploring how her tumultuous love life influenced her persona.
Cara Delevingne and Portrait of a Lady on Fire breakout Merlant will both face off against Woodley as her companions. Alexandra Pechman is aboard to direct, marking her first feature following genre short film Thumb, which screened at Fantasia and Sitges.
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