Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chloe Grace Moretz to star in bloodbath drama ‘White Night’
By PTI
LOS ANGELES: “500 Days of Summer” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been tapped to essay the function of cult chief Jim Jones in “White Night”, a movie about one of many largest murder-suicides in historical past.
Jones was a preacher who based the People’s Temple, a brand new spiritual organisation that existed between 1955 and 1978.
He and his inside circle orchestrated “the Jonestown Massacre”, a mass murder-suicide in his distant jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
According to Variety, “Hugo” actor Chloe Grace Moretz additionally stars within the psychological thriller during which she is going to play Deborah Layton, a member of the inside circle.
Based on Layton’s bestselling memoir “Seductive Poison”, “White Night” follows Layton’s (Moretz) haunting true story, as she rises via the ranks at People’s Temple, solely to activate Jones and battle to reveal the reality about him to the world earlier than it is too late.
Anne Sewitsky of “A Very British Scandal” fame will direct the movie from a script by William Wheeler, recognized for “The Ghost in the Shell”.
FilmNation Entertainment will finance the film and produce it with Archer Gray.
Amy Nauiokas, CEO of Archer Gray, mentioned it’s about time individuals heard Layton’s story.
“Debbie’s incredible journey with the People’s Temple deserves an audience across generations. It should serve as warning about the power a certain type of charismatic leader can have and the very real lessons to be learned from our history,” Nauiokas added.
Sewitsky’s pressing, thrilling imaginative and prescient for the movie will make “White Night” a propulsive expertise for this second, mentioned FilmNation’s president of manufacturing Ashley Fox.
“When we first read Bill Wheeler’s adaptation, it was seeing this infamous story from Deborah’s point of view that unlocked it psychologically and dramatically. Entering Jim Jones’ magnetic orbit through the eyes of an idealistic, passionate young woman reminded us that anyone can fall victim to extremism, given the right circumstances,” Fox additional mentioned.
Filming on “White Night” will start in spring.
