For several years, Capote director Bennett Miller has been working on the movie Foxcatcher, but he got rather sidelined making Moneyball. Now that movie is out of the way, he’s back on Foxcatcher and recently attached Steve Carell to the lead role. Now the LA Times reports that Channing Tatum may be joining him in the movie. No deal has been signed as yet, but Tatum is apparently in talks.
Based on a true story Carell will play John Du Pont, heir to the Du Pont family, who was convicted of murdering his friend, Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler, David Schultz – the role that Channing Tatum is up for. No motive was ever established, which may be because Du Pont was diagnosed with schizophrenia, so it was all in his own head. After the shooting, Du Pont then holed himself up in his mansion for two days while negotiating with the police. Indeed it’s the mansion and farm that give the movie its name, suggesting the film will concentrate on this bit of the multimillionaire’s life.
Miller is currently getting the final pieces of financing sorted for the film, with the hope he’ll be able to start shooting early next year.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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