Upon some brief, not-so-close inspection, it’s pretty clear Leonardo DiCaprio has a preferred literary voice. Despite only getting one Dennis Lehane adaptation down up to this point (Martin Scorsese‘s brilliant Shutter Island), the actor made some moves this past April to secure Live By Night, a Boston period piece for which he’ll star and produce.
Next in that line, as said by THR, is his short story Running Out of Dog, a project that DiCaprio‘s Appian Way and Calum deHartog are aligning forces to produce. (No word on a star at the moment.) The “Southern noir” is a tale of Vietnam veteran Elgin Berg, whose efforts to move past the war and continue with a normal life — cue “It’s a Long Road” — are complicated by sexual affairs with an old pal and her own yuppie husband’s suspicions. Some around-the-net perusing reveal extra story facets,...
Next in that line, as said by THR, is his short story Running Out of Dog, a project that DiCaprio‘s Appian Way and Calum deHartog are aligning forces to produce. (No word on a star at the moment.) The “Southern noir” is a tale of Vietnam veteran Elgin Berg, whose efforts to move past the war and continue with a normal life — cue “It’s a Long Road” — are complicated by sexual affairs with an old pal and her own yuppie husband’s suspicions. Some around-the-net perusing reveal extra story facets,...
- 8/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way is teaming with Team Seven to adapt "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane's Vietnam short story "Running Out of Dog" into a feature says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story portrays a Vietnam veteran returning home to South Carolina and finding himself in a love triangle with a childhood friend and her husband, whose wealthy family kept him from going off to Vietnam.
Tracey Forbes is working on the script adaptation, while Calum deHartog will produce.
The story portrays a Vietnam veteran returning home to South Carolina and finding himself in a love triangle with a childhood friend and her husband, whose wealthy family kept him from going off to Vietnam.
Tracey Forbes is working on the script adaptation, while Calum deHartog will produce.
- 8/8/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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