Since acquiring the rights to produce a movie based on The Family (Ed Sanders’ 1971 book chronicling the life of infamous murderer, cult leader, and anarchistic icon Charles Manson up to the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders) Roxwell Films have now hired a writer to pen the screenplay; Guinevere Turner.
Turner is best known for co-writing the script to American Psycho with Mary Harron (itself an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel), so clearly has the capability to write intriguing yet clearly disturbing killers for the big screen, and has said it’s interesting subject because “It’s exciting to explore the psychology of the young women who followed Manson,” said Turner. “What makes a 19-year-old in 1968 follow a man to the extreme of killing innocent people for him? We all know how it ends — people die and people go to jail — but how did it get to that?”
Concert director Jonas Akerlund (who’s previously stepped behind the camera for Madonna and U2) is in place to helm the film and has said “This has long been a subject that I felt we could make into a compelling and captivating film in hopes of satisfying a country’s need to know more. … This is a tale that must be told, and we venture to create an engrossing film that accurately captures the cultural intrigue that still lingers today.”
Matt Wheeldon – @TheMattWheeldon.
Source: Deadline.
