I’ve always been extremely uncomfortable with media and entertainment sensationalizing murder. Think about it, Ted Bundy murdered 30 people and we’re sitting here excited to see Zac Efron pretending to be him in a movie? That’s some surreal and strange stuff right there. No matter where your ethical base is, Efron is already filming the drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, and shared a photo of himself in character from set.
The movie is currently shooting in Covington, Kentucky, with Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory) is in the director’s seat.
“Vile is telling the story of the infamous serial killer, focusing on how a man’s routine traffic stop spirals out of control when he’s brought up on criminal charges, a process that reveals his vast crimes.”
Jim Parsons will portray Larry Simpson, the lead prosecutor of the 1979 Miami trial that finally convicted Bundy.
John Malkovich, Lily Collins, Jeffrey Donovan, and Heathers’ Grace Victoria Cox also star.
Producing are Michael Costigan, Michael Simkin, Ara Keshishian and Nicolas Chartier.