Eddie Marsan (“Ray Donovan”), Patrick Wilson (Insidious), Jessica Biel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Blade: Trinity), pictured, and Haley Bennett (The Hole) all have joined the cast of an untitled murder mystery, says Variety.
Andy Goddard, who helmed the third season finale of “Downton Abbey,” is directing. He’s been attached to the project — formerly known as The Blunderer — since early last year. It’s based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Blunderer.”
Susan Boyd adapted the 1954 novel, which Highsmith wrote in between “Strangers on a Train” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
Highsmith’s novel is centered on a successful and handsome man (Wilson) who seems to have it all until the day the body of his wife — played by Biel — is found at the bottom of a cliff. Under the intense scrutiny of the investigation, he commits one mistake after another until he finds his perfect life derailed.
Producers are Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa, along with Ted Hope and Sierra Pictures, which is also financing with 120dB Films and Electric Shadow.
The film has started production in Cincinnati.