One step forward and one step back. The feature film
adaptation of author John D. MacDonald novel series The Deep Blue Good-By has
lost one of its most important assets, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was set to
star in the pic and was trying to get a director to take the helm of this
potential franchise starter. Despite backing out from his starring role in the
project DiCaprio will still produce the movie under his Appian Way banner.
But fortunately not everything are bad news as
Deadline is reporting that Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma and The
Wolverine director James Mangold is currently in talks to helm the picture. The
director is currently developing a Wolverine sequel and an adaptation of the
novel Three Little Worlds with actress Reese Witherspoon set to star, so it’s
unclear if Mangold gets the job, when will he begin production.
The Deep Blue Good-By Book Synopsis Via Amazon:
Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his
houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards,
retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only
works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He’ll help you find
whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
McGee isn’t particularly strapped for cash, but how
can anyone say no to Cathy, a sweet backwoods girl who’s been tortured
repeatedly by her manipulative ex-boyfriend Junior Allen? What Travis isn’t
anticipating is just how many women Junior has torn apart and left in his wake.
Enter Junior’s latest victim, Lois Atkinson.
Frail and broken, Lois can barely get out of bed when
Travis finds her, let alone keep herself alive. But Travis turns into Mother
McGee, giving Lois new life as he looks for the ruthless man who steals women’s
spirits and livelihoods. But he can’t guess how violent his quest is soon to
become. He’ll learn the hard way that there must be casualties in this game of
cat and mouse.
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