Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to play Jim Jones in a new Jonestown drama, 'White Night', opposite Chloë Grace Moretz.
Variety reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play cult leader Jim Jones in White Night, a new psychological thriller following the events that led to the mass murder-suicide known as the Jonestown Massacre. Gordon-Levitt will star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz, who’ll play surviving cult follower Deborah Layton.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY White Night is based on Layton’s best-selling memoir Seductive Poison, in which the survivor retells her ascension to the Peoples Temple inner circle and her struggle to tell the truth to the world once Jones’ murderous plans were revealed. The movie is directed by Anne Sewitsky, from a script by William Wheeler.
FilmNation’s president of production Ashley Fox confirmed that the movie will be told from Layton’s perspective, starting when she was inspired by Jones’ ideals, until the disappointment of finding out the truth about the religious leader. As Fox tells it: Archer Gray’s CEO, Amy Nauiokas, underlined how White Night could serve as a historical investigation of how a charismatic man can convince people to perform hideous acts:
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