Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloe Grace Moretz are about to have the weirdest "500 Days of Summer" reunion imaginable. Per Deadline, the duo is set to star as cult leader Jim Jones and Jonestown survivor Deborah Layton in "White Night," an upcoming psychological thriller about Jones' infamous People's Temple cult.
The film, to be penned by "Queen of Katwe" and "Ghost in the Shell" screenwriter William Wheeler, is based on Layton's memoir "Seductive Poison." The story follows her haunting true story "as she rises through the ranks at Peoples Temple, only to turn on Jones and fight to expose the truth about him...
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The film, to be penned by "Queen of Katwe" and "Ghost in the Shell" screenwriter William Wheeler, is based on Layton's memoir "Seductive Poison." The story follows her haunting true story "as she rises through the ranks at Peoples Temple, only to turn on Jones and fight to expose the truth about him...
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- 2/2/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play notorious cult leader Jim Jones in the thriller, which will be directed by Anne Sewitsky.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star for FilmNation and Archer Gray in the cult thriller and hot EFM sales title White Night.
Anne Sewitsky, whose credits include Sundance 2011 grand jury prize-winner Happy, Happy and BBC/Amazon Studios mini-series A Very British Scandal, will direct the story from William Wheeler’s adapted screenplay based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison.
Moretz will play Layton, who joins the People’s Temple, the notorious cult led by minister Jim Jones (Gordon...
Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star for FilmNation and Archer Gray in the cult thriller and hot EFM sales title White Night.
Anne Sewitsky, whose credits include Sundance 2011 grand jury prize-winner Happy, Happy and BBC/Amazon Studios mini-series A Very British Scandal, will direct the story from William Wheeler’s adapted screenplay based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison.
Moretz will play Layton, who joins the People’s Temple, the notorious cult led by minister Jim Jones (Gordon...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cast has been set for White Night, a thriller about one of the most infamous cult stories of all time – the Jonestown Massacre – which is being helmed by Anne Sewitsky.
Chloë Grace Moretz (Suspiria) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) will star in the movie, which is based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison. William Wheeler (The Ghost In The Shell) penned the adaptation.
Grace Moretz is playing Layton in the pic, with the story recounting how she rose through the ranks of the People’s Temple cult, eventually entering the inner circle of Christian Socialist preacher Jim Jones (Gordon-Levitt). Jones established “Jonestown” in 1974 in Guyana as an extension of his San Francisco based cult. It was there where, on November 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in one of the largest mass murder-suicides on record.
The book was optioned by Amy Nauiokas and Anne Carey at Archer Gray, who will produce with FilmNation,...
Chloë Grace Moretz (Suspiria) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) will star in the movie, which is based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison. William Wheeler (The Ghost In The Shell) penned the adaptation.
Grace Moretz is playing Layton in the pic, with the story recounting how she rose through the ranks of the People’s Temple cult, eventually entering the inner circle of Christian Socialist preacher Jim Jones (Gordon-Levitt). Jones established “Jonestown” in 1974 in Guyana as an extension of his San Francisco based cult. It was there where, on November 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in one of the largest mass murder-suicides on record.
The book was optioned by Amy Nauiokas and Anne Carey at Archer Gray, who will produce with FilmNation,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play cult leader Jim Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz will play a member of the Peoples Temple founder’s inner circle in “White Night,” a new film about one of the largest murder-suicides in history.
The Jonestown Massacre, as it is more commonly known, resulted in the deaths of more than 900 people, most of them Jones’ followers. They followed the Christian Socialist preacher and faith healer to Guyana, where he worked to establish a remote jungle commune, only to find their dreams of creating a religious paradise devolve into an abusive nightmare.
FilmNation Entertainment will finance the movie and produce it with Archer Gray. “White Night” is directed by Anne Sewitsky (“A Very British Scandal”) and based on Deborah Layton’s best-selling memoir “Seductive Poison.” William Wheeler (“The Ghost in the Shell”) wrote the script. FilmNation will launch worldwide sales at EFM.
“White Night” is a psychological...
The Jonestown Massacre, as it is more commonly known, resulted in the deaths of more than 900 people, most of them Jones’ followers. They followed the Christian Socialist preacher and faith healer to Guyana, where he worked to establish a remote jungle commune, only to find their dreams of creating a religious paradise devolve into an abusive nightmare.
FilmNation Entertainment will finance the movie and produce it with Archer Gray. “White Night” is directed by Anne Sewitsky (“A Very British Scandal”) and based on Deborah Layton’s best-selling memoir “Seductive Poison.” William Wheeler (“The Ghost in the Shell”) wrote the script. FilmNation will launch worldwide sales at EFM.
“White Night” is a psychological...
- 2/2/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are set to star together in “White Night,” a psychological thriller inspired by the true story of the mass murder-suicide in the Jonestown cult in 1978.
Anne Sewitsky (“A Very British Scandal”) is directing the film that will star Gordon-Levitt as Jim Jones, the Christian socialist preacher, self-proclaimed God and cult leader, and Moretz as Deborah Layton, a woman who rose through the ranks of the cult and tried to expose Jones before it was too late.
“White Night” is based on Layton’s memoir “Seductive Poison,” and it details how on November 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide, one of the largest on record. The massacre occurred at the Jonestown settlement that Jones established in Guyana in 1974, an extension of his San Francisco-based cult.
William Wheeler wrote the script based on Layton’s memoir.
The film is being financed by FilmNation Entertainment...
Anne Sewitsky (“A Very British Scandal”) is directing the film that will star Gordon-Levitt as Jim Jones, the Christian socialist preacher, self-proclaimed God and cult leader, and Moretz as Deborah Layton, a woman who rose through the ranks of the cult and tried to expose Jones before it was too late.
“White Night” is based on Layton’s memoir “Seductive Poison,” and it details how on November 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide, one of the largest on record. The massacre occurred at the Jonestown settlement that Jones established in Guyana in 1974, an extension of his San Francisco-based cult.
William Wheeler wrote the script based on Layton’s memoir.
The film is being financed by FilmNation Entertainment...
- 2/2/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
This November 18th marks the 40th anniversary of what is now known as the Jonestown Massacre, when more than 900 Americans — members of a San Francisco-based religious group called the Peoples Temple — died after drinking a cyanide-laced drink at the urging of their leader, the Reverend Jim Jones, in a secluded jungle settlement in Guyana in South American. Until 9/11, the Jonestown tragedy represented the largest number of American civilian casualties in a single non-natural event.
ABC News presents Truth and Lies: Jonestown, a new special — which premieres September 28th at 8 p.
ABC News presents Truth and Lies: Jonestown, a new special — which premieres September 28th at 8 p.
- 9/28/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
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