Joel Schumacher is tipped to direct "The Crowded Room", a true story of a man with 24 separate personalities based on the book "The Minds of Billy Milligan" according to Empire Online. With a budget just under $20 million, the casting process has begun to find a young actor to play the role. Shooting is scheduled to start in February.
Billy Milligan was a man tormented by 24 distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body - a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality - the first such decision in history.
The personalities included a petty criminal, a drug dealer, an affection-starved lesbian, aneight-year-old "keeper of pain", a con man, and an escape-artist. Each of these "people" play a distinct role in this often shocking true story. In the Bedroom helmer Todd Field was previously attached to the project.
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