French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier is set to direct an adaptation of James Lee Burke's "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead" reports Production Weekly.
The story follows New Orleans Lt. Dave Robicheaux who is trying to link two slayings, four decades apart to Louisiana mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni.
Balboni is a crime boss who's currently making everyone in New Iberia rich thanks to his backing of a big Hollywood movie in production.
Things get stranger when Robicheaux begins seeing the ghost of a Confederate general.
Pre-production begins next month in Louisiana for shooting in March. Alec Baldwin previously played the role in "Heaven's Prisoners".
