After thirteen years of trying to get a movie off the ground, legendary filmmaker and indie movie champion John Sayles (“Lone Star,” “Passion Fish”) appears to have finally done it.
Sayles has reportedly secured financing for the western film “I Passed This Way” with plans to shoot the movie this Fall in Spain and the Canary Islands. The project is an adaptation Eugene Manlove Rhodes’ acclaimed 1927 novella “Pasó Por Aquí”.
Oscar winners Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper will star in the film which follows Ross McEwen, a restless cowboy who impulsively robs a bank and escapes into the harsh New Mexico Territory.
Pursued by legendary lawman Pat Garrett and his determined young deputy, Ross hides at an isolated Mexican homestead devastated by diphtheria.
As the family’s condition worsens, he faces a moral crossroads: abandon them and continue his flight to Mexico, or remain behind to care for them and inevitably face arrest.
Through this struggle, Ross is forced to confront who he truly is and what kind of man he wants to become. Thomas Mann, Ted Levine, Ron Perlman, and Cameron Monaghan co-star.
To this day, Sayles remains one of the most sought-after script doctors in the industry.
Source: Variety
