After working together on “The Iron Claw,” actor Zac Efron and distributor A24 are set to team for a new project – a new take on the novel that formed the basis of the 1987 cult feature “Angel Heart”.
Efron is attached to star and executive produce the series, while “Black Rabbit” creator Zach Baylin will write and executive produce the series, which is being set up at HBO.
Based on William Hjortsberg’s 1978 novel “Fallen Angel” and the sequel “Angel’s Inferno,” the series will follow a down-and-out NYC paparazzi, who makes his living finding and photographing people who don’t want to be found.
He is hired by a mysterious man to find a missing woman. But the deeper he digs to find her, the more it looks like a group of powerful elites, and maybe something supernatural, are covering up the disappearance.
Jonathan van Tulleken (“Shōgun”) is expected to direct several episodes as well as executive produce. Kate Susman, Marc Toberoff, Max Hjortsberg, Lorca Hjortsberg, Alice P. Neuhauser, Joe Hipps, Stuart Manashil, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss will also executive produce.
Alan Parker directed the previous film adaptation which starred Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert De Niro in a New Orleans-set adaptation. That film was initially given an X rating for a graphic sex scene which was cut down for an R.
Source: Deadline
