Good lord, does Snuff sound horrifying. Fabien Martorell is co-writing (with Karina Wilson) and directing an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel about a faded porn star who sets up a giant gang bang in order to break the record for sexual partners in one film, and three of the men that are possible partners. Now the film has a cast: Thora Birch, Daryl Hannah, and, as one of the guys in line to, uh, appear in the film, we've got Tom Sizemore. Yeah, you read that right. The director talked to chuckpalahniuk.net [1] and offered up the casting news. Daryl Hannah will play the porn star, Cassie Wright, while Thora Birch will play her assistant/manwrangler Shiela. And Tom Sizemore, who has his own experiences with the porn industry, will be Mr. 600 -- that is, the last of the 600 guys in line to get it on with Cassie. The...
- 2/9/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Chuck Palahniuk's novels are notoriously resistant to film adaptation. The awesome Fight Club's only companion so far is Choke, which received a lukewarm reception a couple of years ago. Haunted, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Rant, Diary and Lullaby all remain in development hell, but Snuff has just escaped, with the help of Daryl Hannah, Tom Sizemore and Thora Birch.Hannah will play Cassie Wright, an almost washed-up porn star embarking on a world-record attempt to screw 600 guys in a single film (the novel is loosely inspired by Sex: The Annabel Chong Story, although Chong "only" managed 72 guys in her marathon session). Birch will play Sheila, Wright's personal assistant. And Sizemore is Mr 600, one of three men in the queue that the novel focuses on: the others being 72 and 137.The plot involves both the mystery of Wright's year-long hiatus from the porn industry and her reasons for returning, and the...
- 2/9/2011
- EmpireOnline
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