Thomas Haden Church has joined Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch in William Friedkin's upcoming black comedy "Killer Joe."Even though Friedkin's run in the 2000s has been spotty we do have some hope for this one. The director is adapting the Tracy Letts play of the same name. The plot follows a brother (Hirsch) and sister who hire a crooked cop, the titular Killer Joe (McConaughey), to kill their mother. Letts also penned the play "Bug" which Friedkin adapted and which hit theaters in 2006 only to be overlooked by most filmgoers. We hope that Letts material once again provides some spark for the director who has been somewhat inconsistent of late.
There's no word on Church's role in the film, but the cast sounds particularly promising. Also no word yet on when the film will get in front of cameras but presumably it will happen before McConaughey moves on to the other dark comedy he has in the works, Richard Linklater's "Bernie."
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