Ben Stiller, Colin Farrell Reportedly Starring in All of Us Strangers Director’s New Movie

Ben Stiller, Colin Farrell Reportedly Starring in All of Us Strangers Director’s New Movie By and have reportedly joined director ’s new movie. According to Jeff Sneider’s , Stiller and Farrell have both been cast in Haigh’s new movie, . Published in 1981, In the Belly of the Beast is a non fiction novel written by Jack Henry Abbott.

The book collects letters that Abbott wrote to journalist Norman Mailer while he was in prison for approximately a decade. Once he received parole, Abbott struggled with readapting to life outside prison and went on to commit an erroneous crime just weeks after being released. According to Sneider, Stiller will play Mailer in Haigh’s movie, while Farrell will play Abbott.

Haigh and Alexis Jolly wrote the script, which is based on a 2017 novel — Jack and Norman: A State Raised Convict and the Legacy of Norman Mailer’s “The Executioner’s Song” — written by Jerome Loving that details Mailer and Abbot’s relationship. Colin and Claudine Farrell, Alison Rosenzweig, and Michael Gaeta serve as producers while Jillian Apfelbaum, Tristen Tuckfield, and Nic Gordon as executive producers.

What is Haigh’s newest movie, All of Us Strangers? Haigh previously directed 2009’s Greek Pete, 2011’s Weekend, 2015’s 45 Years, and 2017’s Lean on Pete. His latest film, All of Us Strangers, is currently playing in select theaters in the United States. Based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, it stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy.

“One night in his near empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life,” the synopsis reads. “As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.” Brandon Schreur has been writing about comics, movies, television shows, and all things pop culture for roughly five years.

He's a lifelong cinephile who spends way, way too much money buying Blu rays and trade paperbacks. You can find him on twitter at @brandonschreur. Share article Subscribe to our Newsletter Related.