For quite a while Jared Leto has been interested in directing, helming music videos and commercials (often under the name Bartholomew Cubbins), as well as the documentary Artifact. Now he’s decided it’s time to make his feature directing debut.
Variety reports that he’s signed up to be behind the camera for 77, which comes with an original screenplay by the illustrious author of L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy, with revisions by David Matthews.
As for the plot, it’s,’set in politically charged 1974 Los Angeles, centers around two police officers who team up to recover kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst while simultaneously investigating the brutal murder of a fellow officer. They uncover not only relentless corruption and crime but a dark and violent conspiracy as well.
‘Hearst hid out in Los Angeles that year with her kidnappers from the Symbionese Liberation Army but managed to escape before six SLA members were gunned down in a shootout with the LAPD. She remained on the lam for more than a year before being captured.’
It’s not known when the movie might shoot.
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