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November 10, 2008


Oscar nominee Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba have been set to star in the long-in-development screen adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me.

Screen Daily reports that Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart) will direct for producers Chris Hanley, Robert Weinbach, Bradford Schlei and Andrew Eaton.

The $13 million adaptation will begin shooting in January. Screen Daily says a third actor will be cast soon.

Set in 1952, The Killer Inside Me follows Lou Ford, a young sheriff's deputy in Texas. On the surface Lou seems harmless, easygoing, even boring. But his placid demeanor masks an inner beast, a bloodlust that he thought was locked away long ago.