Random House films and Focus Features have announced plans to turn Ross MacDonald’s The Galton Case into a film. The Galton Case features McDonald’s legendary Lew Archer.
Almost twenty years after Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune, his mother wants him back. She hires Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them.
No word as to whether or not they plan to update the story to a modern setting, or place it at the time of the novel, which is the 1950s.
The producers see the same potential in Galton as L.A. Confidential.
As always, I will keep everyone informed of any forward movement on the project.
I have read some of McDonalds books, having been introduced to his work by the always fantastic Jennifer Jordan, but not this one.
So a question to everyone: Who do you see as a good fit for the role of Lew Archer?
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James Cromwell would make a good Archer... so would William Hurt... but I'm not sure neither would be a box office draw.
I agree with Adrian Brody. That would be a great choice.
This may seem like a stretch, but how about Vince Vaughn?
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