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Lesbian producer Christine Vachon and her Killer Films production company has optioned a scripted entitled Kill Your Darlings, by John Krokidas and Austin Bunn. The film, which Krokidas will direct revolves around a 1944 murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Lesbian producer Christine Vachon and her Killer Films production company has optioned a script titled Kill Your Darlings, by John Krokidas and Austin Bunn. The film, which Krokidas will direct, revolves around a 1944 murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
"I fell in love with this when I read it," Vachon told Variety. "It's a fantastic opportunity to explore the birth of the Beats through this little known and shocking crime."
Krokidas is gay and is also attached to direct a film called Slow-Mo for Sandy Stern and Michael Stipe's Single Cell Productions. Bunn, also gay, is a frequent contributor to The Advocate. Bunn also cowrote Vachon's book A Killer Life. (Corey Scholibo, The Advocate)
