Bean doubles ‘Down by the River’

For those who haven’t had the chance to see indie film The Believer (Ryan Gosling’s career-launching stint) back in 01’, there will be plenty of upcoming ops to see writer-director Henry Bean at work. Via Variety comes news that the seasoned writer and now director will tap into his two talents to adapt the big screen the novel of Down by the River for Universal Pictures. Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing along with Peter Landesman and Naomi Despres.

Sounding like Coen Bros. territory with No Country for Old Men, Charles Bowden's novel revolves around a 1995 murder in El Paso, Texas, that was originally believed to be the result of a botched carjacking but was later tied to the victim's brother's work busting drug runners for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Story eventually implicates the uppermost reaches of the Mexican government.

Pegged for some sort of release perhaps a festival preem is Bean’s Noise. The picture starring Tim Robbins, William Hurt and Bridget Moynahan will most likely get released in 08’, while his work as a writer will be next seen with Crazy Dog – a project he co-scripted with Nicholas Kazan and will most likely star Nicolas Cage.