Genius to Dismember ‘Tell-Tale’ in Theaters

Mystery fans will get their Edgar Allan Poe fix on the big screen sometime in 2010. Screen Daily reports that Genius Products (the Weinstein Co.’s home vid label) have picked up the U.S. rights to Tell-Tale and they might bring it to the cinephile market. Michael Cuesta is still a little know filmmaker with L.I.E. (2001) and Twelve and Holding (2005), but “Dexter” fans would most certainly recognize the name. 

Written by Dave Callaham, this is a modern-day reimagining of the Edgar Allan Poe classic “The Tell-Tale Heart”. This sets Poe’s haunting tale against the backdrop of modern science made his money in the real estate business. Josh Lucas will play a single father whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor’s killer before a similar fate befalls him. Also starring is Lena Headey and Brian Cox (with whom Cuesta worked with on his debut film).