A couple of weeks ago, we brought word of Transsiberian** director Brad Anderson working on Jack, the story of a serial killer who suffers amnesia and, after discovering his true nature, must decide whether to indulge his dark tendencies or try to stay moral. Now comes news that John Cusack has agreed to play the lead.
According to the team at Bloody Disgusting, Cusack will be bringing his particular charm to David Venable’s script, playing a man who gets into a nasty accident, leaving him with serious mental issues. He’s rehabilitated by – and falls for – a female doctor, but then his killer memories start surfacing like bloated corpses coming up in a lake, and he realises he’s stuck with a dilemma – have a clean start or back to his former, killer business.
Cusack occasionally gets his own hands bloody with horror thrillers (he’s appeared in the likes of 1408 and Identity), and the conflicted central figure in Jack should be right up his acting alley. Like Grosse Point Blank's Martin Blank without the charm, maybe, or a more exciting version of Regarding Henry.
Anderson is preparing for an August shoot, and while the movie doesn‘t yet have a release date set, we expect it to appear later next year.