Norma Jeane Baker – better known to the world as Marilyn Monroe – was a controversial figure through most of her celebrity life. The conspiracies, though, really got cooking after her death, with questions over the circumstances and conflicting stories aplenty. J.I. Baker’s thriller novel The Empty Glass weaves a few of them into historical events, and it’s a combined tale that Irvin Winkler thinks could make a compelling movie.
Winkler Films has grabbed the film rights to Baker’s book and has hired the writer to craft the screenplay.
The novel is narrated by the young coroner who was among the first on the scene at Monroe’s bungalow in 1962 when she’s reported dead.
But certain details about the situation don’t ring true to him, and as he begins to look for the truth, he puts his own life at risk.
Nothing else has been set up for the film yet – there’s no studio involved and no director is attached, but given Winkler’s history (he’s currently overseeing Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street), and the interest in all things Marilyn, expect this one to make it on screen sooner rather than later.