that gripped the world. The screenplay, written by Austin Kolodney, features a star-studded cast including Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Myha'la, Cary Elwes, and Colman Domingo. The plot centers on events from February 8, 1977, when Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, a 44-year-old man, stormed into the office of Richard O. Hall, president of Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage.
Wielding a sawed-off shotgun rigged to his own neck with a “dead man’s wire,” Tony demanded $5 million, immunity from prosecution, and a personal apology from the Hall family, whom he accused of cheating him out of money.
Van Sant—best known for Good Will Hunting and Milk—will bring the tense standoff to the screen in what will be his first collaboration with Pacino.
Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman, was last seen in Knox Goes Away.
