According to Variety, LaBute (Reasons to Be Pretty, Fat Pig) will also direct the film that traces a conniving Miami art critic who takes a job for an art collector. William Horberg ("The Kite Runner") is producing the film following his collaboration with LaBute on "Death at a Funeral."
LaBute's plays include Reasons to Be Pretty, New Testament, Helter Skelter, Second of Pleasure, The Mercy Seat, The Distance From Here, In a Dark Dark House, Autobahn, bash: latter-day plays, The Shape of Things, and the films "In the Company of Men," "Your Friends and Neighbors," "Nurse Betty," "Possession" and "Wicker Man."