Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino to star in ‘Sniff’

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and Oscar nominee Danny DeVito will star in “Sniff”, a trendy reinvention of the movie noir style that will probably be directed by Taylor Hackford.

Hackford is the Oscar-winning director behind “Ray”. “Sniff” follows detective Joe Mulwray performed by Freeman and companion William Keys essayed by DeVito as they examine a high-end luxurious retirement group after the mysterious deaths of two of its residents.

What begins out as a standard case shortly turns unusual, because the detective duo uncover a hidden underworld of intercourse, medicine and homicide managed by senior dwelling group kingpin Harvey Stride performed by Pacino and his femme fatale enforcer The Spider essayed by Mirren.

Endeavor Content will launch worldwide gross sales on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), with CAA Media Finance co-representing the US, studies selection.com.

Adam Goodman and Matt Skiena will produce via their Dichotomy Creative Group alongside Hackford via his manufacturing firm Anvil Films.

“I have always been a big fan of film noir but haven’t really made one,” Hackford instructed Deadline.

“The whole concept of setting a film noir in an upscale retirement community… these are proliferating all over the United States as the baby boomer generation gets to retirement. There’s a lot of money, and people want to live in a beautiful setting. Those are on the brochures, but what Tom Grey did was show what was lurking below the surface.”

Hackford added: “I assumed it was an excellent thought and he understood the character of fine noir — the darkish story, the extremely twisted characters — and I assumed he had an awesome deal with.

“Adam and Matt said, “It’s yours if you wish to run with it.’ I met the author, Tom Grey, we clicked and labored on it collectively, him writing and me placing concepts in.”