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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloë Grace Moretz to Star in ‘White Night’ about Jonestown Massacre

Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloë Grace Moretz have been tapped to play the leads in White Night, a film adaptation of Deborah Layton’s book Seductive Poison, according to Variety. The memoir details Layton’s involvement in the Peoples Temple, which was founded by Jim Jones and led to the horrific Jonestown Massacre in Guyana, where 918…

Leonardo DiCaprio in Final Talks with MGM to Star in and Produce Jonestown Cult Leader Jim Jones Biopic

Leonardo DiCaprio is in final talks with MGM to star in and produce the studio’s upcoming biopic, Jim Jones. The Oscar-winning actor is in negotiations to portray the drama’s title character, the religious cult leader who was behind the mass-suicide in Jonestown on November 18, 1978. The filmmaker will also produce the feature for his…