Psyching Myself Up

Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons has picked up on some casting buzz, for a project that has had me all excited since I first heard about it a few months back:

Hollywood Elsewhere indicates that "Nip/Tuck" creator and "Running with Scissors" director Ryan Murphy will next be helming "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", a film about the hurdles and roadblocks the iconic director had to go through to make his popular classic "Psycho"

Anthony Hopkins is already rumoured to be starring as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren might co-star as his wife and collaborator Alma Reville.

When making "Psycho", the British helmer discovered barriers on all sides - the script was seen as way too dark and perverse, especially his twist of the lead female star getting killed off after 45 minutes.

Considering the subject matter, one expects Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and scribe Joseph Stefano to figure in as characters. Universal is tipped to be the financier/distributor.

I first talked about this project in November of last year and was pretty stoked by it back then. Now, with all of this Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren talk--I'm really really stoked by the possibility even more. I hope all of the parties involved with this movie, thus far, can find a way to work it out with both of the award winning actors. Turn this rumor into reality...