The decision was seemingly made by the filmmakers themselves, not the studio who released an official statement saying that they: "support the decision of the filmmakers to allow for more time to finish the film."
Steve Carell would play Schizophrenic murderer John du Pont, the heir to the DuPontChemical fortune who built a wrestling gym called Team Foxcatcher on his Pennsylvania estate. In 1996, he shot and killed his close friend, Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Dave Schultz, (Mark Ruffalo) at the training center. After the murder, du Pont locked himself in his mansion for two days while he negotiated with police on the telephone. A motive for the crime was never established, and du Pont himself died in a Pennsylvania prison at the age of 72.
Sienna Miller will play the wife of Schultz Channing Tatum will play Mark Schultz David's younger brother who was also an Olympic champion wrestler. Anthony Michael Hall will play the assistant of du Pont.
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman wrote the script from which Bennett Miller will call the shots. The trio will also produce the pic with Anthony Bregman and Jon Kilik.
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