Entertainment - Hollywood Reporter
Kilmer on road to 'Wonderland' for Lions Gate
Tue Oct 1, 2:48 AM ET
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Val Kilmer is in
negotiations to star as the late porn legend John Holmes in Lions
Gate Films' true-crime tale "Wonderland" for director
James Cox.
Christina Applegate, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow and Josh Lucas
are in talks to round out the cast of the film, which begins
shooting next month.
Holmes was perhaps the most famous porn star of his time; he made
more than 2,000 hard-core movies and slept with more than 10,000
women. (His life was one of the inspirations for Paul Thomas
Anderson's 1997 film "Boogie Nights.") A drug addict, he
died from AIDS ( news - web sites)-related complications in 1988 at
the age of 43.
Lions Gate's project will not be a biopic, but a true-crime tale
focusing on a specific time in Holmes' life, namely his implication
in what is known as the Laurel Canyon Murders in 1981, a quadruple
homicide on Wonderland Avenue that also involved his teenage lover
(Bosworth).
Kudrow would play Holmes' wife, Sharon, with Lucas and Applegate
as Holmes' friends Ron and Susan Lawnius.
Todd Sanovitz, D. Loriston Scott, James Cox and Captain Mauzner
wrote the script, which is being produced by Holly Wiersma. Lions
Gate, Mike Paseornek, Marc Butan, Tom Ortenberg and Peter Block are
executive producing.
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