Deadline has brought word that Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water)’s upcoming crime thriller Nightmare Alley has expanded its already ensemble cast with the addition of Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara (A Ghost Story).
Nightmare Alley, written by Del Toro and Kim Morgan, will be based on the novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, previously adapted into a movie by Fox in 1947.
Del Toro will direct produce alongside J. Miles Dale with TSG Entertainment.
At first, they enjoy success fleecing people with their mentalist act, but then she turns the tables on him, out-manipulating the manipulator.