According to Deadline, Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Misery), Emmy winner John Malkovich (Death of a Salesman), and Lewis Pullman (Catch-22) have signed on to star in the upcoming biographical film titled Thelma, centering around the mother of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Kennedy Toole.
Thelma will adapt the real-life story of the mother of Pulitzer Prize winner John Kennedy Toole, who is best known for writing the classic novel A Confederacy of Dunces.
Meanwhile, Malkovich and Pullman will be playing the respective roles of Walker Percy and John Kennedy Toole.
Bates is set to portray the role of Thelma Toole, a mother who’s determined to publish her late son’s manuscript.