Helmed by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger and penned by Michael Werwie, the film takes the perspective of Bundy’s longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, who went years denying the accusations against Bundy before ultimately turning him in to the police.
A move he seems to be following up with Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which will see him play one of America’s most notorious serial murders, Ted Bundy (via The Hollywood Reporter).
But, then, how does that explain a project like 2012’s The Paperboy, Lee Daniels’ sweat-drenched, daring piece of Southern, swampy pulp?