Oscar-nominee Willem Dafoe (Platoon, At Eternity’s Gate, The Lighthouse) has joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s (The Shape of Water) thriller Nightmare Alley adaptation from Fox Searchlight, Variety has confirmed.
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.
At first, they enjoy success fleecing people with their mentalist act, but then she turns the tables on him, out-manipulating the manipulator.
Del Toro will direct produce alongside J. Miles Dale with TSG Entertainment.