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THE INFORMERS takes the viewer on a journey through the seductive, bizarre and desolate Los Angeles of Ellis’ youth. The author paints the picture of a gentle apocalypse by interweaving seven stories, all of which take place within the same week in 1983: Studio bosses, rock stars, groupies, tanned teenagers, frustrated wives, vampires and everyone else of rank and name in L.A. move through the moral wasteland for which the literary chronicler is known.
Marco Weber: „It is great to have assembled such a wonderful cast of world stars and young talents for this. This is also a sign of the attraction contained in Bret’s story.“ THE INFORMERS is produced by Marco Weber.
Three of Ellis’ books, AMERICAN PSYCHO, LESS THAN ZERO and THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, all bestsellers, have already been successfully made into films. THE INFORMERS is the first film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ books for which he himself wrote the screenplay
Senator Entertainment Inc. is currently in post-production for FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN, the directorial debut of Dennis Lee, starring Julia Roberts, Carrie-Ann Moss, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Hayden Panettiere, Emily Watson, Ioan Gruffudd and Shannon Lucio.
Essential Entertainment is responsible for worldwide sales with the exception of Germany, where Senator Film takes over distribution.
