
By Romeo San Vicente
Stiles' and Speedman's Turn to Cry
Voyeurism can
quickly turn into trouble, as the characters in the late lesbian author
Patricia Highsmith's novel The Cry of the Owl find out pretty
quickly.
The story of a man accidentally pulled into a series of murders as an
innocent bystander after some not-so-innocent moments as a Peeping Tom,
the novel will see a film adaptation go before the cameras soon.
Starring
Julia Stiles (Bourne Ultimatum) and Scott Speedman (Underworld),
the thriller will also feature Stiles' Brit Bourne co-star Paddy
Considine.
A successful earlier adaptation of Highsmith's work, The Talented Mr.
Ripley, bodes well for the project, based on the dark strength of
the material alone.
Audiences will have the chance to peek at the finished product - minus
the messy potential consequences of that sort of thing - sometime in
2009.
Side note:
Sexy Matt Damon starred in both The Talented Mr. Ripley and the Bourne
Ultimatum.

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