Bret Easton Ellis Signs on as Executive Producer of 'Disappear Here'

I recently reported that James Duke Mason had been dropped from the neo-noir political thriller "Disappear Here," a project he had spearheaded through a successful Kickstarter campaign. Now I can report that author Bret Easton Ellis ("Less Than Zero," "The Rules of Attraction," "American Psycho"), fresh off his screenwriting credit on "The Canyons," has joined the film as an executive producer.

From a news release:

Iconoclastic Features is pleased to announce that seminal novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis ("The Canyons") will executive produce the company's new feature project, the neo-noir thriller "Disappear Here." Matthew Mishory ("A Portrait of James Dean") will direct; he penned the script with Robert Zimmer, Jr. ("A Portrait of James Dean"; "Half-Life"). Zimmer will executive produce with Ellis. Edward Singletary Jr. and Randall Walk are set to produce with major casting announcements forthcoming. 

Mishory describes it as “a dream collaboration”. 

“We borrowed the title from a line in Bret’s essential L.A. novel 'Less Than Zero,' even though we’d never met him,” Mishory explains. Zimmer adds, “Luckily, he was intrigued and agreed to have drinks with us instead of sue.” 

"Disappear Here" is set in a parallel shadow world where Hollywood and national politics intersect and where privacy is now a commodity for sale. Chase, a young actor in Los Angeles, becomes the target of a digital blackmailing scheme that also jeopardizes a heavyweight political campaign. Mishory, Zimmer, and the film's producers last collaborated on the stylish and controversial feature "A Portrait of James Dean," a re-examining of the iconic movie star set before his fame. It world premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and was a selection at Frameline, Outfest, Palm Springs, Guadalajara, Rio de Janeiro, and Reykjavik. Released theatrically in the United States, the UK, and Germany, a French release is coming September 2013.

Will be interesting to see who they cast to replace Belinda Carlisle's son.