The film will shoot in New York, with an ensemble cast including “two brothers, their demented mother, a younger girl they both fall in love with, and their wives.”
Schrader would not reveal names, but confirmed he has cast the parts of the two brothers, and that the names are well-known to the international industry.
The film will be in the $5m-$6m budget range, said the director, funded through private money. “This is one of the rare cases where I had the finance before I had the cast. I can make a film in 20 days, $5m to $6m. I can get $2.5m in equity and the rest in pre-sales. Then I can make a film! With final cut and everything. Everybody works to scale.”