Rumour: James Hogg's Screenplay "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner " in Rob’s Hands?

You know we normally don’t like to tease, but it’s possible that this is either true or that Peter McDougall knows how to get attention to his screenplay by mentioning the name we want to hear “Robert Pattinson”. Anyway, the movie sounds great so I hope Rob is on board. If he’s not - well there’s bound to be something on the horizon soon - very very soon.

In an interview with the Herald Scotland, playwright, Peter McDougall states that he’s written a screenplay for the James Hogg novel “The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner” and that Rob currently has a copy of it.  The article says:

“McDougall has written a screenplay of James Hogg’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner. “I’ve got Tommy Gormley, who’s directing in America now, (Star Trek, Independence Day) and people such as Patrick Doyle agreeing to do the music, and Connolly and Coltrane have agreed to put their names to it. It’s currently with Twilight star Robert Pattinson, and Kelly MacDonald, who are looking at it. If Pattinson agrees it should go ahead.”

If you want to read the full McDougall article, then click on the link.  In the meantime, here’s the plot summary for then ovel from Amazon:

“One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying tale of murder and amorality, and of one man’s descent into madness and despair. James Hogg’s sardonic novel follows a young man who, falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, embarks on a career as a serial murderer. The memoirs are presented by a narrator whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects. Is the young man the victim of a psychotic delusion, or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God’s enemies? The authoritative and lively introduction by Ian Duncan covers the full range of historical and religious themes and contexts, offers a richer and more accurate consideration of the novel’s relation to Romantic fiction than found elsewhere, and sheds new light on the novel’s treatment of fanaticism. Copious notes identify the novel’s historical, biblical, theological, and literary allusions.”
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