In 2001, Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) was fired from his job at the New York Times for creating fictitious characters and using them in an article he published. Not long afterwards, he discovered that Christian Longo (James Franco) had used his name as an alias while on the run after murdering his wife and three children. Finkel confronted Longo in jail, whereupon Longo began to explain what happened and who was really to blame for the murder. As Finkel began to go deeper and deeper into the case, he realised that while this posed a chance to be his comeback, it could also ruin his reputation and career. He desperately hope that he was preparing to publish the true story.
'True Story' is based on the memoirs of Michael Finkel, and directed by Rupert Goold in his feature film directorial debut. Produced by Brad Pitt, the film went into production in March 2013, filmed in and around New York City. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival on 23rd January 2015, and is set for a limited release in the US on 10th April 2015.
Starring: Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Genevieve Angelson, Robert John Burke, Dana Eskelson, Maria Dizzia, Betty Gilpin, John Sharian, Joel Marsh Garland, Rebecca Henderson, Robert Stanton, Auden Thornton, Johanna Day, Rob Yang