James Marsden, Michael C. Hall and Melissa Leo join THE DEAD CIRCUS

James Marsden, Michael C. Hall and Melissa Leo have joined The Dead Circus. Producer John Palermo's Palermo Pictures banner has a summer start for the drama that builds a fictitious storyline into the actual mysterious death of I Fought The Law singer Bobby Fuller. The script is by Adam Davenport (who will also make his directorial debut) and John Kaye, based on Kaye's novel. 

Deadline reports, "Fuller's song became a hit in 1966, but a week after, the 23-year-old singer was found dead. It was ruled a suicide even though his body was battered, with gasoline poured down his throat. In the drama, a grieving screenwriter (still to be cast) plunges into a crusade to solve the mystery of Fuller's death. Leo will play a Manson Family matriarch who comes out of hiding five years after the murder to reveal to the writer that the answer to his questions might be found in 16 mm snuff films buried in Death Valley. Marsden, who stars this weekend in Hop, will play Charles Manson.  Hall will play a corrupt, wheelchair-bound manager of the dead musician."Palermo is solidifying the financing and distribution to start production in L.A.