Philip Seymour Hoffman to Direct Ezekiel Moss Film

Stage and screen favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct the upcoming supernatural drama Ezekiel Moss, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film features a screenplay by Keith Bunin.

Ezekiel Moss tells the story of a stranger with the ability to talk to the dead who arrives in a small Nebraska town and helps to transform it.

Hoffman has received Tony Award nominations for his work in True West, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and the recent Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman. He won an Academy Award for his performance in Capote, and directed the screen version of Bob Glaudini’s play Jack Goes Boating, in which he also appeared.

Bunin is the author of the plays The Busy World is Hushed, The World Over, and The Credeaux Canvas.