Cult filmmaker Monte Hellman ("Two-Lane Blacktop," "Cockfighter", "The Greatest") is set to direct "Desperadoes," based on the novel of the same name by Ron Hansen ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford") about the infamous Dalton gang reports Variety.
Scribe Charles Eastman is adapting "Desperadoes," which revolves around the exploits of the Dalton gang and the beautiful Eugenia Moore, who fell in love with Bob Dalton and helped the brothers rob trains, either directly or by distracting the local marshal.
Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese are serving as executive producers. Filming is scheduled to begin lensing this fall in Alberta. Casting has not been set.
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