The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Ross Lynch (Teen Beach Movie) has signed on to play a teenage version of the notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in My Friend Dahmer.
Described as a “coming-of-age story”, My Friend Dahmer is set in the 1970s and follows Dahmer’s high school years as he struggles with a difficult family life and thoughts of wanting to kill. The film is based upon Derf Backderf’s critically-acclaimed graphic novel, and will see Marc Meyers (How He Fell in Love) directing from his own script, which featured on the 2014 Black List.
Dahmer is one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history, and was responsible for the rape, murder and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with many of his crimes also involving necrophilia and cannibalism. He died in 1994, having been bludgeoned to death in prison.
Production on My Friend Dahmer is slated to get underway next month in Ohio.
. url=”.” . width=”100%” height=”150″ iframe=”true” /]
https://youtu.be/b7Ozs5mj5ao?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng
Originally published July 18, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
