Jacob Elordi To Star In Adaptation Of ‘The Executioner’s Song’ From United Artists

United Artists has acquired the rights to adapt *The Executioner’s Song*, with Jacob Elordi set to play convicted murderer Gary Gilmore and co-produce the film. The project revisits a story about capital punishment, media attention and the legal fight over Gilmore’s insistence that his death sentence be carried out.

The film is based on Norman Mailer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1979 book, which drew on interviews conducted by Lawrence Schiller, director of the 1982 film. Schiller will executive produce, alongside producers including United Artists’ Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt. Gilmore was the first person executed in the United States after a four-year pause in executions.