Emma Thompson and Robert Carlyle Take on The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson

An adaptation of Douglas Lindsay’s The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (the first book in his “Barney Thomson” series) is on the way to the big screen, Variety reports. Emma Thompson, who recently starred in Saving Mr. Banks, will headline opposite Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting), who will also be using the project to mark his directorial debut.

Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren are providing the adapted screenplay for the comedy thriller, which will feature Carlyle as the titular Thomson, a Scottish barber who haplessly stumbles into a new life as a serial killer. Thompson, then, will play the character’s vicious mother.

The project, which could foreseeably, like the books, launch a franchise, will also feature roles for Ewen Bremner and Ray Winstone.

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