Tim Downie will play Vincent Price in a narrative film about the making of Witchfinder General.
The film is titled Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves, and it will focus on the “turbulent relationship” between director Michael Reeves and star Vincent Price, according to Variety.
Starring along with Tim Downie (The Spirit Lock, Outlander) as Vincent Price will be Nicholas Denton (Talamasca: The Secret Order) as Michael Reeves. Also announced for the cast is Hugh Bonneville who will play producer Tony Tenser.
Michael Ellis will direct the movie, which is based on an unpublished short story by Richard Sheppard. Sheppard adapted the screenplay with Justin Stanley.
Witchfinder General is often considered one of Vincent Price’s best films and roles. Even Price himself has said as much, despite the stories of a highly contentious feeling between Price and Reeves.
The official write-up for Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves describes a narrative film set in the 1960s that “follows the young Michael Reeves as he stakes his burgeoning career on Witchfinder General. His financiers bring in Hollywood horror star Vincent Price for the lead role, a casting choice Reeves vehemently opposes, seeing the veteran actor’s theatrical style as everything he wants to leave behind. Price, meanwhile, is confronting his own fears of becoming obsolete as Hollywood changes around him.”
There is no word on when we can expect its release, but production is expected to begin this month.
