The Informers is an upcoming 2009 American ensemble film written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and directed by Gregor Jordan.

he film is based on Ellis’ 1994 collection of short stories of the same name.

Filming took place in Los Angeles, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires.

It was the last film for actor Brad Renfro before his death on January 15, 2008 at the age of 25.

Production history
According to Fox News, Ellis and Jarecki had spent three years working on a script and prepping the film for release, and Jarecki was set to direct.

The film was supposed to be “an absurdist, lighthearted, and expansive satire.” When producers replaced Jarecki with Australian director Gregor Jordan, the tone of the film strayed away from Ellis and Jarecki’s original premise to become something that the cast and writers were embarrassed of.

Amid concerns about the budget and about sex and violence (much like that of Ellis’ earlier adaptation, American Psycho), the vampire subplot was excised from the movie entirely along with actor Brandon Routh, who played a vampire.

Jordan’s final movie, which has been critically reviled, became “some terrible, dark meditation” under his interpretation of the script. Jordan also reportedly cut the script down from Ellis’ original 150 pages to only 94.

“It’s hard to tell now, but it was supposed to be like criminals and vampires and girls and young people. There were things I recognized, and a lot that I missed. But it’s the director’s version of the script, and that’s just how it is.”
—Bret Easton Ellis on The Informers.

Premise
An article published by Reuters described the story as “seven stories taking course during a week in the life of movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters”, set in 1980s Los Angeles.

The supernatural content will not be included in the final film, however.

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Directed by Gregor Jordan
Produced by Marco Weber
Written by
Bret Easton Ellis
Nicholas Jarecki
Novel: Bret Easton Ellis

Cast
* Billy Bob Thornton as William
* Kim Basinger as Laura
* Mickey Rourke as Peter
* Winona Ryder as Cheryl Laine
* Jon Foster as Graham
* Amber Heard as Christie
* Rhys Ifans as Roger
* Chris Isaak as Les Price
* Austin Nichols as Martin
* Lou Taylor Pucci as Tim Price
* Mel Raido as Bryan Metro
* Brad Renfro as Jack
* Theo Rossi as Spaz
* Cameron Goodman as Susan Sloan
* Aaron Himelstein as Raymond
* Jessica Stroup as Rachel
* Angela Sarafyan as Mary
* Simone Kessell as Nina Metro
* Katy Mixon as Patty

Distributed by Senator Entertainment
Release date(s) April 24, 2009
Country United States
Language English