''Little Murder'' is a 2011
supernatural
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horror thriller film
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directed by
Predrag Antonijević
Predrag "Gaga" Antonijević ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Гага Антонијевић; born 7 February 1959) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star
The Order of Karađorđe's Star ...
. The film premiered at the
Palm Springs International Film Festival
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on January 8, 2011. The movie was distributed wide in the US on February 17, 2017 under the new title ''Ghost of New Orleans''.
Plot
The story centers on a humiliated detective Ben Chaney (
Josh Lucas
Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including '' American Psycho'' (2000), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' The Deep End'' (2001), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (20 ...
) who gets a sudden shot at salvation when the ghost of a murdered cellist Corey Little (
Lake Bell
Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She has starred in various television series, including '' Boston Legal'' (2004–2006), ''Surface'' (2005–2006), ''How to Make It in America'' (2010–2 ...
) solicits his help in finding her killer as he was on a stakeout of a serial killer suspect, Drag Hammerman. As Chaney unravels the truth behind Little's night of murder, a little turn of events revealed the killer to all of the murders, including Little's, to be the very same man all along.
Cast
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Josh Lucas
Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including '' American Psycho'' (2000), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' The Deep End'' (2001), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (20 ...
as Ben Chaney
[First report, photos from LITTLE MURDER]
*
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films ''Dead Presidents'' and '' Mr. Holland's Opus'', Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles ...
as Drag Hammerman
[
* ]Lake Bell
Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She has starred in various television series, including '' Boston Legal'' (2004–2006), ''Surface'' (2005–2006), ''How to Make It in America'' (2010–2 ...
as Corey Little[
* ]Sharon Leal
Sharon Ann Leal is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in movies such as ''Dreamgirls'', '' This Christmas'', ''Why Did I Get Married?'', ''Why Did I Get Married Too?'' and her roles on the television shows ''Legacy'', ''Gu ...
as Jennifer
* Cary Elwes
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his leading film roles as Westley in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Robin Hood in '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in ...
as Barry Fitzgerald[
* ]Bokeem Woodbine
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as Lipp[
* ]Peter Jason
Peter Edward Ostling (born July 22, 1944), also known as Peter Jason, is an American character actor. He has appeared in over eighty films and a hundred television series. He played Con Stapleton in the series '' Deadwood''. He was a frequent col ...
as Lt. Wills[
* ]Noah Bean
Noah Whipple Bean (born August 20, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles as Ryan Fletcher on The CW action-thriller series ''Nikita'', as David Connor on the FX legal drama ''Damages'' and his leading performance in the independent ...
as Paul Marais[
* ]Nick Lashaway
Nick Lashaway (March 24, 1988 – May 8, 2016) was an American actor.
He was best known for his roles on ''The X-Files'', ''Girls'', and ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''. He appeared in '' The Last Song'' opposite Miley Cyrus, portraying the leade ...
as Tom Little
* Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress and model. Woll played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She subsequently starred as ...
as Molly[
* Brandon Molale as Bobby
* Ele Bardha as Manny
* Sonya A. Avakian as Paul's Housekeeper
* Sean H. Robertson as Crime Scene Officer #2
]
Production
The film is shooting in Detroit and New Orleans, ''Little Murder'' is the third US production for the Serbia
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n director Predrag "Peter Gaga" Antonijevic.
Rumors of the film's budget problems surfaced after numerous complaints to the Michigan state film office were made by local vendors for goods and services that were not paid for. The Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, Michigan
Birmingham is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Detroit located along the Woodward Corridor ( M-1). As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103.
History
The area comprising what is now the c ...
filed suit, claiming the production company accumulated a tab of over $37,000 before leaving town without paying.[http://detnews.com/article/20100721/METRO02/7210363/Townsend--Film-company-stiffed-hotel-for-$37K-bill ]
See also
* List of ghost films
Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. Depictions of ghosts are as diverse as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beetlejuice, Hamlet's father, Jacob Marley, Freddy Kru ...
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, ghost_of_new_orleans
2011 films
Films shot in Louisiana
Films shot in Michigan
Films shot in New Orleans
American independent films
American supernatural thriller films
2010s English-language films
Films directed by Predrag Antonijević
2010s American films