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So would Jake Gyllenhaal or Matt Damon be the main contender for the lead role in "Torso" -- and what is that lead role? Both actors have been reported to be attached to the David Fincher film, an adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko's graphic novel, but filmmakers have suggested that the film and the novel are very different beasts.

We caught up with the film's producer Bill Mechanic at a "Coraline" sneak peek in New York recently and he cleared up a few things.

"They didn't have the usual problems of adaptation, maybe because it's a graphic novel," Mechanic said. "We have an excellent script from Ehren Kruger," who also wrote "Arlington Road," "The Ring," and "Skeleton Key," "and it's the best thing he's written by far. Even the minor parts, there are places where real actors can score." Read More...

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