Adrien Brody in Argento's GIALLO

By Matt Holmes / June 24, 2011

Adrien Brody has joined Dario Argento's next movie Giallo. The title and plot refer to the "Giallo" (meaning yellow) genre of cinema that existed in the Italian cinema of the 70's that would focus on pulp stories that were heavy amounts gore and blood with a operatic tone and slasher film whodunit plots filled with sexual eroticism. It was a little similiar to the British movement of the Hammer Horror series of films but more raw and visceral.

The film revolves around an American flight attendant who teams with an Italian investigator to search for her missing sister who has been abducted by a serial killer known only as Yellow.

I always thought Brody's withdrawn kind of acting always suited a detective/investigator. I wonder how good his Italian accent is! Also joining the film are Emmanuelle Seigner and Elsa Pataky and The Hollywood Reporter make no mention of Vincent Gallo or Ray Liotta who Variety claim were cast in January - so it would seem they are off the flick. Production begins May 12th.