A festival run is definitely being planned for Derek Cianfrance‘s Roofman (Paramount, 10.10), a fact-based drama about real-life felon Jeffrey Manchester, “known colloquially as Roofman due to his propensity to steal from branches of McDonald’s after entering their premises via the roof and evaded capture from police by hiding in the wall of a Toys “R” Us store.”
Channing Tatum plays Manchester, and Kirsten Dunst plays romantic interest Leigh Wainscott.
I don’t know for a fact that Dunst winds up helping the cops arrest Tatum, but if this is what happens — if she indeed betrays him and rats him out — I’ll be deeply unhappy. Girlfriends of felons never deal with the fuzz….period. Just ask Adriana La Cerva.
I’m figuring Telluride and Toronto, but I’d rather see Roofman kick things off in Venice.
