Van Sant and Ellis are suicidal together

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By Adnan Tezer Oct 15, 2009, 17:44 GMT

Gus Van Sant and author Bret Easton Ellis will collaborate on a screenplay about the double suicide of artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.

According to Variety, PalmStar Entertainment, Celluloid Dreams and K5 Film have acquired screen rights to "The Golden Suicides," a Vanity Fair article written by Nancy Jo Sales.

Van Sant is involved only as writer at this point.

Ithaka Entertainment's Braxton Pope will produce with PalmStar's Kevin Frakes and Celluloid Dreams' Hengameh Panahi.

Duncan and Blake were a popular couple in the downtown New York and Venice, California, art scenes. Duncan was one of the first videogame designers for girls. Blake’s "digital paintings," which were kaleidoscopic images shown on plasma screens, established his art credentials.

The two descended into a self destructive, paranoid spiral when they became convinced that government and religious organizations were plotting against them. She killed herself in 2007. Blake killed himself a week later.

Patrick Siaretta, Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur will be executive producers, and Courtney Andrialis is co-producer.

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