Wiley Cash's "This Dark Road to Mercy," the movie

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This Dark Road to Mercy is about a washed-up minor league baseball player who kidnaps his two daughters from a foster home. Who would I cast in the movie? I'll do better than that; I'll tell you who I'd like to write the screenplay and direct it: Jeff Nichols. I'm a huge fan of his three films. The one I saw most recently was Mud, so, that being said, I'd cast Matthew McConaughey as the father, Wade Chesterfield, and I'd cast Michael...[read on]

Learn more about the book and author at Wiley Cash's website.

Writers Read: Wiley Cash (April 2012).

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My Book, The Movie: This Dark Road to Mercy.

--Marshal Zeringue