Jacob Elordi to star in ‘The Executioner’s Song,’ Deadline reports

United Artists has acquired rights to the 1982 film based on Norman Mailer’s Pulitzer-winning book, Deadline reports. Elordi will star as Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who insisted on being executed, and also produce. Lawrence Schiller, who directed the earlier film and conducted interviews that underpinned the book, will executive produce.