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Simon Baker nabs 'Killer' role


May 11, 2009 Simon Baker, star of CBS hit "The Mentalist," is playing an attorney on the trail of a murderer in "The Killer Inside Me," Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of the Jim Thompson noir classic that stars Casey Affleck. The story centers on a West Texas sheriff (Affleck) and his downward spiral from a boring small-town cop into a ruthless, sociopathic murderer. Oklahoma-based Idion Entertainment Group is financing, as are Barbarian Films and OceaniaMedia Finance.

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