The story of American producer Harvey Weinstein, who was charged by the New York court with rape charges, will be the basis of the horror film.

The master of the genre of criminal thriller director Brian De Palma saw in the history of Weinstein the motives that allow to reproduce the events in the genre of the horror film.

He told about this in an interview with the French edition of Le Parisien.

According to the director, his new film will be a "horror, in which there will be a maniac," and events will occur with those who work in the film industry.

"I'm writing the script about this case, now I'm discussing the text with one French producer.

It will be a horror film about a sex maniac, and the action of the plot will take place in the film industry, "he said..

He also noted that the name of his main character is not Harvey Weinstein.

Recall that in October 2017, several dozen women accused Weinstein of sexual harassment and rape, including actresses Rose McGaven, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek and other equally famous celebrities.

It was also found out that in the company Weinstein Co. Employees for 30 years were sexually harassed by the producer.