''Little Murder'' is a 2011 supernatural horror

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Predrag Antonijević Predrag "Gaga" Antonijević ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Гага Антонијевић; born 7 February 1959) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star The Order of Karađorđe's Star ...

. The film premiered at the

Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,here for Table of Contents it started in 1989 ...

on January 8, 2011. The movie was distributed wide in the US on February 17, 2017 under the new title ''Ghost of New Orleans''.

Plot

The story centers on a humiliated detective Ben Chaney (

Josh Lucas Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including '' American Psycho'' (2000), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' The Deep End'' (2001), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2 ...

) who gets a sudden shot at salvation when the ghost of a murdered cellist Corey Little (

Lake Bell Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She has starred in various television series, including ''Boston Legal'' (2004–2006), '' Surface'' (2005–2006), ''How to Make It in America'' (2010–2 ...

) solicits his help in finding her killer as he was on a stakeout of a serial killer suspect, Drag Hammerman. As Chaney unravels the truth behind Little's night of murder, a little turn of events revealed the killer to all of the murders, including Little's, to be the very same man all along.

Cast

as Ben ChaneyFirst report, photos from LITTLE MURDER
*

Terrence Howard Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films ''Dead Presidents'' and '' Mr. Holland's Opus'', Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles ...

as Drag Hammerman *

as Corey Little *

Sharon Leal Sharon Ann Leal is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in movies such as ''Dreamgirls'', '' This Christmas'', '' Why Did I Get Married?'', ''Why Did I Get Married Too?'' and her roles on the television shows '' Legacy'', '' ...

as Jennifer *

Cary Elwes Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his leading film roles as Westley in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Robin Hood in '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in ...

as Barry Fitzgerald *

Bokeem Woodbine Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. In 1994 he portrayed Joshua, Jason's troubled brother, in ''Jason's Lyric''. He won a Black Reel Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Awa ...

as Lipp *

Peter Jason Peter Edward Ostling (born July 22, 1944), also known as Peter Jason, is an American character actor. He has appeared in over eighty films and a hundred television series. He played Con Stapleton in the series '' Deadwood''. He was a frequent col ...

as Lt. Wills * Noah Bean as Paul Marais * Nick Lashaway as Tom Little *

Deborah Ann Woll Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress and model. Woll played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She subsequently starred a ...

as Molly * Brandon Molale as Bobby * Ele Bardha as Manny * Sonya A. Avakian as Paul's Housekeeper * Sean H. Robertson as Crime Scene Officer #2

Production

The film is shooting in Detroit and New Orleans, ''Little Murder'' is the third US production for the

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

n director Predrag "Peter Gaga" Antonijevic. Rumors of the film's budget problems surfaced after numerous complaints to the Michigan state film office were made by local vendors for goods and services that were not paid for. The Townsend Hotel in

Birmingham, Michigan Birmingham is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Detroit located along the Woodward Corridor ( M-1). As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103. History The area comprising what is now the ...

filed suit, claiming the production company accumulated a tab of over $37,000 before leaving town without paying.http://detnews.com/article/20100721/METRO02/7210363/Townsend--Film-company-stiffed-hotel-for-$37K-bill

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, ghost_of_new_orleans 2011 films Films shot in Louisiana Films shot in Michigan Films shot in New Orleans American independent films American supernatural thriller films 2010s English-language films Films directed by Predrag Antonijević 2010s American films

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