Changeling

I've been seeing television spots for this new Clint Eastwood movie Changeling, which just so happens to have been written by J. Michael Straczynski:



The premise, from Wikipedia:

The film is set in late 1920s Los Angeles and is based upon a real-life incident related to the Wineville Chicken Murders, an infamous kidnapping and murder case that spanned 1928–1930 and received nationwide attention in the United States. When single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) returns home from her job as a telephone operator, she finds that her nine-year-old son, Walter, is missing. An exhaustive search for the boy proves unproductive, but five months later a child claiming to be Walter is returned to her by police. Despite knowing that the boy is not Walter, overcome by conflicting emotions in the crowd of police and reporters, Collins is persuaded to take the boy home. When Collins urges the authorities to continue looking for her son, she is vilified as an unfit mother and branded delusional. With the help of Reverend Gustav Briegleb (Malkovich), Collins confronts the city authorities and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department to find out the truth.

Looks like it might be pretty good. Here's hoping JMS has a bundle of success with this and it leads to more film projects. Just don't take him away from comics!

- TFM