^{"Hi. I’m popular cult leader and murderer, Charles Manson."}

"True Blood‘s" Jason Stackhouse has signed on the play Charles Manson in writer Scott Kosar‘s debut directing effort The Family. Not to be confused with the similar project Manson Girls, in this film Ryan Kwanten will portray the famed madman to tell the story of how The Manson Family came together. Says Kosar:

"The movie won’t focus on the Manson murders. Nor is it a Manson biopic. It’s a family biopic. A movie about a surrogate family of wayward teenagers who, through extraordinary circumstances, came together and were transformed into the most notorious American family of the 20th century. Hence the title."

Oh cool. So like The Goonies. C’mon, don’t even try to tell me that Mouth doesn’t have cult leader potential. (Shock Til You Drop)