Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes teaming up for a kinky new movie

Steven Spielberg is producing a movie version of Gay Talese’s upcoming novel The Voyeur’s Motel with Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes attached.

Published on: Apr 16, 2016, 16:48:11 IST

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Steven Spielberg is producing a movie version of Gay Talese’s upcoming novel The Voyeur’s Motel with Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes attached.

Sam Mendes previously worked with Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks with American Beauty. (Shutterstock)

Mendes, who last directed the James Bond film Spectre, will produce through his Neal Street Productions company.

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The director made his debut with DreamWorks by helming American Beauty and later went on to direct Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road.

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The story of the novel revolves around Colorado resident Gerald Foos, who opened a hotel so he could watch guests having sex. Foos had reached out to Talese in 1980 with his story.

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