The Devil All The Time (Fan Cast List)

"In the backwoods of Ohio, Willard Russell’s wife is succumbing to cancer, no matter how much he drinks, prays, or sacrifices animals at his "prayer log." Meanwhile, his son Arvin is growing up, from a kid bullied at school into a man who knows when to take action. Around them swirl a nefarious cast of characters—a demented team of serial killers, a spider-eating preacher, and a corrupt local sheriff—all braided into a riveting narrative of the grittiest American grain."

The orphaned son.

The father desperate to save the life of his dying wife.

The lovely wife and mother, slowly being eaten by cancer.

The mother to Willard, the grandmother of Arvin, a church-going woman who takes in the orphans Arvin & Lenora. Lives with Earskell.

The uncle-type figure for the orphans, lives with Eileen.

Desperate for a partner, she runs off with the spider-eating preacher, Roy.

The orphaned daughter of Helen.She is raised alongside Arvin by Emma & Earskell.

The "good priest" as seen from the perspective of Emma.

The "evil" priest that takes over after Sykes steps down as Reverend.

1 Half of the spider-eating preacher show.

The other half of the spider-eating preacher show. He is in a wheelchair and if I remember correctly sports an eye-patch and is mentally insane.

The corrupt Sheriff of Knockemstiff, Ohio. Also, the Sandy's older brother.

A photographer, Sandy's lover & a sadistic serial killer.

Lee Bodecker's younger sister. Carl's lover. The model half of the sadistic serial killing duo.

The corner store clerk in Knockemstiff, Ohio. Dreams of going to Cincinnati to see a baseball game.

I think he's got a good eye and a good vibe going with the movies Fight Club, Seven, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Zodiac & Gone Girl. He's got a good grittiness and eye/creativity that would give the story the justice it deserves.

Since I cast his wife, including the three other actors of The Devils Rejects, plus his movies period, he's just got the right mind for this project.

"Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer. Born in 1954 and raised in Knockemstiff, Ohio, Pollock has lived his entire adult life in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked at the Mead Paper Mill as a laborer and truck driver until age 50, when he enrolled in the English program at Ohio State University.[1] While there, Doubleday published his debut short story collection, Knockemstiff,[2] and the New York Times regularly posted his election dispatches from southern Ohio throughout the 2008 campaign. The Devil All the Time, his first novel, was published in 2011."