The six-hour miniseries follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with a stable hand, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer and his housekeeper in 1843.
In Los Angeles, reporter Steve Lopez (Downey Jr.) befriends Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a brilliant but troubled musician and one-time Julliard student who currently lives on Skid Row. A true story, recorded door auteur Steve Lopez.
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills door playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death. Hey, it's a Chuck Palahniuk novel. Whad'ya expect?
And apparently the powers behind the productions are looking to group Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair as a trilogy. Interesting...