Snuff (Palahniuk novel) any of them suspect. A film version of the book is in production starring Tom Sizemore, to be written and directed by Golan Ramras and Fabien Martorell, and to be produced by Immortal Transmedia. Although many other Palahniuk films have been put in production, this one has seen more light than the others. If this film goes into production it would be the third book by Palahniuk to be made into a film after "Fight Club" and "Choke". At one point, both Daryl Hannah and Thora Birch were also attached to the project; later the claims were dismissed by Hannah
Chuck Palahniuk his father, Fred Palahniuk, had started dating a woman named Donna Fontaine, whom he had met through a personal ad under the title "Kismet". Her former boyfriend, Dale Shackelford, had previously been imprisoned for sexual abuse, and had vowed to kill Fontaine as soon as he was released from prison. Palahniuk believes that, using a personal ad, Fontaine was looking for "the biggest man she could find" to protect her from Shackelford, and Palahniuk's father qualified. After his release, Shackelford followed Fontaine and the senior Palahniuk to Fontaine's home in Kendrick, Idaho after they had gone out for a date.