“Provinces of Night,” a new movie starring, produced and adapted for screen by Murray State alumnus W. Earl Brown, began production on April 15 th in Wilmington , N.C. A project three years in the making for Brown, the film is based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author William Gay (“The Long Home,” “I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down”).

“Provinces of Night” tells the story of the Bloodworths, a rural Tennessee family whose existence is mired in upheaval and self-destruction. Directed by MSU alumnus Shane D. Taylor, the film’s executive producer is fellow MSU alum Corky Taylor.

The stellar cast includes such names as Kris Kristofferson as E.F. Bloodworth, a once promising singer-songwriter and infamous legend in his rustic Tennessee home town; Val Kilmer as Warren, the eldest Bloodworth brother and owner of a Nashville honky-tonk; Dwight Yoakam as Boyd Bloodworth, a lost and tormented soul; and Hilary Duff as Raven Lee Halfacre, a beautiful and precocious teen enduring the reckless promiscuity of her alcoholic single mother.

Brown, who is best known for his roles in the HBO series “Deadwood” and the film “There’s Something About Mary,” plays Brady, a polo-stricken tarot-reading soothsayer.

Shot entirely on location in and around Wilmington, the production is based at EUE/Screen Gems Studios. The film ends production on May 19 th .

Brown received his bachelor’s degree in theatre in 1986 from Murray State . A tremendous MSU supporter, he has previously returned to campus to participate in acting workshops with the MSU theatre department.