With this kind of gritty cool impact, Palahniuk's other works have often been rumored to be on their way to movie adaptations of their own, yet only Choke, adapted and directed by The Avenger's Clark Gregg, has made it to production Of course, as Martorell is an apparent fan of the Troma films, his interest in this scandalous story is easy to peg ET on ShowtimemDeadline reports that Rhys has been brought onto the project in the role of Phillip Jennings, whose marriage to Elizabeth Jennings, played by Russell, is a front for a Russian spy operation . Other themes,Friends Box Set, such as what it is to be a good soldier, are casually thrown into the story, as if Director Rod Lurie was experimenting with cynicism, to see what viewers might accept as plausible and what they ...