This is one of the most heinous crimes that has occurred in recent history. I have followed the story since it first broke. What was done to Brian Wells was depraved.
The fact that it was made into a comedy film is even more so.
"Neither the filmmakers nor the stars of `30 Minutes or Less' were aware of this crime prior to their involvement in the film," Steve Elzer, the senior vice president who handles media relations for Sony Pictures' Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. "The writers were vaguely familiar with what had occurred and wrote an original screenplay that does not mirror the real-life tragedy."
That is absolutely not true. The plot line mirrors exactly what happened. Marjorie Diehl concocted the whole sordid scheme because she wanted money to hire a hit man kill her father. The case was on the FBI top ten for years. I find it very hard to believe that nobody in the entire production of this film knew this was a real story.
