Hollywood director writing Harvey Weinstein 'horror film'

Hollywood director Brian De Palma has said that he is writing a "horror film" script based on the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

De Palma, who directed the horror movie Carrie and the crime film Scarface in the 1970s and 80s, is "following it very closely", he told AFP news agency.

Mr Weinstein has been indicted on charges of rape and other counts of sexual abuse after handing himself in to New York police last week.

His lawyer has said he denies the charges against him, according to BBC News.

"I know a lot of the people involved," De Palma, 77, said in an interview with AFP in Paris, adding: "I've heard stories over the years."

He said that directors have to "get actors' confidence and their love" and that "to violate it on any level is just to me the worst thing you can do, just because of your gluttony or your lust".