Actor Jacob Elordi is set to feature in United Artists’ “The Executioner’s Song” and also serves as a producer on the film.Scott Stuber’s United Artists has acquired the rights to the 1982 motion picture “The Executioner’s Song”. It will have the actor essay the role of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, according to the entertainment news outlet Deadline.The film is based on Norman Mailer’s novel and revolves around Gilmore, a career criminal who was paroled in 1976 and subsequently murdered men (a gas station attendant and a motel manager) in Utah during separate robberies.Gilmore became a national media sensation and the first person executed in the United States following a four-year de facto moratorium on capital punishment.UA’s Stuber and Nick Nesbitt will produce the film alongside the actor, his manager Matt Vioral and producer Sherry Marsh.Filmmaker Lawrence Schiller, the director of the original 1982 film, is taking the role of an executive producer.Elordi recently featured in “The Dog Stars”, where he co-starred with actors Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin, among others. He will next feature in “Scapegoat”. The film from A24 is directed by Ari Aster and is reportedly said to be a psychological drama or a thriller.It also features Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Caleb Landry Jones, Samba Schutte and Cory M Smith alongside the actor.