Edgar Allen Poe is a famous author. He wrote such classics as 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. Now James McTeigue is making a fictional movie featuring Edgar Allen Poe (played by John Cusack). Specifically, the last five days of Edgar Allen Poe's life.
Now, how Poe ended up dying is a mystery but I highly doubt that it involved a murderer who used Poe's writings to help him/her murder people. That being said, it sounds like an interesting premise to a movie.
Also in the movie are Alice Eve and Luke Evans.
