Just over a year ago, Casey Affleck was rumoured to be considering a movie about the Boston Strangler. Now it’s been revealed that he’s still attached to star and the project has found a director, with Mark Romanek in talks to take the job.
Affleck is set to play a Boston detective who tries to capture the elusive killer for over a year and a half in the early 1960s. Chuck MacLean wrote the script, which is said to be in the same vein as Seven and Zodiac, which fits the One Hour Photo and Never Let Me Go director’s penchant for darker material.
The film is based on the true story of Albert De Salvo, who was arrested and eventually confessed to the serial killings. However, there are some who still believe there was more than one killer and that Albert De Salvo was just a part of a larger operation.
It’s now clear when it might shoot.
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