Studio:
Paramount Pictures.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It:
Philip Kaufman (Director); Philip Kaufman, David Henry Hwang, Stephen Katz (Screenwriters);
Scott Rudin (Producer); based on the novel by Caleb Carr.
Premise: In 1890 New York City, the hunt is on for a serial killer who murders only on Christian holidays.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: None.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett'.]
July 26, 1998... Paramount acquired the option on Carr's novel for $750,000 many moons ago and a script was commissioned. However, the team of Kaufman and Rudin went to the white shirts asking for a budget of $50 million. In January of 1997 they gave the pair 60 days to set the film up at another studio, which apparently did not happen. As a result, the film is still at Paramount, and in a holding pattern. Or is it? Carr himself in an interview with Salon Magazine said of the project, "It's dead. It's been a classic tale of futility." [Originally appeared in ZENtertainment, Salon Magazine; reported by 'Widgett'.]