The Black Dahlia

Genre: Crime/Suspense/Drama.

Studio: Columbia.
Production Company: Unknown.

Project Phase: Development Hell.

Who's In It: No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It: David Fincher (Director); Based on the novel by James Ellroy.

Premise: Two detectives in 1940's Los Angeles try to unravel the murder of a starlet while keeping their own lives from unraveling as well.

Release Date: 1999?

Comments: If you don't know Ellroy, you should. His novel was adapted into a little film called L.A. Confidential back in 1997. Maybe you've heard of it. Regardless, this novel apparently is a fictionalization of the real life murder of Elizabeth Short in 1949. This project has no relation to the 1998 video game of the same name.

Rumors: Unknown.

Scoop Feedback:

[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett'.]

January 14, 1999... Last October rumors were spread that Catherine Zeta-Jones was in the running for the role of the starlet. Fincher has been looking to helm this feature for some time, and it appears he will do so after he finishes with The Fight Club. But if Fincher does make this picture next it's growing more and more doubtful it'd ever make a 1999 release date. [Originally appeared in IMDB, Cinematter, Dark Horizons, Cinescape Online; reported by Widgett.]



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