Friday, September 05, 2008

Monster's Ball

Tom Cruise has added another project to an already full plate...

He and United Artists have acquired rights to the serial-killer thriller "The Monster of Florence:" says Variety.

Based on Douglas Preston's book the story is a reconstruction of eight grisly double homicides believed to have been committed single-handed between 1968 and 1985 in and around the Italian Renaissance gem.

Cruise is attached to produce and possibly star in the flick

Christopher McQuarrie who worked with Cruise on the upcoming Valkyrie (out December 26th) will adapt the script.

The gruesome case also inspired follow author Thomas Harris to write Hannibal

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