A perfect way to end the week: Another adaptation. Well, sorta.
One nice thing about all these adaptation announcements over summer is that it gives me suggestions on what to read while sitting at the beach over summer. Perks, I know.
The latest acquisition comes from United Artists, who have purchased the screen rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence.
Tom Cruise/UA Adapt The Monster of Florence
Preston and Italo journo Mario Spezi told Corriere della Sera they have inked with UA for a big-screen adaptation of their reconstruction of eight grisly double homicides believed to have been committed single-handedly between 1968 and 1985 in and around the Italian Renaissance gem.
"It's the biggest movie deal in my life," the leading Italo daily quoted Preston as saying in a front page story.
"The film will have Florence and the Chianti as protagonists: two of the locations most beloved by Americans," said Spezi.
Tom Cruise will most certainly produce, but don't be surprised if this project quickly turns into a starring vehicle for him.
United Artists has brought on Valkyrie-scribe Chris McQuarrie to pen the script.
Add to Heffee!
