Netflix Acquires 'Torso' Film Rights, Lines Up Producer Team
The long-gestating Eliot Ness true-crime adaptation enters early development without a writer or director attached.
Overview
- Netflix closed a seven-figure deal after a brief bidding war, with the agreement signed in late November.
- Roy Lee will produce alongside Zach Cregger, who is producing via his Subconscious banner but not directing.
- Alex Hedlund and Nick Antosca are producing through Eat the Cat, with creators Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko set as executive producers.
- The graphic novel centers on Ness’s pursuit of the Cleveland Torso Murderer, a real case involving dismembered victims and taunting messages to police.
- Earlier attempts attached David Fincher, David Lowery, Paul Greengrass and Corin Hardy, reflecting more than two decades of stalled development.