Christopher McQuarrie To Adapt The Monster Of Florence

Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, The Way Of the Gun) is set to adapt Douglas Preston’s (Relic, Tyrannosaur Canyon) true life account of his and Italian journalist Mario Spezi’s search for The Monster Of Florence.

Story chronicles a true series of events from author Douglas Preston’s life. Shortly after moving his family to Italy in 2000, Preston learned that an olive grove on their property had been the scene of a brutal murder. Teaming with Italian journalist Mario Spezi, Preston began investigating the crime, which was part of a series of eight double homicides between 1968-85. Story also spawned a 1985 Italian-language docudrama of the same name 

It’s a “surreal account of two writers opening a proverbial Pandora’s box with their research,” the “Usual Suspects” scribe said to Variety. “They witness first-hand how the misguided good intentions of others allow evil to flourish, eventually becoming a part of the story themselves.“

Sounds like it could be along the same lines as Zodiac.