Cruise and UA Pick Up Monster of Florence
Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence, with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the best-seller. Variety says Preston (The Relic) and Italian journalist Mario Spezi told Corriere della Sera they have signed 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 Ita

Tom Cruise Hunts Down 'The Monster Florence'
Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence, with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller that had previously inspired the Thomas Harris sequel "Hannibal." Read on for more details. 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 singl

Tom Cruise May Become a Monster
Acquires the rights to the Douglas Preston novel...

Tom Cruise Gets ‘The Monster’
Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired the rights to the Douglas Preston book The Monster of Florence. Cruise is attached to the project to produce and possibly to star in it.  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 dea

Tom Cruise Squares Off with The Monster of Florence
Cruise's United Artists picks up the Douglas Preston book for Cruise to produce and possibly star in.

Tom Cruise to make 'Monster' movie
Tom Cruise continues to line up films. Variety is just reporting that he has acquired rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence, and that Tom will "produce and possibly to star," according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller.  Posted at 10:00 AM/ET, September 05, 2008 in New projects | Permalink Like this story? Share it with Yahoo! Buzz By posting a comment, you affirm that you are 13 years of age or older.

Tom Cruise Picks Up The Monster of Florence
Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller "The Monster of Florence," with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller. 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 th

Tom Cruise: Serial Killer?
Tom Cruise usually doesn’t play a bad guy — and I’m not even sure that’s the case here — but he and United Artists have acquired the rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence, written by Douglas Preston. The script will be penned by Valkyrie’s Chris McQuarrie, and Cruise is attached to produce and possibly star, although no word on whether he’d play the killer or the guy going after the killer. The bestselling novel also inspired the Thomas Harris s

Tom Cruise to Play a Serial Killer?
I bet when you woke up this morning, you thought the same thing I did: "When are we going to get to see Tom Cruise viciously murder a whole bunch of people on the big screen?" Right? We're SO on the same wavelength here, like internet, movie-related soul mates from outer space! That said, fellow soul mate, Variety tells us that Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to The Monster of Florence, based on the book by Douglas Preston. Cruise will produce and possibly star, though there's no word on whet

More Tom Cruise and other actor casting news
Apparently there's nothing like a good killing spree to get Tom Cruise going.The actor and his United Artists have snapped up the rights to The Monster of Florence as a potential starring vehicle, according to Variety.Based on the true-crime thriller by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, the book chronicles a three-decade spate of serial murders in the cradle of the Renaissance that served as the inspiration to another big-screen bloodbath, Hannibal.Preston and Spezi are quoted in the Italian daily Corriere d

Movie News - Tom Cruise's Monster of a Movie
Tom Cruise is in for the kill. The actor and United Artists have snapped up the rights to the

Tom Cruise to Produce and Star in ‘The Monster of Florence’
The movie is about eight double homicides which are believed to have been committed single handedly between 1968 and 1985 in and around Florence. The movie is based on a true story and has already been made once in the 80s. Yikes! Sounds very dark, but definitely intriguing. Chris McQuarrie, who wrote the screenplay for Valkyrie, is in charge of the script. Word has it that Tom is waiting to read the finished script before he decides if he’ll star in it. Technorati Tags: the monster of florence,Tom

Monster Of Florence Attracts Tom Cruise
New film about an Italian serial killer

Cruise tackles 'Monster Of Florence'
Tom Cruise picks up the rights to serial killer book The Monster Of Florence.

Serial Killer Films: Tom Cruise Developing The Monster of Florence. Matt Damon to Star in $100 Million Torso? David Fincher Off?
Tom Cruise will produce and possibly star in an adaptation of Douglas Preston’s non-fiction bestseller, The Monster of Florence, for his studio United Artists. When Preston relocated his family to Italy in 2000, he soon became aware of a nearby murder committed years ago by the region’s serial killer, the Monster of Florence. Intrigued, he teamed up with a local obsessive investigative journalist to track him down. This culminated in the duo falling under the suspicion of authorities, with the j

Casting Couch: Tom Cruise's Monster Mash (E! Online)
E! Online - Apparently there's nothing like a good killing spree to get Tom Cruise going.

Casting Couch: Tom Cruise's Monster Mash
Apparently there's nothing like a good killing spree to get Tom Cruise going. The actor and his United Artists have snapped up the rights to The Monster of Florence as a potential...

UA Excited About Untitled Tom Cruise Serial Killer-And -Pasta Project [Trade Roundup]
· Tom Cruise and UA have bought the rights to The Monster of Florence, about a serial killer responsible for eight double-homicides between 1968 and 1985. No word yet on whether Tom would play the monster, or Florence, or (spoiler alert) both! [Variety] · Denzel Washington will star in The Book of Eli, set in the near future, when "America is a wasteland and a lone warrior fights to bring society the knowledge that is key to its redemption." Denzel's good, but he's not convincing Alaskan hock

Cartoon villain Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is set to voice a villain in new animated movie 'Shrek Goes Fourth'.The 'Tropic Thunder' star - who has not yet lent his voice to a cartoon during his 20-year career - has reportedly been approached to appear in the 2010 movie, the fourth instalment in the Disney franchise. Comment on this Article A reporter for industry website cinemablend.com said: "I got an email from one of our regular sources at DreamWorks, whispering in my ear to let you know that Tom Cruise is being considered to voic

Tom Cruise Set to Be Voice of Shrek Villain
Tom Cruise Set to Be Voice of Shrek Villain

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I just realized that I failed to add “Valkyrie,” the Tom Cruise film that has stopped and started like nobody’s business, back to the charts in this week’s Oscar update.  Oh well, we’ll adjust the next time around (when Torotno is safely behind us). Related posts What’s the f***ing point? PAGE TO SCREEN: “Valkyrie” by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander No Oscar for ‘Valkyrie’ in 2008 Milking that ‘Valkyrie’ teet

'Bastards' portrayals draw fire in Germany
A leaked script of Quentin Tarantino's World War II drama "Inglorious Bastards" already is stirring up controversy for scenes of vengeful Americans bashing, scalping, shooting and strangling German soldiers. What began as an Internet murmur here went mainstream with a recent article by Tobias Kneibe, film editor of the Suddeutsche Zeitung, who predicted the project could have an explosive effect similar to that of Tom Cruise's "Valkyrie," which has been savaged in the German media even though it won't

Tom Cruise: Villain?
The monster of Florence may be the perfect role for Les Grossman.

Tom Cruise in Shrek Goes Fourth
Tom Cruise is set to voice a villain in new animated movie Shrek Goes Fourth.read more

Tom Cruise to Voice Shrek Villain?
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to lend his voice to a character in new animated movie Shrek Goes Fourth. The Top Gun star -- who has never voiced a cartoon during his 20-year career -- has been approached to appear in the 2010 movie, the fourth installment in the hugely successful Disney franchise. A reporter for movie website Cinema Blend writes, "I got an email from one of our regular sources at DreamWorks, whispering in my ear to let you know that Tom Cruise is being considered to voice one of the villai