Tom Cruise to Play a Serial Killer?
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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 ... again?" 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 whether he'd play the killer or one of the men trying to crack the case.This is actually a pretty crazy story, and I believe it was the subject of a recent 48 Hours Mystery (or Dateline) where these two guys -- Preston and Italian journalist Mario Spezi -- were on an intense search to find out who exactly committed eight gruesome double homicides between the years of 1968 and 1985. Both men claimed to have found the guy, but then -- since they knew so much about the case -- both became actual suspects themselves. It's a pretty wild story and one that's ripe for the big-screen treatment. Only problem is it kinda suffers from "the Zodiac issue" where no one currently knows who the killer is, and so they won't be able to tie a nice, shiny bow around this puppy. Regardless, it's a good story and I'm curious to see what they do with it. You?
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(Page 1)2. I read the book and its wild ride...actually read it while on vacation in Tuscany...pretty trippy.
Cruise could ONLY be playing the role of the American writer Preston. Spezi is too old for Cruise to play and its hard to imagine Cruise playing any of the sardinian suspects depicted in the book.
It should make for a great movie though....and a beautiful one since they will undoubtedly shoot much on location.
Posted at 10:25AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Counselor
3. If Tom Cruise is involved, he WILL solve the mystery singlehandedly, probably while riding on a motorcycle with no hands, and personally tie a nice shiny bow around that puppy, played by Katie Holmes.
Posted at 2:17PM on Sep 5th 2008 by totoro
4. Big fan of Preston (and Child) novels, so I'll have to pick this one up.
Posted at 2:37PM on Sep 5th 2008 by Scott Weinberg
5. Christian Bale knocked the Serial Killer out of the fucking park, Tom Cruise could not come close.
Posted at 6:33PM on Sep 5th 2008 by Chris Vaughn
6. i love Tom Cruise ,,, thank u ,,, games site: http://games.te3p.com/
Posted at 12:14PM on Nov 17th 2008 by te3p
1. Wasn't he already a killer in Collateral? He was pretty freaky in that one. He may have found a good source of inspiration, playing insane characters, playing himself!!!
Posted at 10:23AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Mr.R