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Gaslight
Release Date: TBA
SubscribeGenres: Historical, Thriller
Production Phase: In Development
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions
Who's Making It: Ian Fried (Screenwriter),
Premise: Incarcerated secretly in a London insane asylum, Jack the Ripper is called upon by Scotland Yard detectives to solve a series of grisly crimes where the killer left twin puncture marks on the victims' necks.... More »
What We Think: Ian Fried's Gaslight screenplay was one of the privledged few that made the 2011 Black List.... More »
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Ian Fried's Gaslight spec script landed at a healthy position on the recent 2011 Black List of unproduced screenplays. Now the writer has reason to celebrate some more as Hammer Films has purchased Gaslight and put it into development.
A Victorian take on The Silence of the Lambs, Gaslight takes place in late 19th century London. Unbeknownst to its citizens, Jack the Ripper was caught and secretly locked away in an insane asylum. But then a new series of grisly killings starts up, and all the victims share one identifying mark in common: two twin puncture marks on their neck. Scotland Yard decides that it will take a killer to catch a killer so it turns to the Ripper and his diabolical thinking process to help them solve the identity of the killer and bring an end to their murder spree. [Full story]
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