The true story of the Boston Strangler will come to the screen in an upcoming feature being produced by Ridley Scott for 20th Century Studios, with Keira Knightley set to star.
Matt Ruskin (“Crown Heights”) will write and direct the movie, and Deadline reports today that Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, and Alessandro Nivola have also signed on to star.
Deadline details, “Based on the infamous Boston Strangler murders, this is the true story of Loretta McLaughlin (Knightley), the first reporter to connect the murders and break the story of the Strangler. She and fellow reporter Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city’s most notorious serial killer and worked tirelessly to keep women informed.”
Filming is expected to begin in Boston next month.