Brian De Palma chases The Boston Stranglers

Brian De Palma has long had a thing for the notorious.

The “Scarface” director has signed on to helm “The Boston Stranglers” for producer Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures.

The film is adapted by Alan Rosen (”Head of the Class”) from Susan Kelly’s nonfiction book “The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders.”

The thriller will detail the early-’60s Beantown killings and their controversial resolution.

- From THR