Variety is reporting that Christopher McQuarrie (’The Usual Suspects’, ‘Valkyrie’) is set to write and produce ‘The Monster of Florence’ for United Artists. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, who optioned the property in September, will also produce.

‘Monster’ chronicles a true series of events from author Douglas Preston’s like. Shortly after moving his family to Italy in 200, Preston learned that an olive grove on their property had been the scene of a brutal murder. Teaming with Italian journalist Mario Spezi, Preston began investigatng the crime, which was part of a series of eight double homicides between 1968-85.

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