Jake Gyllenhaal And Robert Downey In 'Zodiac'
[Tuesday, April 19th, 2005]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey have signed onto David Fincher's long-gestating thriller Zodiac, with Mark Ruffalo in talks, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Gyllenhaal will play Robert Graysmith, the journalist and author of the two books, "Zodiac" and "Zodiac Unmasked," upon which the film is based. Downey will play fellow reporter Paul Avery, and Ruffalo would play the San Francisco homicide inspector in charge of the case.
The books revolve around the real-life tale of a serial killer known as the Zodiac Killer, who terrorized San Francisco for 25 years. Graysmith and Avery worked at the San Francisco Chronicle, which the killer used as a conduit to communicate with authorities.
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