Hyde Park Entertainment and Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired Kenny Golde's screenplay Killer. The thriller was slated with intent to produce on a low budget. It was tossed around at Paramount's low budget film division and Fox Searchlight, but eventually made it's way to the larger studios. The story is told through the point of view of a single video camera manned by a police office who is documenting a murder investigation. While investigating the crime scene officers find a video left by the killer, which was made with cameras hidden throughout the house being investigating. There's talk that the one camera POV framing is gimmicky and at times doesn't make sense or tie in with the plot, as well the killer's back story is very unoriginal. Sounds like the script needs a good polish
Hyde Park Entertainment and Parkes/MacDonald ended up purchasing the screenplay for a rumored low six figures against mid-six figures. Variety reports that “Hyde Park’s committing to finance “Killer” from its 2008 deal with Imagenation, which provides $250 million in funds to develop, produce and distribute up to 20 feature films over seven years — aiming for English-language fare with global appeal.
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