Deadline
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According to Deadline Singh has become attached to Killing on Carnival Row, a script by Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim) that producers Arnold and Anne Kopelson originally set up six years ago.
The script takes place in the future in a city called the Burgue, which looks a lot like 18th Century London. It is inhabited by humans and other creatures, and a serial killer is on the loose. “I am thrilled that Tarsem will direct Carnival Row, which we’ve been developing over the past six years,” Arnold Kopelson said. “His extraordinary visual sense and use of light and color can be compared to that of the great 16th Century Italian painter Michelangelo Caravaggio.”
The Kopelsons, who originally tried to get the project under way at New Line, have gotten close to making the film with Guillermo Del Toro and Neil Jordan, but they feel that Singh will put them over the top. They’re in talks with an unnamed studio and expect to begin production on the noir-style fantasy thriller next June in New Orleans.
Look for casting announcements and more soon!