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2007

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Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s. Read more

Starring	Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony Edwards
Director	David Fincher
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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David Fincher: Real Zodiac was scary
- 18 May 2007
The period when self-named serial killer Zodiac terrorised San Francisco was "very scary", director David Fincher has said. Fincher, who previously made Seven, Fight Club and Alien 3, grew up in the area during the 1960s and 70s, and told the Guardian it was impossible to be unaffected by the murderer's actions. "Growing up around Zodiac warped your little mind," Fincher remarked in an interview about his new film, which tells the story of three men hunting the killer - who... Read more
Zodiac
- 14 May 2007
Some murders just won't lie down and die. The man who called himself Zodiac is officially linked to five killings, though in letters to the press he claimed as many as 37. For several years from 1969 he terrorized the San Francisco area, taunting the authorities with frequent cryptic messages that received front-page treatment. Despite this weakness for self-publicity, and despite failing to finish off two of his victims, who were able to describe their ordeal in some detail, the Zodiac... Read more
Oldman turns attorney in Zodiac
- 07 Jul 2005
After playing a policeman in Batman Begins, starring Katie Holmes and Brit Christian Bale, Gary Oldman is to take to the law courts as an attorney in Zodiac. Oldman, who played Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, will play attorney Melvin Belli in the murder movie based on the real story of the notorious Zodiac killer. He will be joined by Jake Gyllenhaal of Donnie Darko and The Day After Tomorrow fame and Gothika's Robert Downey Jr, reports Variety magazine. Production on Read more
Guardian readers' top 10 of 2007
- 28 Dec 2007
Readers of the Guardian have picked their favourite films of 2007 and Ratatouille made the final cut at number ten after audiences warmed to its humour and sparkling animation. Number nine was This is England, a story set in Thatcher's Britain where a young boy suffers peer pressure from a group of local skinheads. Apocalypto also made the list at number eight, described by the newspaper as a "bonkers, breathtaking epic". David Lynch's latest surreal trip was voted at the seventh... Read more
Mark Ruffalo expected to sign for Martin Scorsese film
- 27 Nov 2007
Zodiac and 13 Going On 30 star Mark Ruffalo has "all but signed a final contract" to appear in the next Martin Scorsese film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ruffalo, who also featured in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Collateral, is expected to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island, the next movie from the legendary director. The film is based on a book by Mystic River author Dennis Lehane and follows a pair of investigators as they attempt to find a... Read more