"When a script has passed through multiple hands over an almost 20-year period, one assumes it must have something magnetic enough to keep it within the Hollywood ecosystem and out of the trash. Of course, it's also assumed that there's probably something a little cursed about it too but when it finally does get made, the curiosity factor is sky high. Psycho Killer, written in the mid-2000s by Seven's Andrew Kevin Walker, has had its share of almosts over the years."
"Walker's ingenious script for Seven didn't quite lead to the career many expected (his screenplay for 8mm was so butchered he disowned it; he had a hand in 2010's regrettable Wolfman; his Covid-shot crime thriller Windfall was a bust) but maybe in the immediate period after his 1995 breakout another serial killer thriller with his name attached would have seemed like an obvious win."
Psycho Killer experienced nearly twenty years of development trouble, with attachments and financing that repeatedly collapsed. Multiple figures were linked over time: Fred Durst in 2009, Eli Roth in 2010, a planned 2011 production, and hoped German funding in 2015, but production did not occur until 2023. The film received a wide release through 20th (Disney) with producer Gavin Polone directing and opening in over 1,000 cinemas. Andrew Kevin Walker’s earlier success with Seven did not translate into consistent hits, and Psycho Killer reads like an inessential B-movie that seems ill-suited for a major theatrical rollout.
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