Murder Mystery Taps a Sleuth in Kevin Macdonald

Thanks to Zodiac, scribe James Vanderbilt made a name for himself, made us forget about his previous scripts for Basic and The Rundown, and he landed what I imagine wasn’t a pressure-free job of rejuvenating the Peter Parker character – sending him back to those awkward teen years. Now he returns to Zodiac-lite territory with a script that goes the direction of the mystery comedy sub-genre. Aptly titled Murder Mystery, this project reminds me of how much I hated the Clue film. Screen Daily reports that free-range director Kevin MacDonald will direct — must say that’s an odd choice.

Murder Mystery centres on bickering Brooklyn honeymooners who unwittingly become fugitives across Europe when the eighth richest man in the world is murdered in front of them. Sounds like a lame project.

Tower Hill Entertainment optioned the screenplay in turnaround from Disney. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of ContraFilm are producing with Vanderbilt and Tower Hill’s A J Dix and William Shively.