Matt Damon as Eliot Ness in Torso

Cleveland.Com have been talking about a new David Fincher film that may be being shot there. Paramount Studios wants to shoot "Torso," a big-budget production that will star Matt Damon as Eliot Ness, early next year in Cleveland. But studio officials say they need incentives to film in the state.

Torso was co-written by Brian Michael Bendis, who has since gone on to a very successful mainstream comic career in such series as Daredevil and Ultimate Spider-Man, and Marc Andreyko

The novel's story is a fascinating one - and it's true, too. While Ness was working in Cleveland, torsos started showing up in the city's river and, at the same time, Ness began to get taunting letters from the killer. Despite his total lack of background in police work, the former treasury agent was able to put together a team to track down and arrest the man.

The screenplay is being adapted by Ehren Kruger, and Todd McFarlane (who originally optioned the property) is among the producers.

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