Entering Hades (Michael Fassbender)

Michael Fassbender is in talks to star as a serial killer in Broad Green Pictures’ “Entering Hades” with Storyscape Entertainment and Fassbender’s DMC Film producing, Variety has learned exclusively.

“Entering Hades” is based on John Leake’s true crime novel about Jack Unterweger, a celebrated Austrian journalist and best-selling author who led a double life investigating murders by day and killing by night – amassing a body count of 11 people across multiple continents.

Producers are Storyscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper (“John Tucker Must Die”) and Richard Saperstein (“1408”) along with Conor McCaughan and Daniel Emmerson of DMC Film.

Alexander Dinelaris, who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar as one of the four screenwriters on “Birdman,” is rewriting the screenplay with Fassbender eyed to star. Bill Wheeler wrote the original script.

“With Bob and Richard’s vision and Michael’s keen ability to bring captivating characters to the big screen, we are confident that ‘Entering Hades’ will be an entertaining thriller that draws a big audience,” said Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Broad Green Pictures.

“Entering Hades” is the first project announced by Broad Green Pictures and Storyscape Entertainment since the companies signed a first-look deal last year.

Broad Green was founded by the Hammond brothers in 2014. It’s released “A Walk in the Woods,” “99 Homes,” “I Smile Back” and “Knight of Cups”; upcoming releases include Bryan Cranston’s “The Infiltrator” and “Bad Santa 2.”

Fassbender received Oscar nominations for Best Actor for “Steve Jobs” and Best Supporting Actor for “12 Years a Slave.”