Movie News for
U Want Me to Kill Him?
Release Date:
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2006
October 14, 2005
WB gets writer for Kill Him
Warner Bros. has hired Fernley Phillips to write the screenplay for U Want Me 2 Kill Him? Bryan Singer is producing the film, and might consider helming the project. The movie is based on a Vanity Fair article by the same title, which looks at the strange Internet relationship between a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy. The younger boy was a loner, and somehow eventually was stabbed twice and nearly killed by the older one.
Source: Variety
February 16, 2005
Warner Bros. wonders if U Want Me to Kill Him
Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Judy Bachrach's Vanity Fair article U Want Me to Kill Him? Bryan Singer will both develop the film and direct it. The story centers around a 14-year-old boy who was lonely but had a strong imagination. He had an online correspondence with a 16-year-old boy who ultimately stabbed and nearly killed him. The ultimate consequence is that the younger boy was eventually charged as a co-conspirator in his own attempted murder.
Source: Variety
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