Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton faced that grief when his thoroughly researched project, a documentary on the Zodiac killer case, got the plug pulled after years in development. But the director’s ...

“Zodiac Killer Project” was intended to be a true crime documentary by Charlie Shackleton that adapted Lafferty’s novel. Shackleton was deep in pre-production when, suddenly and without ...

Director Charlie Shackleton thought he could have his cake and eat it too. For years Shackleton had been considering the idea of making a documentary centered on the Zodiac Killer. The mysterious ...

British director Charlie Shackleton originally aimed to collect an easy paycheck with yet another Zodiac Killer docudrama, securing — he thought — the rights to “The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up ...

The highlights from Park City include Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s documentary on Sly Stone and a comedy about a support ...

British critic and filmmaker Charlie Shackleton ('Beyond Clueless') reopens the infamous case of the murderer who terrorized the Bay Area in the late 1960s. By Jordan Mintzer The true crime ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Zodiac Killer Project," a new movie from director Charlie Shackleton that debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is one of the most ...

None of us talk about the inherent predatory nature of true crime documentaries. They pick over the bones of cold cases and unspeakable crimes, retraumatize survivors, dramatize crimes to the ...