Guillermo del Toro to Produce A Killing on Carnival Row TV Show for Amazon — collider.com

While many are quick to notice that Guillermo del Toro attaches himself to a multitude of projects, never let it be said that he simply forgets the ones that haven’t moved forward.  Years ago, del Toro was set to helm the noir fantasy thriller A Killing on Carnival Row from a spec script by Travis Beacham, which whom del Toro would go on to co-write Pacific Rim.  The Victorian steampunk story revolves around a serial killer on the loose in a future city that resembles 18th century London and is inhabited by both humans and other creatures.  The film was set up at New Line but fell apart, then Tarsem Singh came on to direct with del Toro producing.  That iteration never came together either, but now the project is finally moving forward in a wholly different form: as an Amazon series.  More after the jump.

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