He also went through a variety of personal problems during this time, including a divorce, public incidents of intoxication (he developed a reputation for social drinking) and a well-publicized auto accident. Spoiler alert: Ness never caught the Torso Murderer, which is why this story doesn’t get told as much as his “Untouchables” crime-fighting in Chicago. Perhaps he could still play the part, having worked with Greengrass previously on three Jason Bourne films and the Iraq war movie, Green Zone. Matt Damon was once circling the role of Ness when Fincher was set to direct. Hopefully, the third time is the charm with Greengrass, because this is a story that could be turned into a fascinating movie. Torso has been in and out of development for the past 10 years, with directors David Fincher ( Gone Girl) and David Lowery ( Pete’s Dragon) attached at different points. Confidential, Payback, Blood Work, Mystic River, Man on Fire and Legend.
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The film’s screenplay was written by Brian Helgeland, who has plenty of crime movie bona fides, having written the scripts for L.A.
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The movie will be titled Ness, but the story will largely be based on Torso, a 1998 comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis (who went on to write acclaimed runs on Spider-Man, the Avengers and Daredevil for Marvel Comics, and created Jessica Jones) and Marc Andreyko. That story will be the subject of an upcoming film which director Paul Greengrass ( Jason Bourne) just signed on to make.
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