William Monahan to adapt an incredible true undercover story

William Monahan (The Departed, Kingdom of Heaven) who must have invented a way to avoid sleep, has added yet another project to his ever growing schedule. Monahan has been hired by Paramount to write a screenplay out of this incredible story...

The son of a police chief, Keene fell from grace after he was caught dealing drugs. As an alternative to a 10 years-to-life sentence, he was allowed to cozy up to a man authorities believed murdered 25 young women. Only the prison psychiatrist knew Keene was undercover, plus a visiting "girlfriend" who was actually an FBI agent.

So it's shares many of the undercover themes Monahan wrote for The Departed and also has a bit of Silence of the Lambs tension built in and maybe some One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (think they will actually hint at the police chief being insane?). How cool does this movie sound? The incredible true story is set to be published in Playboy later this year. source - variety