NEW YORK -- Writer-helmer John Ridley has signed on to direct the thriller Let Me Take You Down from his original screenplay for indie banner Lions Gate Films. Ridley -- whose screenwriting credits include Three Kings and Undercover Brother and who is an executive producer on UPN's hip-hop series Platinum -- also will produce Down through his newly launched International Famous Players Radio Picture Corporation imprint along with Urban Entertainment's Michael Jenkinson. Executive vp Marc Butan will oversee the project for Lions Gate. Marit Weisenberg of Ridley's shingle will co-produce. The project is described by its producers as an eerie tale of murder, obsession, intrigue and Hollywood folklore centering on a young "bagger" for the Los Angeles Coroner's Office who finds striking similarities between the murder of a young woman and the notorious 1947 Black Dahlia case that has riveted the public imagination for decades.
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