Mexican director Guillermo del Toro ("Hellboy", "Blade 2") is in talks to develop and direct New Line's dark fantasy flick "Killing on Carnival Row".
Set in a mystical and dark Victorian city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, the story centers on a police detective investigating a series of murders against the fairies. The detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.
The studio picked up the spec script by first-time writer Travis Beacham in November. Picturehouse, the HBO-New Line joint venture, recently acquired US rights to Del Toro's dark fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth".
