Director Charlie Shackleton thought he could have his cake and eat it too. For years Shackleton had been considering the idea of making a documentary centered on the Zodiac Killer. The mysterious ...

Just a taste of the endless tropes of the modern true crime documentary. Charlie Shackleton admits he would have committed those cinema sins if he’d been able to make his planned documentary ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Zodiac Killer Project," a new movie from director Charlie Shackleton that debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is one of the most ...

Director Charlie Shackleton had intended to follow the same non-fiction route pioneered by his many filmmaking ancestors, but when his movie fell apart, his sole chance to salvage his endeavor was ...

British director Charlie Shackleton originally aimed to collect an easy paycheck with yet another Zodiac Killer docudrama, ...

"Zodiac Killer Project," the fascinating feature documentary from director Charlie Shackleton, is nothing like what it sounds. For one thing, it's not really about the infamous Zodiac Killer ...

The true crime documentary has become so ubiquitous in the age of streaming, it's likely to pop up on your algorithm even if you've never watched a single one. Turning the gruesome details of ...

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton faced that grief when his thoroughly researched project, a documentary on the Zodiac killer case, got the plug pulled after years in development. But the director’s ...

"Zodiac Killer Project": Like true crime and the stranger side of nonfiction? Charlie Shackleton's film promises to fuse the two. Making memories off-screen at True/False 2025 Off the big screen ...

The genre of true crime comes in for interrogation in both Predators, from director David Osit, and Zodiac Killer Project, directed by Charlie Shackleton. "We are really invested in media literacy ...