In the pantheon of American serial killers, few names carry as much weight (and dread) as the Golden State Killer. For decades, Joseph James DeAngelo, a former cop also known as the Original Night Stalker, the East Area Rapist, and the Visalia Ransacker, treated the state of California as a personal playground. Now, James Franco and Vincent Gallo are making a movie about the killer at the center of one of the best true crime docs ever released.
Titled Golden State Killer (formerly, The Policeman), the upcoming crime flick will see the two controversial actors take on one of the most notorious criminals of all time. However, there’s one behind-the-scenes mystery I need solved, and it has to do with the film’s director. Let me explain.
