
The screenplay will be written by Todd Kessler, a television writer and producer whose resume -- featuring both The Sopranos and Robbery Homicide Division, as well as an Emmy nomination -- suggests he may be well-qualified for the apparent darkness in the story. When Kessler finishes the script, he'll hand it off to another man who has proved himself adept at handling the harrowing: Darren Aronofsky is set to both direct and produce. It's unclear, however, where Black Flies fits into Aronofsky's schedule, and if it will be made before either Flicker and Lone Wolf and Cub ahead of him.