Mulder and Scully may be in semi-retirement these days, but that doesn't mean conspiracy theories are dead. Producer John Davis has optioned Paul Alexander's soon-to-be-published book "Good Night, Dorothy Kilgallen," an expose tying the death of journalist Kilgallen to her investigation of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Kilgallen considered Kennedy a friend, and was obsessed with investigating the circumstances of his death. She became convinced his assassination was part of a conspiracy, and was determined to prove it. She managed to obtain enough evidence and interviews (including the only one with Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald) that the FBI kept her under close surveillance.
Alexander's book alleges that Kilgallen was murdered after finishing her book, "Murder One," and that all its chapters about JFK disappeared. Her death was certainly under mysterious circumstances, and many have argued that she simply knew too much. She was certainly a female Fox Mulder -- in addition to investigating Kennedy's death, she also alleged that the government had covered up the existence of UFO's.
Davis is bringing the project to Fox (home of "The X-Files," how appropriate!) and has set screenwriter Shane Salerno to pen the script. The movie will be a fictionalized conspiracy story, but this is definitely a story where the truth is stranger than fiction, don't you think?
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