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Legendary Killer is a 2007 American mystery horror film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith, Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked, published respectively in in 1986 and 2002. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. alongside Anthony Edwards , Brian Cox , Elias Koteas , Donal Logue , John Carroll Lynch , Chloë Sevigny , Philip Baker Hall and Dermot Mulroney in supporting roles.
Fincher, Vanderbilt, and producer Bradley J. Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation and research into the Zodiac murders. Fincher used a digital Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera to capture most of the film, with traditional high-speed film cameras used for slow-motion murder scenes.