UPDATED: David Fincher and James Ellroy's HBO Noir Series A Go

UPDATE: Deadline is reporting this is a done deal. The show is called Shakedown, and it is based on real-life cop-turned-PI Fred Otash (and is not to be confused with Ellroy's 2012 novella of the same name, also featuring Otash). Ellroy wrote the script, which was originally being developed at FX. Ellroy and Fincher are exec-producing, along with a bunch of other people you've probably never heard of. It doesn't say specifically that Fincher will direct, but come on...

Didn't get your USDA recommended daily allowance of James Ellroy today? Did you know that at one point David Fincher was attached to direct an adaptation of The Black Dahlia? (This was before the DePalma travesty.) That fell through, but lucky for us, the two titans weren't ships passing in the night—they stayed in touch. And know The Playlist is reporting they are pitching a 50s-set LA Noir to HBO. BOOSH.

There aren't many details at this point, as things are still in the planning stage, but this sounds like a match made in heaven. A dark, obsessive match made in heaven. Let's hope HBO goes for it.

The Black Dahlia

Author: James Ellroy

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (2006)

Binding: Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages