K5 International’s Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur have struck a major deal to finance and produce SE7EN screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker’s Psycho Killer, a serial killer thriller that offers the same taut, whip-smart calibre of writing that made David Fincher’s 1995 thriller an instant classic and global box office smash, Bloody Disgusting learned out of Cannes.

“Psycho Killer follows a nameless murderer, wearing a nightmarish mask, who stalks his way across the United States, leaving a long trail of random victims left in bloody tribute to Satan.

A chance encounter with a highway patrolman on a Kansas highway ends tragically, but this time there is a witness; the patrolman’s wife, Jane, a fellow police officer. Now Jane, who has just discovered she is pregnant, sets out to seek vengeance. She unyieldingly goes after the relentless evil force that is Psycho Killer, whose ultimate goal is the engineering of an unspeakable mass murder that he believes will assure his triumphant entrance into hell.”

“Andrew’s pedigree as a writer is unparalleled for this kind of nail-biting thriller,” say K5’s Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur. “Delivering a disturbing and powerful punch, Psycho Killer will come to be seen as one of the great cinematic inventions. It recalls the great villains of our nightmares, from Hannibal Lecter to Jason but also compels and gives us a sense of awe at his sheer power. We’ve no doubt that Gavin will deliver a truly exceptional thriller.”

Psycho Killer is directed by Gavin Polone, who directed six episodes of “Twisted” for ABC Family, which he also executive produced. Polone’s background is as producer of major productions including Zombieland and Panic Room.

The film is produced by Matt Berenson (A Place Beyond the Pines and upcoming horror film The Boy with Lakeshore/STX starring Lauren Cohan from “Walking Dead” and directed by Brent Bell (The Devil Inside)), and written by SE7EN screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker who was nominated for a BAFTA and won numerous awards for the film’s screenplay.