UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.

LOS ANGELES, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. director Brian De Palma has signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of Susan Kelly's non-fiction book "The Boston Stranglers."

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Brian De Palma claims producer Mark Cuban censored part of his Iraq war film, "Redacted," the New York Daily News reported.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007.

VENICE, Italy, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Director Ang Lee's controversial drama, "Lust, Caution," Saturday won the Golden Lion award for best picture at the Venice Film Festival.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A 10,000-square-foot U.S. mansion made famous as home to Cuban gangster Tony Montana in the film "Scarface" has been put up for sale for $29.5 million. While the popular 1983 movie by director Brian de Palma placed the locale in Miami, the actual five-bed

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Two U.S. movies about the same Hollywood killer are in the works -- Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" and New Line's adaptation of "Black Dahlia Avenger."

VENICE, Italy, July 24 (UPI) -- Actress Scarlett Johansson's newest film, "The Black Dahlia," is set to make its world premiere next month at the Venice Film Festival.

HOLLYWOOD, June 28 (UPI) -- Director Brian De Palma and producer Art Linson are working on "The Untouchables: Capone Rising," a prequel to Paramount Pictures' 1987 hit film.