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Most thought it was a joke, including the Web designer in Florida commissioned to create the site
Logline: After a single mom's real estate tycoon boyfriend refuses marriage, she buys a bogus
marriage license on-line and hires a hitman on a website to kill him and his two sons.
What would any enterprising 21st century contract killer do? Create a web site www.hitmanforhire.net and wait for the clients to come. They did. What unfolds, however, should intrigue anyone who loves to watch movies based on true stories
or watch people fall on their faces, because this story is a bit of both. "Hitmanforhire.net" is inspired by a truly
bizarre real-life story, which was a media sensation in Ireland in 2008 and has been described as an asinine plot worthy of
the Coen Brothers. And there certainly was no shortage of reasons
for the gold-digger to want rid of her partner and two sons, about 75 million reasons, based on estimates of his vast
fortune. Not even the Coen brothers would have dreamt up an ending this bizarre.
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During the trial I became captivated by this
real life comedy of errors, even attending the proceedings. I researched the case exhaustively, reading relevant trial
documents, and interviewing experts in the field as well as several of the real-life players. This is a fictionalized version
of events a la "To Die For", but I have secured the film rights to the book about the case. During the trial (Summer
of 2008) the FBI took www.hitmanforhire.net down and we have acquired the domain name and currently have it linked here with
plans to design it to market the movie.
For a full history of hitmanforhire.net and
its original owner please click on the following link thanks to the "LA Times" Victoria Kim who wrote up a brilliant
report of the bizarre tale: Online hits of a different nature
Addresses: Michael Duke Productions * 2 The Stables * College Road * Galway * Co. Galway
* Republic of Ireland * Tel: +353 (0) 91 562 591
Michael Duke Productions * 6404 Wilshire Blvd. * Suite #1840 * Los Angeles, California * 90048 * Tel: (310) 594 3894