Zodiac is a 2007 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written by James Vanderbilt and Robert Graysmith. The movie is directed by David Fincher and produced by Ceán Chaffin, James Vanderbilt, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer, Arnold W. Messer, Ce N Chaffin and Bradley J. Fischer under the banner of Paramount Pictures in collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures and Phoenix Pictures. In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree. Zodiac features Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas and Mark Falvo. The screenplay is written by James Vanderbilt which is inspired from Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith. The music was composed by David Shire. Cinematography was done by Harris Savides and editing by Angus Wall. The film has a running time of 157 minutes. It was released on 31st May 2007. The Film was successful at box office. Zodiac was made on a budget of $65 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $84 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Paramount Pictures.