Chockstone Pictures bought film rights to All The Old Knives, the forthcoming spy thriller by Olen Steinhauer to be published next year. The book takes place in an seaside town where two ex-lovers and CIA spies, Celia and Henry, meet for dinner and to relive their memories of a plane hijacking that ended in the death of everyone onboard. The question becomes whether Henry wants to rekindle their romance or get to the bottom of a conspiracy, and "it also becomes clear that one of the ex-lovers may not survive the meal."
Omnimystery News reported that Tomas Alfredson, the director of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, is taking on an adaptation of Jo Nesbo's thriller The Snowman for Working Title Films and Universal. The book features Nesbo's Oslo detective Harry Hole, who investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.
Solipsist Films acquired Spy Dance, the best-selling novel from D.C. lawyer-turned-author Allan Topol, about an ex-CIA operative who reinvents his identity after the agency sets him up, only to be sucked back into action against his former employers when his stepdaughter is taken hostage.
Christopher Plummer has joined the cast of the thriller Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan. Already aboard the project are actors Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Lieven and Gunter Lamprecht. The story is described as "a compelling thriller in which the darkest chapter of modern history collides with a contemporary mission of revenge."
Autobahn starts production May 5 after finalizing its cast with new additions Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. The story follows a young American couple Casey (Hoult) and Juliette (Jones), "who are plunged into a game of cat and mouse across Germany after they find themselves caught between two ruthless criminals (Hopkins and Kingsley)."
The West Wing's Allison Janney and Homeland star Morena Baccarin have been added to the cast of Spy, the spy comedy for Fox, also starring Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, British comedienne Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale and Nia Long. The storyline revolves around a CIA analyst (McCarthy), who goes into the field for the first time. Janney and Baccarin will play fellow spies.
Natalie Zea (The Following, Justified star) has landed a lead role in indie feature Grey Lady, playing a vulnerable aspiring artist targeted by killers seeking vengeance on a Boston detective played by Eric Dane. Adrian Lester was also recently added to the cast, playing the role of a plainclothes Nantucket detective.
Sam Mendes says that the next Bond film will build on the storylines in Skyfall, something that wasn't previously used in Bond films until the Daniel Craig years. In addition to giving the new characters more buildup, Mendes added that he is further interested in looking at James Bond as an aging character, which he felt fans really responded to in the last movie.
The sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, titled London Has Fallen, is heading for theaters in October 2015. Gerard Butler has signed on to reprise his role as head of the Secret Service in a plot which sees doom and disaster surrounding the funeral of the British Prime Minister with various heads of state in the crosshairs.
The Beverly Hills Cop reboot has been given a release date of March 25, 2016. The project brings back Eddie Murphy to star as Axel Foley, the Detroit cop from the original film series, with Brett Ratner taking on directing duties. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec wrote the script.
Due to scheduling issues, Robert Pattinson has exited Mission: Blacklist, an indie thriller the follows the hunt for Saddam Hussein. He was to play military interrogator Eric Maddox, who spearheaded Hussein's capture.
TELEVISION
Fox cancelled its futuristic cop drama Almost Human starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy. Although it had some critical acclaim, Fox didn't deem the ratings high enough to warrant renewal after it hovered on the bubble.
Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap) is the first new cast member to join AMC’s series Better Call Saul, joining Breaking Bad alums Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks in this prequel to Breaking Bad.
TNT released a first look at its new series Murder in the First, which TV Guide calls "a new, dark and very creepy homicide mystery." The drama stars Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson as homicide detectives investigating two murders that seem unrelated at first but have a common denominator in a Silicon Valley wunderkind (played by Harry Potter's Tom Felton).
The season finale of NCIS will pay tribute to the late actor Ralph Waite, who played Agent Jethro Gibbs' father in the series.
Lt. Declan Murphy (Donal Logue) is returning to Law & Order: SVU to take over the reins of the SVU from Benson (Mariska Hargitay).
Fox released photos from its new drama, Gang Related. The show centers on an of
ficer (Ramon Rodriguez) on the Los Angeles Police Department's Gang Task
Force who's also a loyal member of the city's most prominent gang.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO
Dr. Max Houck, Director of the Washington D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences, chatted with host Jan Burke and D.P. Lyle on this week's Crime and Science Radio.
THEATER
This year's nominees for the Tony Awards were announced last week, including A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in the Best Musical category. The play follows the exploits of Monty Navarro, the black sheep of the D'Ysquith family, who finds out he is ninth in line to inherit a dukedom and decides to eliminate the other eight heirs standing in his way. Actors Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham were also nominated for best performance in a musical.
Theatre for a New Audience announced the complete cast for its upcoming production of Eugène Ionesco's The Killer, starring Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon. The unusual plot line revolves around the discovery of a utopia near the main character's dismal urban home, but it harbors one deadly secret: a serial murderer has been killing people for so long that the authorities have given up trying to catch him.
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