Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson are heading "out West" for the revenge action thriller By Way Of Helena. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith from a script by Matt Cook, the film follows 1880s Texas Ranger (Hemsworth) sent to an isolated frontier town to investigate a series of mysterious murders and squaring off against a local villanous preacher (Harrelson).
The Johnny Depp drama Black Mass has been given an official release date of September 18th, 2015. The movie is based on the non-fiction book Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, The FBI And A Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
A trailer was released for Before I Go to Sleep, based on the novel by S.J. Watson. The film stars Nicole Kidman as a woman who suffers a brutal attack and develops a form of amnesia that makes her wake up each day stripped of her memories. During each daytime, she must try to piece together who tried to kill her, even as her husband (Colin Firth) seems to be keeping secrets about her past. The cast also include Mark Strong playing a doctor trying to help her sort through her memories in in hopes of discovering those secrets.
A new trailer was also released for the upcoming noir sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, starring Jessica Alba (with a cameo by Bruce Willis in the clip). Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller, the film brings back many stars from the first Sin City film as well as new cast members, including Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Haysbert, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Jaime King, Stacy Keach, Eva Green, Ray Liotta, and Lady Gaga.
TELEVISION
CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of Zoo, an adaptation of James Patterson's bestselling novel. Scheduled to air next summer, the plot of what CBS calls this "blockbuster summer event" centers on escalating animal attacks on humans around the globe and how a young biologist tries to warn world leaders before it's too late.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Martin Freeman said that there will be a Sherlock Christmas special in 2015, which is great news (the BBC officially confirmed it later). The bad news is that Series 4 won't appear likely until 2016. Both Freeman and his co-star Benedict Cumberbatch are extremely busy right now. Both actors will be appearing in Shakespeare productions soon, Freeman in Richard III at London's Trafalgar Studios next month, and Cumberbatch as Richard III in a BBC production to be broadcast next year.
Omnimystery News reported that Marek Krajewski's series of crime novels set in 1930s Breslau (when the current Polish city now known as Wroclaw and part of Germany) is being adapted for television by Warsaw-based ATM Grupa.
Amazon added the hour-long dramatic thriller Hysteria to its third pilot season. From Shaun Cassidy, and starring Mena Suvari, James McDaniel, Josh Stewart, Adan Canto, Laura San Giacomo, and T.R. Knight, the show is set in Austin, Texas, where members of a girls’ competitive dance team are stricken with a strange, psycho-physiological illness that manifests in violent fits and spasms. When neurologist Logan Harlen (Suvari) is called back to her hometown to investigate the cause, she has to fight her own demons and the growing manipulation of a brother on death row.
The Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, starring Bob Odenkirk, is using a "roaming timeline" that will allow characters from the original series to return for cameos, possibly even opening the door for a Bryan Cranston appearance.
Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica, Law & Order: UK) will join Rizzoli & Isles for a multi-episode arc, playing Paul Wescourt, a prosecutor accused of killing his mistress.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is joining the cast of Criminal Minds as a series regular for the 10th season, taking on the role of seasoned undercover agent Katie Callahan.
James Callis (of Battlestar Gallactica fame) has been added to the cast of the El Rey Network's Matador, the series from Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Sleepy Hollow) about a CIA agent (Gabriel Luna) who goes undercover as a soccer star on a team owned by a corrupt billionaire (Alfred Molina). Callis will play a mysterious man with influence over a global fraternity of elite businessmen and politicians.
Despite giving the drama Heiroglyph a straight-to-series order last year, Fox has decided not to broadcast the mid-season replacement program. The action-adventure drama is set in Egypt, and starred Max Brown as a notorious thief pulled out of prison to serve the Pharoah (Reece Ritchie).
The last season of the The Killing starts in August, but fans can bide their time with the help of this new trailer.
VIDEOS/PODCASTS/RADIO
A featured guest on NPR's Morning Edition was Peter Temple, author of White Dog: The Fourth Jack Irish Thriller. The interview was part of NPR's summer "Crime in the City" series.
THEATER
The Hollywood Reporter took a look at the upcoming 2014-2015 Broadway schedule, which includes the dark comedy The Killer, written by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Dark Tresnjak, and starring Boardwalk Empire's Michael Shannon as a man attempting to track down a serial killer.
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