Dominic Cooper will play the lead in Stratton, after Henry Cavill left the picture just before production started. Stratton is based on Duncan Falconer’s book series and follows the titular John Stratton, a British Special Boat Service commando tasked with fighting international terrorists in Northern Ireland.
Robert Pattinson is set to star in Good Time, the new caper film from indie filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie. Pattinson will play a bankrobber named Connie trying to evade the police as they close in on him.
A trailer was released for the Stephen Spielberg-directed Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer involved with the spying case of Francis Gary Powers, shot down over the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
An extended trailer was released for the film adaptation of the spy TV series Man From U.N.C.L.E. starrring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer.
Kentucky's historic Louisville Palace began as a movie theater and will partially revert back to its original purpose this summer as it hosts a Film Noir festival, with classics of the genre shown Fridays and Saturday in July and August.
Noir film enthusiasts might also enjoy an infographic courtesy of Mental Floss, which breaks down the genre's characteristics with a series of examples culled from around 100 classic film noir flicks.
TELEVISION
A&E Network has ordered a crime drama pilot from Gambit writer Joshua Zetumer titled The Infamous. It centers on an ambitious reformed gangster and the LAPD detective hell-bent on taking him down, set against real events in the '90s leading up to the LA Riots.
Spike TV is developing a six-part docuseries based on the real-life international murder mystery that embroiled tech entrepreneur John McAfee.
Acorn TV announced the U.S. premiere dates for Partners in Crime, based on Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence sleuthing duo. The show, which stars David Walliams and Jessica Raine, will have the first two episodes debut on Thursday, September 3, with a new episode added every Thursday, through the sixth and final episode on October 1st.
Justified's Stephen Root and Marque Richardson will take lead roles in HBO's TV adaptation of the 2014 Tony-winning Best Play All the Way. Root will play FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, while Richardson will play civil rights activist Bob Mose. The project has already signed Bryan Cranston, recreating his Tony-winning role as President Lyndon Johnson.
The Neighbors alum Toks Olagundoye is joining Castle as a new series regular in Season 8. She will play Hayley Vargas, a "quick-witted, free-spirited, former Scotland Yard police officer who works as a security specialist and is not afraid to cross lines to get things done."
Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) will appear in the upcoming X-Files, playing a man Mulder suspects in a series of what appear to be animal attacks.
Fans of Twin Peaks will have to wait a little longer, since the series' revival has been delayed until 2017. Co-creators Mark Frost and David Lynch indicated the schedule change is in order to “raise the bar” with the new run of the series.
The BBC teased the Sherlock Christmas special, with a photo showing the dynamic duo in Victorian garb and a new trailer. Executive producer Steven Moffat has previously said the traditional holiday episode would be a standalone set in the era when the books were originally written.
FX has released two "super cryptic" teasers for the new season of Fargo, featuring Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO
NPR's Maureen Corrigan selected "Dead-Cinch Thrillers: 4 Books To Get Your Heart Pounding."
Sean Chercover was interviewed by Libby Fischer Hellman on Second Sunday Crime, talking about his latest installment in the series featuring Daniel Byrne, an investigator for the Vatican department that scrutinizes miracle claims.
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