THE BIG SCREEN
Alex Wolff is set to star in the thriller, The Line, to be directed by Ethan Berger in his feature narrative debut. John Malkovich, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Barden, and Lewis Pullman have also joined the cast. The film is being described as a coming-of-age thriller at a university "that encapsulates the wild excitement of being young and the dangers of living without fear of consequences" and how quickly one horrible accident can turn that world into a nightmare.
The Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints Of Newark, has cast its final major lead role. Michela De Rossi, the Italian-born actress who made her debut in Boys Cry, has been set to join Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, John Magaro, Michael Gandolfini, and the just-cast Leslie Odom Jr. in the ensemble drama for New Line.
Celebrating its 21st year, Noir City: Hollywood returns to the Egyptian Theatre for "a 10-night feast of danger, desire and despair." Eddie Muller, host of TCM’s popular Noir Alley series, will join his Film Noir Foundation colleague Alan K. Rode to lead audiences on an excursion through "Hollywood's only organic artistic movement." This year’s program extends last year’s chronological pairings of "A" and "B" films from the 1940s, offering viewers a slate of films that tracks noir through the declining studio system and into a fresh cinematic landscape where noir was refashioned for a new generation.
The Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot of Sony’s Charlie's Angels has bumped its release date from November 1 to November 15 to move it away from the 35-year-old Terminator franchise’s tentpole entry Terminator: Dark Fate. The female private eye project stars Banks, along with Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Patrick Stewart, Sam Claflin, and Djimon Hounsou.
TELEVISION/STREAMING SERVICES
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced this year's BAFTA award finalists for TV programs, with several crime-themed dramas honored, including in the Best Drama series category: Bodyguard, Killing Eve, Save Me, and Informer; and also the Best Miniseries category: A Very English Scandal and Mrs. Wilson. Best Actress nods included Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh for Killing Eve, Keeley Hawes for Bodyguard and Ruth Wilson for Mrs. Wilson, while Hugh Grant snagged a nomination for his role in A Very English Scandal. For all the nominees, check out The Guardian's roundup.
The History Channel is teaming with Sylvester Stallone to develop the turn-of-the-century police drama series, The Tenderloin (working title), based on the true story of Charles Becker. Becker led the Strong-Arm Squad, a group of dirty cops tasked with going to war with the Italian, Jewish, and Irish gangs in a violent New York City neighborhood, which led to Becker becoming first and only policeman in U.S. history to be executed for murder.
Law & Order: SVU and its star Mariska Hargitay have cemented their places in television history as NBC has renewed Dick Wolf’s series for a record-setting 21st season, surpassing the previous mark (for a live action series) of 20 seasons set by mothership series Law & Order (1990-2010) and Gunsmoke (1955-75). The renewal also marks a milestone for Hargitay’s Lt. Benson as the longest-running character in a primetime live-action series, passing Gunsmoke's James Arness and Milburn Stone and also Kelsey Grammer. However, it was also announced that key cast member Philip Winchester, who portrays Asst. District Attorney Peter Stone, won’t be returning for the history-making season.
Fox has renewed its Monday procedural dramas including 9-1-1. The series stars Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, and Jennifer Love Hewitt and explores the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters, and emergency operators "who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations."
Fans of the Epix spy drama, Berlin Station, weren't as lucky, with the network announcing it was cancelling the show after the end of its third season. The critically acclaimed series starred Ashley Judd, Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Keke Palmer, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Mina Tander, and Richard Jenkins.
Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) is set for a multi-episode arc opposite Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin on the eighth and final season of Showtime’s Homeland. Dancy will recur as John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a foreign-policy adviser to the president and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson (Patinkin).
Pat Healy (The Post), Melinda McGraw (Outcast) and Michael Harney (Orange Is the New Black) are set for recurring roles opposite Peter Sarsgaard, Kyle Gallner, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and David Strathairn in CBS All Access’s true-crime drama, Interrogation. Co-created by Swedish writer-producer Anders Weidemann and John Mankiewicz, Interrogation is an original concept based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years, in which a young man (Gallner) was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother.
David James Elliott is set to reprise his JAG character, Navy Captain Harmon Rabb Jr. in a multi-episode arc on NCIS: Los Angeles, which brings him full circle since JAG (1995-2005) was the precursor of the original NCIS series. He will make his debut in the May 12 episode, "The Guardian," playing the XO Captain on the USS Intrepid.
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace's Edgar Ramirez and American Horror Story's Lily Rabe have joined Nicole Kidman’s HBO limited series, The Undoing. The cast of the David E. Kelley-created show also includes Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland, and Noah Jupe. The project centers on Grace Sachs (Nicole Kidman), a successful therapist with a devoted husband (Hugh Grant) and young son who attends an elite private school. Overnight a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO
The featured guest on this week’s Spectator Books podcast was Donna Leon who talked about her latest Commissario Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given, as well as what Venice gives her as a setting, why she welcomes snobbery towards crime writers, and why she never lets her books be published in Italian.
On the latest Read or Dead, hosts Katie McClean Horner and Rincey Abraham examined mystery/thriller books featuring disabled protagonists and also looked forward to some new book adaptations.
Wrong Place, Write Crime host Frank Zafiro welcomed Gary Phillips to discuss his new release, The Movie Makers, the fourth novel in the Grifter's Song series.
Spybrary chatted with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang author Mike Ripley to find out what’s new in the paperback edition.
The latest guest on Meet the Thriller Author was Lauren Carr, author of several series including the Thorny Rose, Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Chris Matheson Cold Case mysteries.
THEATRE
After strong reviews in Chicago, Lizzie The Musical, a rock opera based on the infamous Lizzie Borden, will begin Off Broadway previews this summer at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Directed by Victoria Bussert (with music by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt, lyrics by Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner, and choreography by Jaclyn Miller), the cast includes Shannon O’Boyle (Kinky Boots) as the title character, Carrie Cimma as Bridget, Ciara Renée as Alice, and Eden Espinosa as Emma.
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