THE BIG SCREEN
A spec script for the psychological thriller, Don’t Worry Darling, which will be directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, has sold to New Line after a hefty auction in which 18 different studios bid on the project. Wilde is reteaming on the project with the writer for Booksmart, Katie Silberman, who will rewrite the original script from Shane and Carey Van Dyke. Don’t Worry Darling is a psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth underneath.
District 9 writer/director Neill Blomkamp has parted ways with the Robocop sequel, Robocop Returns. MGM, the studio behind the project, still intends to proceed with the sequel, although details are sketchy at this time, including any news on a potential replacement director, writer, or any cast. Blomkamp announced his departure as being due to his shooting a new horror/thriller, adding that MGM couldn't wait and needed to start filming sooner.
Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf have committed to star in After Exile, with Joshua Michael Stern directing from a script by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo, based on true events from Tovo's life. After Exile is the story of Mike Delaney (LaBeouf) who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life where he and his ex-criminal father (De Niro) attempt to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime.
Tommy Lee Jones has joined Katheryn Winnick, Aaron Eckhart, and Heather Graham in April Mullen’s conspiracy thriller, Wander. The film follows Arthur Bretnik (Eckhart), a mentally unstable private investigator, who, after being hired to probe a suspicious death in the town of Wander, becomes convinced the case is linked to the same conspiracy cover-up that caused the death of his daughter. Jones will play eccentric conspiracy theorist, Jimmy Cleats, with Graham set to play Shelley Luscomb, an attorney and close friend of Arthur. Winnick plays Elsa Viceroy, a mysterious authority figure who catches Bretnik’s attention as the investigation deepens.
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is in early talks to star in the G.I. Joe spinoff, Snake Eyes, with Robert Schwentke set to direct. Snake Eyes is a silent ninja commando who dresses in all black, never reveals his face and doesn’t speak. He stands out among the other members of his military anti-terrorist group and forms a special relationship with Scarlett, the team’s one-time only female member, while sometimes carrying out solo missions with his pet wolf, Timber. His archenemy is Storm Shadow, a ninja who is also his blood brother.
John Swab’s opioid-epidemic crime thriller, Body Brokers, has added Jessica Rothe, Owen Campbell, Thomas Dekker, Peter Greene, and Sam Quartin to the ensemble cast that includes the previously announced stars Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, Alice Englert and Jack Kilmer. Body Brokers is the true and untold story of the multibillion-dollar drug and alcohol treatment scheme where former drug addicts and dealers become millionaires as fly-by-night "body brokers," recruiting other addicts to seek treatment and selling these patients off to facilities paying the highest price.
TELEVISION/STREAMING SERVICES
The upcoming snowboarding thriller, Shiver, is being adapted for television after Firebird Pictures, the indie set up by Bodyguard executive producer Elizabeth Kilgarriff, snapped up the rights to Allie Reynolds’s debut novel. The book is set in the French Alps and follows five friends who reunite years after taking part in a snowboarding competition, where their friend Saskia disappeared. While in a deserted lodge on top of a mountain, the secrets of the past come to light.
Amazon Studios has acquired the worldwide rights to the dark thriller, Blow the Man Down, from first-time feature filmmakers Danielle Krudy and Bridget Savage Cole. The film is set to make its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month after having its premiere at Tribeca in April, where it won Best Screenplay. Sophie Lowe, Morgan Saylor, June Squibb, and Marceline Hugot star in the film that is set in a salty fishing village on Maine’s rocky coast and involves a stew of murder, sex, and small-town secrets.
NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming service has given a pilot order to One of Us Is Lying, based on Karen M. McManus’s bestselling young-adult mystery-thriller novel. The project is described as "The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars" and tells the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
CBS has opted not to pick up the crime drama, Instinct, for a third season, joining three other mid-season dramas at the network that are not going forward, including The Code, The Red Line, and Ransom. Based on the James Patterson novel, Instinct stars Alan Cumming as a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal co-star.
Netflix and A+E Networks’s Crime & Investigation have renewed the true crime documentary series, I Am A Killer, for a second season of ten episodes. It features in-depth interviews with some of the longest serving death row prisoners in America and looks at how they are treated in the prison system as well as the impact of their crimes on their communities and families.
BET Networks’s new streaming service, BET+, is ramping up production on its original content. Paula Patton is set to star in Sacrifice, a new original movie written, executive produced, and directed by Chris Stokes. Set in Los Angeles, the legal thriller stars Patton as Daniella Hernandez, a highly sought after entertainment lawyer as she navigates the nefarious lives of her rich and famous clients.
Better Call Saul alumna, Julie Ann Emery, is set for a recurring role on the upcoming sixth season of Amazon’s Bosch. Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, Bosch stars Titus Welliver as homicide Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch, and Lance Reddick as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving. Emery will play Sylvia Reece, one of the FBI agents brought in to investigate a murder on Bosch’s turf.
Arrow actress Katrina Law is heading to Hawaii Five-0 as a regular for Season 10 of the long-running CBS series. Law will play Quinn Liu, "a former Staff Sergeant with Army CID who was recently demoted for insubordination. After an explosive collision with Five-0 during a case involving veterans, Quinn becomes a loyal ally to the team. Sharp-tongued in several languages, she has a deep understanding of military culture, a mysterious past, and a deft ability to match wits with McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin)."
Jessica Hecht (Special), Parisa Fitz-Henley (Jessica Jones), and Eddie Martinez (Orange Is the New Black) are set as leads opposite Bill Pullman, Matt Bomer, and Chris Messina on the upcoming third season of USA Network’s anthology crime thriller series, The Sinner. Season 3 follows Detective Harry Ambrose (Pullman) as he begins a routine investigation of a tragic car accident that uncovers a hidden crime pulling him into the most dangerous and disturbing case of his career.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO
Debbi Mack interviewed crime writer Robert Crais on the Crime Cafe podcast about his latest novel, A Dangerous Man, the 18th book in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series. She also chatted with crime writer Bill Brier, who spent twenty-five years in the movie business as a cameraman, film editor, and general manager before turning his hand to writing crime fiction.
Criminal Mischief Episode #25 included "A Stroll Through Forensic Science History" with host Dr. D.P. Lyle.
The new Mysteryrat's Maze podcast featured an excerpt from A High-End Finish, the first Fixer-Upper Mystery by Kate Carlisle, as read by actor Casey Ballard.
Two Crime Writers and a Microphone hosts Steve Cavanagh and Luca Veste talked about the fact there is no book news; US tours; and general "meandering nonsense."
Read or Dead hosts Katie McClean Horner and Rincey Abraham talked about the Tiny Pretty Things adaptation; Tana French in the New Yorker; the real-life Where the Crawdads Sing mystery; and they celebrated Women in Translation month.
The latest Meet the Thriller Author podcast welcomed Vince Milam, who has lived all over the world, traipsing through the Amazon, Congo, and Papua New Guinea – all the while capturing sights, experiences, and personalities that are incorporated into his writing.
On this week's Writers Detective Bureau, host and veteran Police Detective Adam Richardson took on the topics of "Being Held Without Charges, Stalking, and Desk Pops?"
It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club spoke with Samantha Downing, author of the USA Today and #1 International Best Seller, My Lovely Wife.
THEATER
The Marlowe Theater in the UK is the next stop for the adaptation of Paula Hawkins's psychological thriller, Girl on a Train, with a run of August 20-24.
The Milton Keynes Theatre in the UK is presenting Agatha Christie's classic play, The Mousetrap, August 19-24. The story is set during a snowstorm that traps a group of strangers with an unknown killer in their midst.
The Theatre Royal Nottingham is staging Dangerous Obsession from August 20-24. When John Barrett unexpectedly appears at the home of Sally and Mark Driscoll, it is clear he is looking for someone to take the blame for his wife’s fatal accident. Dangerously obsessed and determined to seek retribution, Barrett strips away the conflicting secrets of the Driscoll’s apparently perfect lives, until his twisted revenge climaxes in the devastating conclusion of this compulsive psycho-thriller.
No comments:
Post a Comment