THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES
Apple has dropped a new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, following its premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from David Grann’s best-selling book and inspired by a true story, the project is told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone) against the backdrop of a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land. The film also stars Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, and Sturgill Simpson. The film will be released in select theaters on October 6 and wide on October 20 in partnership with Paramount Pictures before streaming globally on Apple TV+.
TELEVISION/STREAMING
Nadia Parkes is leading the BBC’s upcoming drama about the terrifying kidnapping of British model Chloe Ayling. Parkes will portray Ayling in the six-parter Kidnapped [working title], and is joined by Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Lindsay, Olive Gray, Eleanor Romandini, Julian Swiezewski, and Christine Tremarco. Further casting will be announced at a later date. Based on Ayling’s book, the series follows her abduction in Italy and subsequent bravery and resilience in captivity, followed by a court case that put her kidnappers in jail. Yet despite their convictions, Chloe faced headlines accusing her of faking her own kidnapping, and found herself at the center of a media storm.
The Patricia Arquette-fronted comedy drama, High Desert, is ending after one season with Apple axing the series, which launched on May 17 and ran through June 21. Arquette plays Peggy, an addict who decides to make a new start by becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small California desert town of Yucca Valley. It also stars Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, and Rupert Friend with Christine Taylor, Matt Dillon and Eden Brolin among those recurring. Arquette revealed the news on Instagram, adding, "A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season, we just found out that it won’t be coming back. That’s a sad bummer for all of us."
Phoenix Waters Productions has released the first trailer for Hong Kong crime drama, Forensic Psychologist, starring Jeannie Chan, and confirmed its world premiere as an official selection at the Festival of Cinema NYC (to be held August 4-13, 2023 at the UA Midway Theater). Set in Hong Kong, the Cantonese-language series stars Chan as a psychologist who investigates suspects to determine if they are mentally fit to stand trial. As she delves into the minds of people charged with heinous crimes, her personal and professional lives start to blur. The 12-episode series also has an English-language version in development.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
Speaking of Mysteries spoke with Alison Gaylin about continuing the story of PI Sunny Randall in Robert B. Parker’s Bad Influence and having Sunny jump into the world of social media with both feet when she’s hired to protect two Instagram influencers and their manager from a series of violent threats.
The latest episode of the Crime Cafe podcast featured Debbi Mack's interview with Clay Stafford, author and driving force behind the crime fiction conference, Killer Nashville.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club featured the first of their series of Vacation Short Stories, "Sand Bar," by Ang Pompany, read by Ann Dark. The story was first published in Stone Cold: The Best New England Crime Stories.
The Spybrary podcast welcomed special guest, David Clark, who worked as a Special Advisor to former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. David has an intellectual and professional interest in intelligence, making him the perfect guest for the episode's theme: Revealing his 5 Best Spy Books.
Red Hot Chili Writers chatted with historical crime writer, Ambrose Parry; discussed Shakespeare's grammatical legacy; and briefly dissected a game show that is effectively a sort of nude "blind date."
On Crime Time FM, Paul Burke and Victoria Selman spoke with the shortlisted authors for the Crime Writers Association's John Creasey New Blood Dagger.
The Pick Your Poison podcast featured a poison that's more potent than cyanide and the famous explorer who survived his exposure to it.
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