THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES
Sony Pictures Classics has snapped up global rights to the crime thriller, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which had its world premiere at Sundance, with a fall theatrical release in the works. The movie follows Harry Lehman (John Turturro), an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie (Karina Arroyave). When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family. Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, Victoria Moroles, and Steve Buscemi also star.
Lucian Msamati (Conclave), Merv Lukeba (Skins), Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ (Dreamers), and Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) have signed on to star in the British social thriller, Found. Kalungi Ssebandeke will make his feature directorial debut with the project, working from his original script. Set in a Southern English town, the film follows Xavier Prince (Lukeba), a deeply troubled man whose good deed turns into a hellish nightmare when he’s accused of murder. With only circumstantial evidence against him and an unwillingness to admit to a recent drug relapse for fear of losing access to his young daughter, Xavier must rely on his recently estranged childhood sweetheart, Sadie (Adékọluẹ́jọ́), now studying criminal law, to uncover the truth before the justice system closes in.
TELEVISION/STREAMING
Writer-producers Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie (The Lost Symbol) have boarded Fox‘s new drama, The Interrogator as executive producers and showrunners. The project, co-produced by Lionsgate Television and Fox Entertainment Studios, was recently picked up with a 12-episode straight-to-series order for the 2026-27 season. The Interrogator centers on former MI6 agent Conrad Henry (played by British actor-comedian Stephen Fry) and his elite team. When conventional methods have failed, Henry’s quirky charm, superior intellect, and mind-bending behavioral maneuvers make him the only man able to lockpick the minds of the world’s most dangerous criminals.
Matt Dillon is set to headline and executive produce MGM+'s upcoming eight-episode drama series, The Magnificent Seven, a reimagining of the classic 1960 Western film. Dillon will play Chris Adams, who becomes the leader of seven gunslingers determined to protect a group of innocent villagers from a mercenary land baron hellbent on stealing their land. Stoic, steady under pressure, and with an unflinching gaze that does most of the talking for him, Chris has no patience for hypocrisy or cruelty and holds fast to a quiet moral code rooted in fairness and restraint. The role was played by Yul Brynner in the 1960 film, with Denzel Washington portraying a spiritual successor of the character in Antoine Fuqua’s 2016 remake.
Taylor Sheridan's upcoming Tulsa King spinoff for Paramount+ starring Samuel L. Jackson has been officially renamed Frisco King after the series, fka NOLA King, has undergone a creative overhaul. Once set in New Orleans with a pilot script by Dave Erickson, the offshoot will now be set in Frisco, TX (thus the new title), with Sheridan writing all eight episodes. Additional casting is currently underway for the spinoff, which will begin filming late March in Fort Worth, TX. Jackson’s character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., was first introduced in the third season of Tulsa King, which premiered in September on Paramount+.
Michaela McManus (One Tree Hill, Law & Order: SVU) has joined the ensemble cast of NBC's The Rockford Files pilot starring David Boreanaz. The project is a contemporary update on the classic series of the same name. Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford (Boreanaz) returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime. McManus will play Kate, an East Hollywood detective whose romantic relationship with Rockford got complicated after he publicly accused fellow officers of framing him. Kate is a new character created for the potential NBC series, not one that existed as part of the original which ran from 1974 to 1980 with James Garner leading the cast as the titular detective.
Leland Orser is set as a series regular in Apple TV's Safe Houses, an eight-episode spy thriller from Homeland executive producer Gideon Raff, inspired by Dan Fesperman’s novel of the same name. Jennifer Connelly and Ana de Armas are in final negotiations to star and executive produce. Safe Houses is an international espionage thriller set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid and follows Sofia Jiménez, a fugitive agent accused of the crime, and Ambassador Elizabeth Winthrop, the victim's widow, as they each investigate the murder from opposite sides. They soon unravel a vast conspiracy that could upend the balance of global power. Orser is believed to be playing Senator Douglas Patterson, Winthrop’s older brother.
PODCASTS/RADIO/AUDIO
Nadine Matheson chatted with host Paul Burke on Crime Time FM about her new crime thriller, The Shadow Carver; being the Chair of the CWA; serial killers; fraudsters; hurricanes in Grenada; and troublesome domestic appliances.
Murder Junction hosts Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee spoke with crime writer Tim Weaver about his bestselling character, David Raker, who makes his appearance in a fifteenth novel, The Lost Women.
On the Pick Your Poison podcast, Dr. Jen Prosser investigated what meal ended the House of Habsburg and was said by Voltaire to have changed the destiny of Europel the risks associated with foraging; and what milk thistle might be an antidote for.
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