- The Lord's Day, an action thriller based on a book by Michael Dobbs, is being produced by Sony. The plot centers on a hostage takeover of Britain's House of Lords by terrorists on the first day of a legislative session.
- Warner Brothers is adapting Chuck Hogan's novel The Town, featuring Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall, along with Ben Affleck as a bank robber and one of the FBI's Most Wanted who becomes smitten with a bank teller.
- Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams appeared at ComicCon in a panel promoting the Sherlock Holmes movie premiering this Fall.
TV
- The cast has been set for the upcoming Lifetime TV specials based on Patricia Cornwell books, At Risk and The Front, including Daniel Sunjata, Andie MacDowell, Diahann Carroll, Annabeth Gish and Ashley Williams.
- The FX Network is producing a series titled The Lawman based on Elmore Leonard's short story "Fire in the Hole," starring Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.
- Burn Notice pumped up USA TV's ratings, leading it to top TNT as cable's most-watched network.
- The TV pilot Exit 19 isn't dead yet. Originally produced as a vehicle for Geena Davis as a Manhattan homicide detective and single Mom, the show was declined by CBS but may be picked up by Lifetime.
WEB/RADIO
- The latest Crimes in the City feature on NPR featured Randy Wayne White, author of the "Doc Ford" series based in Florida; David Baldacci and his thrillers based in or involving D.C.; and Gabriel Cohen and his fictional NYPD detective, Jack Leightner, who walks the streets of Brooklyn.
- Henning Mankell will be interviewed on BBC Online's The Forum show on August 2nd.
- The Yorkshire Post wrapped up Harrogate with a series of interview podcasts with authors Reginald Hill, Lee Child, Natasha Cooper, Caro Ramsay, George Pelecanos, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, and Laura Wilson.
- Morning Edition on NPR included a featured about noir writer and ex-pat Chester Himes, who received France's most prestigious prize for crime fiction.
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