- John Grisham is writing a screenplay about Virginia's Norfolk Four, which he calls "the most egregious case of wrongful conviction I've seen."
- Working Title Films has hired Tomas Alfredson to direct a new adaptation of John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Peter Morgan (Frost-Nixon) is writing the script and will serve as executive producer along with Le Carre and others.
- Travis McGhee is going Hollywood again. Amy Robinson is developing the first McGee novel by John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-By, for production by Fox.
- Jason Statham will likely star with Paddy Considine in the film adaptation of Ken Bruen's crime thriller Blitz, a Lionsgate UK production set for next year. Bruen himself will be playing a cameo.
- Also in the book-to-film department is Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel Freaky Deaky, which writer-director Charlie Matthau (son of the late Walter Matthau) is spearheading.
- Morgan Freeman is currently in talks to star with Bruce Willis in the spy thriller Red from Summit Entertainment. It's based on a three-book series by Warren Ellis, published in 2003 and 2004, which "tells the story of a former black-ops CIA agent now living a quiet life in retirement until the day a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him."
TV
- Scenes with David Jason filming his last appearances for A Touch Of Frost have some wondering if this is the end for his character Detective Inspector Jack Frost.
- Harlan Coben is co-writing a new crime procedural for Fox TV described as "a drama with humor."
- Terry Kinney will have a recurring role in the Mentalist when the series returns this Fall. He'll play Agent Sam Bosco, "a seemingly flat-footed policeman with a deceptively sharp intelligence."
- Crimespree Cinema took a look at the new TNT crime drama Dark Blue, which Variety indicated had good ratings in its first outing.
- Yet another retelling of Sherlock Holmes is apparently on the way. The BBC is planning a comic reworking of Conan Doyle's detective, relocated to 21st century London, which will air as three 90-minute episodes.
- The Emmy Award nominations just announced included several nods for crime dramas, including acting awards.
- The Crime Writers' Association and Cactus TV are joining forces for Part 2 of the Crime Thriller Dagger Awards, slated for Wednesday, October 21.
WEB/RADIO
- Omnivoracious had a podcast with George Pelecanos about his novel The Way Home.
- A Minnesota Public Radio podcast featured best-selling author and former Twin Cities TV producer Julie Kramer, on how she got the inspiration for her latest novel from a classified ad.
- The New York Times Book Review has a podcast online featuring a conversation with Janet Evanovich.
THEATER
- If you happen to be near Cheltenham in the UK, check out The Everyman Theater for their production of Frederick Knott’s thriller Write Me a Murder which starts tonight.
GAMES
- Relentless Software is releasing Blue Toad Murder Files, a murder mystery series exclusively for the PlayStation Network.
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