MOVIES
- Shutter Island, the film version of Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name, has been postponed until 2010 instead of its originally scheduled release date for October of this year.
- Elliott Lester's film adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel Blitz has added Aidan Gillen to the cast, playing Mayor Tommy Carcetti. In addition to the other already-announced cast members, Bruen himself has a cameo.
- Quentin Tarantinto hopes to direct a spy thriller based on the books by thriller writer Len Deighton and has a wish list of British actors to star.
- A film version of Charles Willeford's crime novel, The Burnt Orange Heresy, is going to be written and directed by Neil LaBute, with William Horberg (The Kite Runner) producing.
- No Pitt, Sherlock. Rumors that Brad Pitt was going to step in at the last minute and play the role of Professor Moriarty in Guy Richie's Sherlock Holmes this Christmas are false, according to the studio.
- Warner Brothers is planning a remake of Outland, the crime drama/sci-fi film from 1981 starring Sean Connery, to be directed by Michael Davis. The plot surrounds a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on Jupiter's moon Io who uncovers a conspiracy of murder. Chad St. John is writing the script.
- Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard and Lake Bell have signed on to star in the indie thriller Little Murder written by Gerald Di Pego. It's set post-Hurricane Katrina and centers on a disgraced detective who gets a shot at redemption when the ghost of a beautiful cellist seeks his help in finding her killer.
- The fourth installment of Universal's "Bourne" movie series will have two parallel scripts, one written by Josh Zetumer and the other by George Nolfi (who had to leave the project). Writing two scripts is not without precedent in Hollywood: Star Trek: Generations, Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer and Wolverine all had parallel scripts commissioned and sometimes even had them combined.
TV
- Is Foyle's War at an end? In a profile of the series in the Telegraph, written by creator Anthony Horowitz, he says, "Will there be another series? Well, we’re stuck with our title, but in October 1945, George Orwell wrote an article in which he described the world as it now was, living in the fallout of the atom bomb. He was the first to coin the phrase ‘cold war’ and it may well be that this is the war that my character will be seen fighting next. Nothing has been decided yet."
- BSkyB is planning a six-part adaptation of Strike Back, the thriller written by ex-British Special Forces soldier Chris Ryan.
- Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora of Prison Break are back with a new project, Break Out Kings, revolving around ex-fugitives who are recruited to work as U.S. marshals. The duo have a lot to lose in the form of hefty penalties if the pilot isn't picked up.
- The newly renamed Sci Fi channel, now known as SyFy, is renewing their freshman drama Warehouse 13, which involved Secret Service agents who investigate supernatural objects. It's the most-watched show in Syfy's 17-year history, averaging 3.7 million viewers a week.
WEB/RADIO
It's been an embarrassment of riches on NPR involving crime fiction lately. Not that I'm complaining, considering the dearth on radio most of the time.
- Morning Edition featured an interview with crime fiction author James Lee Burke.
- NPR's summer Crime in the City series has been busy since July 24th, with profiles of Randy Wayne White, David Baldacci, Gabriel Cohen, Jon Loomis, John Sandford, Mark Billingham, Cara Black, Philip Kerr and Diane Liang.
- NPR's Alan Cheuse chose a couple of midsummer thrillers to recommend by Daniel Silva and Stieg Larsson.
- Morning Edition discussed some mysteries you might have missed along the way.
And here are the rest of the features, from other sources:
- The BBC's Front Row Program profiled three Glasgow crime fiction authors, Craig Russell, Caro Ramsay, and Denise Mina who discussed how they each go about setting their stories in the same hometown.
- Marcus Sakey appeared on Chicago Public Radio's 848 Program, talking his latest novel which is about "about ordinary people doing terrible things."
- Robert Crais and Greg Hurwitz were interviewed for Borders Books, which is available via YouTube.
- MaryJane Clark chatted with ABC's Good Morning America about her book Dying for Mercy.
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