Good news for hard-working Jack Kilborn, a/k/a J.A. Konrath. His 2009 novel Afraid was optioned for film by the Dowdle Brothers to be produced by Vincent Newman and Josh Kesselman. Although it's not based on a novel from crime fiction series featuring Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels (it's been described as "Terminator meets Aliens"), hopefully the boost will extend to his mystery novels, as well. (Hat tip to Crimespree Cinema.)
TV
ABC picked up two crime show pilots, the cop drama True Blue about San Francisco homicide detectives who try to figure out who killed one of their own, and Edgar Floats centering on a police psychologist who becomes a bounty hunter.
Forest Whitaker is set to star in a spinoff of CBS' Criminal Minds. He'll play the squad leader who's also a former star profiler in the Behavioral Unit.
WEB/RADIO
The tributes have been numerous and heart-felt about the late Robert B. Parker. WBUR in Boston sat down with author Dennis Lehane to discuss the his remembrances of Parker, one of his early idols.
Award-winning author Charlie Huston was interviewed by Keith Rawson for BSC Review. You can catch Part 1 on the site link.
The new e-zine Crime Factory was launched yesterday with an excerpt from Ken Bruen's upcoming new novel and many other goodies. There's a Kindle version available for those who want it "to go."
THEATERWalter Mosely is venturing into playwriting. Best-known for his Easy Rawlins mystery series, his play The Fall of Heaven will receive its world premiere at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park.
I do like Mosely so this would be nice to see although it's a little out of my way...
Posted by: Paul D. Brazill | January 30, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Well, if it's wildly successful, you can probably count on it either going on tour or being produced in other venues and cities. Hope so -- I'd like to see it, too!
Posted by: BV Lawson | January 30, 2010 at 02:18 PM