Happy Monday and welcome to a new week of crime drama news:
AWARDS
The Golden Globes were handed out last night, with La La Land leading the way with the most wins overall. On the crime drama side, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won for Best Dramatic Limited Series, with Sarah Paulson from the show also winning Best Actress in that category, and Tom Hiddleston winning for Best Actor in a Dramatic Limited Series for The Night Manager. Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman were also honored for their roles in The Night Manager, based on the novel by John le Carré. Billy Bob Thornton also won Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series for his role in Goliath.
The Writers Guild of America unveiled its film nominations in three categories — Original, Adapted and Documentary — for the 2017 WGA Awards, set for February 19 in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
The American Cinema Editors announced the nominees for the best-edited films of 2016 for the 67th ACE Eddie Awards. The awards have proven to be a reliable predictor of success in one of the most crucial Oscar categories. Nominations also included lists of the best-edited television programs for 2016.
Likewise, the Producers Guild announced nominees in the categories of children's programs, longform television, sports programs, and digital series for the annual PGA Awards, which will be handed out January 28. Nominees for documentaries were made in November, and nominations for theatrical motion pictures and animated theatrical motion pictures will be unveiled tomorrow. The TV honorees include series Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, House of Cards, Westworld, Black Mirror, and Stranger Things; crime dramas were particularly well represented in the longform category, including The Night Manager, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.
MOVIES
Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy are in talks to star in Paramount’s Triple Frontier, the Mark Boal-scripted thriller set in the notorious border zone between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil where the Iguazu and Parana rivers converge. This is the film that Katherine Bigelow once planned to direct (the new helmer is JC Chandor), and which at one time Tom Hanks and Will Smith and Johnny Depp have all been in discussions to join the cast.
Willem Dafoe has stepped aboard 20th Century Fox’s Murder on the Orient Express, joining the growing all-star cast in the ensemble piece that includes Kenneth Branagh (as Poirot), Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Michael Pena, Leslie Odom and Lucy Boynton. Dafoe will play undercover detective Gerhard Hardman in the hotly anticipated Agatha Christie adaptation that's also being directed by Branagh.
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are on board the new action thriller, Black Water, which will follow a deep cover operative (Van Damme) who wakes up to find himself trapped in a CIA black site on board a submarine.
Sony’s comedic take on Sherlock Holmes has signed on Hugh Laurie and Ralph Fiennes to join the cast. (The film has nothing to do with the Guy Ritchie reboots starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law or the BBC series with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.) The satirical take on Conan Doyle's characters stars Will Farrell, with direction from Etan Cohen, who also wrote the screenplay.
TELEVISION
Harold Perrineau, of Constantine and Lost fame, is heading to Criminal Minds for a major recurring role in Season 12. It will be a little later in the season, but he'll be playing a former FBI agent named Calvin Shaw who's behind bars for the murder of one of his informants. Shaw will enter the storyline for a run-in with an unnamed BAU agent, after which the squad has to make a judgment call on whether Shaw is on their side or not.
Veteran character actor Gerald McRaney has joined Fox’s 24 franchise reboot 24: Legacy as a series regular, playing Henry Donovan, the father of presidential candidate John Donovan (Jimmy Smits). A powerful oil man and passionately devoted father, Henry is dedicated to putting his son in the White House, no matter what the obstacles.
Bones showrunners discussed how they will bring Booth's past back to complicate the final season, and they also teased the "rollercoaster" storylines.
Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. bosses discussed more crossovers between the shows with TVGuide, as well as what's next for Severide, an upcoming "surprise" for Casey and Dawson, whether Olinsky will ever warm up to Burgess, and more.
Hulu's forthcoming live TV streaming bundle will include CBS content as part of the package, meaning Hulu customers will be able to watch shows like NCIS for the first time on the streaming service.
Has television (at least in the UK) reached peak-cop-drama critical mass? Mark Lawson, writing for The Guardian, made his case for why that may - or may not - be true.
A first look was released for the upcoming new crime drama APB, a cop show with a tech-savvy twist, which premieres on Fox on February 6.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO
The latest Crime and Science Radio discussed "Car Crashes and Crime Hot Spots - Studying Patterns to Prevent Crimes." The special guests were Greg Collins, the Research and Analysis Manager for the Shawnee, KS Police Department, and Dr. Kevin M. Bryant, a professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas, who was certified in advanced crime mapping by the National Institute of Justice.
The tables were turned when Crime and Science Radio host D.P. Lyle stopped by the Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE podcast to talk about forensics in fiction, his background consulting for various TV shows, and his own award-winning crime fiction.
Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomed mystery author Terry Shames with special guest co-host Rob Brunet for "Nasty Women January - Female Crime Fiction Writers." Shames writes the award-winning best-selling Samuel Craddock series, set in the fictitious town of Jarrett Creek, Texas.
The latest Crime Cafe featured host and author Debbi Mack interviewing thriller author Paul Casselle.
Dark suspense novelist Laura Benedict also stopped by Authors on the Air to talk about her six novels of dark suspense that include the Bliss House gothic trilogy and other writings.
THEATER
The Court Theatre in Christchurch is set for the world premiere of the new comic-thriller, Ropable, from February 11 through March 4. Written by The Court's Artistic Director, Ross Gumbley (who is also directing the show) and Allison Horsley, the story is set in the the Hitchcock-themed B&B "The Macguffin Hotel," run by the quirky Norma Bates, where Eden Forsyth has arrived to marry (or should that read murder?), the great Montgomery Parker. Her beloved Aunty Prudence is a welcome addition to the wedding party, but the unexpected arrival of her mother, the famous crime novelist C.W. Forsyth, throws a wrench into Eden's plotting.
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