It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news:
THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES
Game of Thrones and 300 star, Lena Headey, will make her feature directorial debut on the psychological thriller, Violet. Based on the recent novel by SJI Holliday, the story follows two solo female travelers who immediately hit it off and decide to team up for the next leg of their adventure. As the journey continues, however, things start to unravel – because neither of the women is who they claim to be. The project is described as having elements of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Single White Female, as well as being comparable to Killing Eve.
Dolly Parton will return to the big screen in an upcoming feature film adaptation of Run, Rose, Run. The movie is based on a novel that Parton co-wrote with James Patterson and follows a young woman who comes to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a country music star. However, her songs hinge on a secret she desperately wants to hide, one that if revealed could threaten her future.
Jason Patric and Cam Gigandet are set to star in the action-thriller movie, Shrapnel, directed by William Kaufman. Shrapnel is being written by Johnny Walters and prolific scriptwriter, Chad Law, who recently penned Section Eight, starring Mickey Rourke, and Lights Out with Frank Grillo. The film centers on the character of ex-Marine Sean, who is fueled by an unstoppable rage after his daughter goes missing while attending a party just south of the U.S./Mexican border. Soon, Sean and his old war buddy are ready to take on a powerful drug cartel to find his daughter.
TELEVISION/STREAMING SERVICES
There is a major casting change on CBS’s untitled Mother & Son Legal Drama Pilot. Oscar winner, Marcia Gay Harden, is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Skylar Astin, replacing fellow Oscar winner, Geena Davis, who was originally cast in the pilot but is no longer part of the project. The drama follows Todd (Astin), a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family. Despite their opposing personalities, he agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, Margaret (Harden) a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage. Madeline Wise and newcomer Inga Schlingmann also star.
Jimmy Smits, who starred as Det. Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1998, steps back into uniform as three-star Chief John Suarez for the CBS drama pilot, East New York. The project reunites Smits with NYPD Blue executive producer, William Finkelstein, and director, Mike Robin, who’ll serve as EPs and writers on the pilot. Amanda Warren stars in the pilot as Regina Haywood, the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York’s 74th Precinct, where she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy new creative methods of serving and protecting. Smits’ character is described as "a three-star chief whose experience, commanding presence, and strong moral center help him to oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them."
Charlotte Ritchie, star of the British Ghosts series, is set as a new female lead opposite Penn Badgley in the upcoming fourth season of Netflix’s You, which is based on Caroline Kepnes’s best-selling novel of the same name. The series stars Badgley in the role of Joe Goldberg, a man who will do just about anything when love is at stake. Season 3 of the popular thriller series ended with Joe moving to Paris to search for Marienne (Tati Gabrielle) after an eventful finale. Ritchie will play Kate, the daughter of a chaotic, bohemian single mother, whose directorship of an art gallery means managing tempestuous artists. When a friend invites Joe, an American outsider of no apparent means, into their privileged world, Kate not only immediately dislikes him, she strongly suspects the man is not what he seems.
The second season of Irvine Welsh’s Crime adaptation will be one of the first shows to launch on ITV’s new streamer ITVX. The show will premiere many months before being given a slot on the main channel as part of ITV’s digital-first strategy. Crime, from Trainspotting writer Welsh and co-written by Dean Cavanagh, follows Ray Lennox (Dougray Scott), settling back into life with Edinburgh’s serious crimes team after recovering from the breakdown caused by his last investigation. When a high-ranking member of the establishment is found dead in a Leith warehouse, Lennox is thrown into a case which quickly reveals itself as the work of a serial killer.
The BBC has renewed four of its biggest crime dramas from 2021 and early 2022 for second seasons. The Tourist (a thriller starring Jamie Dornan), The Responder (a procedural featuring Martin Freeman), Vigil (a procedural starring Suranne Jones), and Time (a prison drama with star, Sean Bean) are all getting second runs.
The CW has handed early renewals to a large portion of its scripted programs including All American (season 5), The Flash (season 9), Kung Fu (season 3), Nancy Drew (season 4), Riverdale (season 7), Superman & Lois (season 3), and Walker (season 3).
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
A new Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast is up featuring the first chapter of Thread of Gold by Anne Da Vigo, read by actor, Teya Juarez.
Houston Public Media's Town Square, with Ernie Manouse, spoke with Harlan Coben about how he approaches his writing style and about his 35th book out now, entitled The Match.
It was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviewed some of this year's Agatha Award nominees including Edwin Hill and Lori Duffy Foster.
Queer Writers of Crime welcomed new staff member, Philip, who will offer up monthly book recommendations and starts off with a debut novelist.
Wrong Place, Write Crime sat down with Barb Goffman to talk about her award-winning short story career and setting up her own editing business.
My Favorite Detective Stories chatted with Sarah Smith about her bestselling series of Edwardian mysteries, featuring Alexander von Reisden and Perdita Halley,
All About Agatha spoke with Nina Prose, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed new mystery, The Maid.
Crime Time FM chatted with Paul Burke about Every Hidden Thing, being a paramedic, local journalism, the Ribbon Creek Incident, and the correct pronunciation of Woosta.
Listening to the Dead discussed forensic searches: searches for bodies, searches for evidence, and searches for criminals.
Read or Dead hosts, Katie and Nusrah, talked about some of their favorite TV shows and gave read-a-likes for each.
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