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
Michael Keaton, James Marsden, Marcia Gay Harden, Suzy Nakamura, Joanna Kulig, Ray McKinnon, John Hoogenakker, Lela Loren, and Al Pacino are set to star in the noir thriller, Knox Goes Away, which Keaton is directing. Keaton plays John Knox, a contract killer diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia. He vows to spend his final days attempting to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son (Marsden). He finds himself in a race against the authorities as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
Jack Huston is set to make his feature directorial debut with Day of the Fight, a project that will re-team him with his Boardwalk Empire colleague, Michael Pitt, who will star. Huston will also write and produce the movie about a once-celebrated boxer who takes a redemptive journey through his past and present, on the day of his first fight since leaving prison. Production is underway in New York and New Jersey. Day of the Fight will also star One Night in Miami's Nicolette Robinson, Oscar winner Joe Pesci, John Magaro, and Ron Perlman.
Legendary Entertainment and AfterShock Media have closed a deal for a feature adaptation of the latter’s graphic novel, Party & Prey, from creators Steve Orlando and Steve Foxe. Patrick Brice (Creep) has been tapped to direct from a script by Rob Forman (iZombie). Published in 2021, the graphic novel is billed as "a social horror-thriller with a bold genre twist." It tells the story of Alan, a wealthy, older gay man, who meets a confident and attractive young man named Scott at a nightclub. Their chemistry leads them to end up at Alan’s house, where the men’s dark secrets are laid bare and they have a night together neither of them expected.
TELEVISION/STREAMING
CBS has ordered its first series for the 2023-24 season, titled It’s The Never Game, a new drama that will star and be executive produced by Justin Hartley. Based on the bestselling novel by Jeffery Deaver, The Never Game features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist, Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a "reward seeker," using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family. Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, Fiona Rene, and Academy Award Winner Mary McDonnell will also star.
NBC is developing The Chase, a crime drama from Supergirl alumna, Azie Tesfai, and Universal Television. Written and executive produced by Tesfai, The Chase follows undercover CIA agent, Robert, who falls for his target, Katherine, which sets in a motion a Bonnie-and-Clyde style escape. But the plan goes sideways when they’re captured by the American government and forced to use their opposing assets and skills to find some of the most wanted criminals in the world, all while learning the other person isn’t who they first thought.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
NPR's Fresh Air interviewed director Rian Johnson about making his latest "Agatha Christie-style whodunit," Glass Onion.
The latest episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features Debbi Mack's interview with crime writer, Chip Jacobs. His latest book is The Darkest Glare: A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles.
The It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club Elves settled in for a long winter's tale and shared what they've read recently, including The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #2) by P.J. Fitzsimmons, and What Child is This? (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #5) by Bonnie MacBird.
On Read or Dead, Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discussed their favorite mysteries and thrillers of 2022.
On Crime Time FM, authors Araminta Hall (Hidden Depths), Erin Kelly (The Skeleton Key), and CL Taylor (The Guilty Couple) chatted with Victoria Selman about why women are drawn to crime fiction; reflections on violence in society; gaslighting; frenemies; media coverage; and whether women have fair representation in the press.
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