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
The crime thriller, In The Hand of Dante, has secured an interim agreement to resume production with stars Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, and Gerard Butler. Helmed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Schnabel, the picture is based on Nick Tosches’s novel of the same name. Currently in production in Italy, the story follows the original manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy as it mysteriously pops up on the black market. Isaac plays Nick, a weary scholar brought in by New York City’s organized crime elements for the purpose of authentication. It’s when Nick decides to fence the manuscript, however, that he’s put on a dark and violent path from a metaphorical Hell into Paradise with his love, Giulietta.
Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brandon Lessard are in Montana shooting Unholy Trinity, a Western directed by Richard Gray (Robert the Bruce), which has secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement. Described as a tale of revenge, dark secrets, and buried treasures, the film is set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana. It picks up in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, as he gives his estranged son, Henry (Lessard), an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, where an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove (Brosnan), the town’s upstanding new sheriff, and a mysterious figure named St. Christopher (Jackson).
The official trailer for the psychological thriller, Eileen, was released. Based on the 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen features Thomasin McKenzie as Eileen Dunlop, a young prison secretary in 1960s Boston. Living a dull, routine existence with her alcoholic father (Shea Whigham), there isn't much in Eileen's life for her to get excited about — until the glamorous new prison psychologist Dr. Rebecca Saint John (Anne Hathaway) arrives. Eileen quickly strikes up a friendship with the stylish, sophisticated Rebecca, thrilled to have found a companion. However, things soon take a dark turn, pulling Eileen into sinister secrets that will change her life. Eileen arrives in theatres Dec. 1.
TELEVISION/SMALL SCREEN
Sherlock co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have adapted Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, "Lot No. 249" as Gatiss's annual Christmas ghost story for the BBC. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (Slow Horses) are attached to star. Lot No. 249 follows a group of Oxford students, one of whom undertakes experimental research into the secrets of Ancient Egypt and becomes the talk of the college. As the synopsis reads, "Can these experiments truly breathe life to the horrifying bag of bones which is the mysterious Lot. No 249?"
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent has cast an all-Canadian ensemble. The series, which is based on the Dick Wolf-created franchise, has cast Aden Young (Rectify), as Detective Sergeant Henry Graff, Kathleen Munroe (City on Fire) as Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman, Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek) as Inspector Vivienne Holness, K.C. Collins (The Cleaning Lady) as Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester, Nicola Correia-Damude (Shadowhunters) as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Lucy Da Silva, and Araya Mengesha (Nobody) as tech expert Mark Yohannes. The series, which is produced by Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures for Citytv, follows two elite detectives from the Specialized Criminal Investigations unit as they probe high-profile crimes and homicides in metro Toronto. The 10-part series, currently filming in Toronto, is set to air in spring 2024.
Peacock unveiled the official teaser and premiere date for Season 2 of Dr. Death starring Edgar Ramírez and Mandy Moore. All eight episodes will drop Thursday, Dec. 21 on the streamer. Season 2 is based on the "Miracle Man" season of the Wondery podcast and follows Paolo Macchiarini (Ramírez), a superstar celebrity surgeon who ascended to global fame after performing the world’s first synthetic organ transplant. When investigative journalist Benita Alexander (Moore) approaches him for a story, the line between personal and professional begins to blur, changing her life forever. As she learns how far Paolo will go to protect his secrets, a group of doctors halfway across the world make shocking discoveries of their own that call everything about Paolo into question
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
NPR spoke with John Grisham, who is out with his latest legal thriller, The Exchange, a sequel to 1991's The Firm, which was the novel that turned the author into a superstar bestseller.
Michael Connelly chatted with Parade Magazine about the second season of Bosch: Legacy on Amazon Freevee, his new novel which pairs Bosch and his half-brother Mickey Haller again, and more.
In the latest episode of the Spybrary Podcast, host Adam Brookes interviews Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls and The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women and the CIA.
A special episode of BBC Scotland’s The Big Scottish Book Club, hosted by Damian Barr, will be available on BBC iPlayer this month. The episode focuses on crime fiction and television adaptations, with Barr interviewing Ann Cleeves (author of the Shetland and Vera series), about her new novel, The Raging Storm. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh is also featured on the episode to talk about The Long Knives and ITV’s Crime, an adaptation of Welsh’s eponymous novel. Leading actor of the Karen Pirie series Lauren Lyle also speaks about bringing Val McDermid’s character to life.
On Crime Time FM, Harriet Crawley chatted with Paul Burke about her spy-thriller-love-story, The Translator, and about living in Russia.
Crime Cafe featured Debbi Mack's interview with crime writer Kristen Bird about her latest novel, I Love It When You Lie.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club featured Robert Bryndza and his latest work, which is his first standalone thriller, Fear The Silence.
On Read or Dead, Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discussed great picks for book clubs.
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