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
Barry Keoghan is in negotiations to join the Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Don Winslow’s novella, Crime 101. He will co-star with Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth, who also is in talks to produce alongside his producing partner Ben Grayson. The original story by Winslow follows high-level jewel thefts that are taking place all along the Pacific Coast, which police have linked to Colombian cartels. Detective Lou Lubesnick has other ideas, and he zeroes in on one perp, a thief looking for a final score.
Director Rian Johnson announced just last week that Knives Out 3, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, was in the works, and the project is already adding star power. In addition to Daniel Craig, who returns as detective Benoit Blanc, the sequel will boast the likes of Glenn Close and Sherlock's Andrew Scott, as well as Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Kerry Washington, and the most recent addition, Jeremy Renner. Production kicks off this month, with the film to launch sometime in 2025.
The NOIR CITY: Boston celebration returns to its home at The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 14-16. This year's lineup pairs English-speaking noirs with films from other countries similarly themed. Film Noir Foundation board member and Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties author, Foster Hirsch, will introduce the five double features at this year's festival. There will also be a non-hosted bonus screening of the 1958 French film, Elevator to the Gallows on Monday, June 17. The full schedule and program notes are available here.
TELEVISION/SMALL SCREEN
Prime Video has handed a series order to Young Sherlock, inspired by Andy Lane’s critically acclaimed Young Sherlock Holmes book series, with Hero Fiennes Tiffin set to star in the title role and Guy Ritchie to direct. Young Sherlock is touted as an irreverent, action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in an explosive re-imagining of this iconic character. At age 19, Sherlock Holmes is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.
Netflix has launched development on They’ll Never Catch Us, a series adaptation of the bestselling thriller novel by Jessica Goodman. Published by Razorbill in July 2021, the book revolves around a small town high school women’s cross-country team and the secrets unleashed when its star runner is murdered. A New York Times bestselling author, Goodman’s debut novel, They Wish They Were Us, is currently being adapted by Sydney Sweeney’s production company, Fifty-Fifty Films.
ITV News anchor Tom Bradby is working with the UK commercial broadcaster to adapt his book, Secret Service. The 2019 spy thriller follows Kate Henderson, head of the Russia desk for British intelligence service MI6, who gathers evidence that a UK politician is possibly a Kremlin asset. When a young woman is brutally murdered with an election looming, Kate races against time to discover the identity of the asset. Her reputation and family are on the line as the clock is ticking.
Andrew Koji (Warrior) has been tapped for a major recurring role in Haven, Prime Video's heist thriller series starring Sophie Turner, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, and Archie Madekwe, with crime novelist S.A. Nikias penning the script in his series writing debut. Haven is a contemporary, high-octane thriller about the heist of the century and the ordinary office worker, Zara (Turner), who finds herself at the heart of it.
Charlie Hunnam will star in the new Prime Video series, Criminal, which is based on the acclaimed graphic novel series by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips. The Sons of Anarchy actor will lead the drama series as Leo, who is described as "a brilliant master thief who sees all the angles, and specializes in plans with no guns and no violence." Hunnam joins Criminal, which is structured as an interlocking universe of crime stories, alongside previously announced cast members Richard Jenkins, Adria Arjona, and Kadeem Hardison.
Diego Calva (Narcos: Mexico) has been cast as a lead in the BBC and Prime Video series, The Night Manager for Season 2. He joins previously announced stars Tom Hiddleston and Camila Morrone. Inspired by the characters in John le Carré’s best-selling novel, the upcoming second season of The Night Manager will once again be written by show creator David Farr and helmed by BAFTA-winning director Georgi Banks-Davies. Details regarding whom Calva will portray and the season’s plot are under wraps.
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV and Germany’s ZDF have ordered a third season of the mystery drama series, The Chelsea Detective, with Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve) and Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders) reprising their roles as Detective Inspector Max Arnold and Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, respectively. Filming has begun in and around London on four feature-length episodes in which the duo explore murky crimes such as "the tragic death of a 2000s poster, the impenetrable world of the U.S. Embassy, the splendor of Kew Gardens, a classic music academy, and a climate scientist found dead in a supercar."
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
On Crime Time FM, Paul Burke talked to Simon Toyne and Jane Casey about the 5th Slaughterfest in London on June 11, 2024, curated by internationally bestselling author, Karin Slaughter.
Meet the Thriller Author chatted with Susan Elia MacNeal, author of the bestselling Maggie Hope mystery series.
A new Mysteryrat's Maze podcast is up featuring an excerpt from Take The Honey and Run by Jennie Marts, read by actor Ariel Linn.
The latest Pick Your Poison podcast investigated the common way people are exposed to the chemical causing lung damage in microwave popcorn workers; what vitamin might be toxic for your lungs; and how you can inhale heavy metals without welding.
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