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
Netflix's feature adaptation of Ruth Ware bestselling novel, The Woman in Cabin 10, has added a slate of actors alongside star Keira Knightley. Joining two-time Oscar nominee Knightley are Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Kaya Scodelario, Lisa Loven Kongsli, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The Woman in Cabin 10 follows a journalist who witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard a luxury yacht at night — only to be told that it didn’t happen as all the passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.
Emmy nominee D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs) has joined the cast of Darren Aronofsky's crime thriller, Caught Stealing, from Sony Pictures. Based on the book by Charlie Huston, Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC. In addition to Butler, Woon-A-Tai joins the previously announced cast of Vincent D’Onofrio, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Will Brill, Bad Bunny, and Griffin Dunne.
TELEVISION/STREAMING
Acorn TV, the AMC Networks-owned streamer, has greenlit Art Detectives starring Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as art-loving DI Mick Palmer of the Heritage Crime Unit police department. Alongside straight-talking DC Shazia Malik, played by Nina Singh (The Lazarus Project), the pair solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques, from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl. In the series, the artfully astute detectives encounter a fake Vermeer, Viking gold, a rare Chinese vase, and items rescued from the Titanic. Palmer navigates these cases while managing a budding romance with museum curator Rosa, played by Sarah Alexander (Coupling), and the sudden reappearance of his charismatic father, Ron, played by Larry Lamb (Gavin & Stacey), who just happens to be one of Britain’s most notorious forgers.
Robocop continues to progress through the development process at Amazon MGM Studios. Veteran Peter Ocko (Lodge 49) has been tapped as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the potential series, based on the MGM movie franchise, with horror master James Wan on board to executive produce through his Atomic Monster banner. The series will follow the premise of the films, focusing on a giant tech conglomerate which collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer to combat rising crime — a police officer who’s part man, part machine.
MGM+ has ordered a 10-part series based on the English folktale Robin Hood to air in 2025. The series comes from Jonathan English (Librarians: The Next Chapter), showrunner John Glenn (SEAL Team), and Lionsgate Television. The series, which will begin production in Serbia at PFI Studios in February 2025, is a modern take on the classic tale of the roguish outlaw hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, and the epic love story between him and a courageous and daring Marian. Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, and both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land.
Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series has cast the title character’s older brother, with Max Irons (Condor) set to play Mycroft Holmes opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin’s Sherlock. Inspired by Andy Lane’s book series, Young Sherlock is described as an irreverent, action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in a re-imagining of this iconic character. At age 19, Sherlock Holmes (Fiennes Tiffin) 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 unveiled three new Nordic originals as part of its 2025 slate, including the Swedish crime series, Synden, written and directed by Peter Grönlund, whose credits include Goliat and Beartown. The series follows the perpetually angry, odd, but highly intelligent investigator Dani (Krista Kosonen) who is teamed up with newly graduated police colleague Malik (Mohammed Nour Oklah) to investigate the murder of a teenager found dead at a farmhouse on the Bjäre peninsula. The investigation propels Dani and Malik toward the center of a dark family feud that has been going on for generations and revolves around Patriarch Elis (Peter Gantman).
PODCASTS/RADIO
Suspense Magazine Radio had two recent interviews of interest, one with Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado about their new collaborative novel, Fatal Intrusion, which features Homeland Security agent Carmen Sanchez who pairs up with Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert, to solve a series of murders across Southern California; and Tasha Alexander, chatting about the 18th book in her Lady Emily series, Death by Misadventure.
Speaking of Mysteries spoke with Andrew Bridgeman about his debut thriller, Fortunate Son, in which Ben Danvers thinks his biggest challenge is giving a presentation to the executives at his company. Then he finds he isn’t who he grew up thinking he was—and people want to kill him
On the latest Spybrary Spy Podcast, guest host David Clark is joined by author and investigative journalist Tim Tate to dissect his latest espionage non-fiction book, To Catch A Spy, which examines the enigmatic and controversial history surrounding Roger Hollis, the former MI5 Director.
Kate Rhodes chatted with Paul Burke on Crime Time FM about her new thriller, The Stalker; the Isles of Sicily mysteries; stalking; and Cambridge.
The Red Hot Chili Writers spoke with suspense thriller writer, T.M. Logan, about his new book, The Dream Home, comparing him to the suave conmen who starred in the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
The Cops and Writers welcomed attorney and author Mark Bruce, who won the Black Orchid Novella Award and has appeared four times in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
THEATRE
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) will make her debut at London’s National Theatre in 2025 in the new play, Inter Alia, by Suzie Miller. The playwright also created Prima Facie, the legal drama that catapulted Jodie Comer to Olivier and Tony Award trophies. Pike has been cast as a British High Court judge forced to reckon with conflict in her private and professional life. Justin Martin is set to direct after having also helmed Prima Facie, about a criminal defense lawyer who is sexually assaulted.
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