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
Josh Duhamel (Shotgun Wedding), Dylan Sprouse (The Duel), and Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds) have just wrapped on the Mississippi production of The Neglected, an action thriller co-written, directed, and produced by David Lipper (Murder at Hollow Creek). In the film, Detective Shaw (Duhamel) is about to retire when he finds out on his last day of work that a serial killer has buried his son alive. He then races against the clock to solve three murders and find his son’s location before he runs out of air. The project is co-written by Adam G. Levine and Lipper and also stars Jeremy and Jason London and Elena Sanchez.
The Viola Davis-led political thriller, G20, has set its Prime Video premiere date for April 10. Davis is set to play U.S. President Danielle Sutton after she’s been targeted by a militia group at the G20 summit. In an effort to save herself, her loved ones, and the country, she must keep one step ahead of her enemy. The film also stars Anthony Anderson as Derek Sutton, Marsai Martin as Serena Sutton, Ramón Rodríguez as Agent Manny Ruiz, Douglas Hodge as Oliver Everett, Elizabeth Marvel as Joanna Worth, Sabrina Impacciatore as Elena Romano, Christopher Farrar as Demetrius Sutton, and Antony Starr as Rutledge.
A trailer was released for Flight Risk, director Mel Gibson’s suspense thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace. The story follows a government witness (Grace) being escorted by an FBI agent (Dockery) on a flight piloted by a hitman (Wahlberg).
TELEVISION/STREAMING
AMC Networks dropped a new teaser trailer for Season 3 of its noir drama, Dark Winds, based on the crime novel series by Tony Hillerman. Set to premiere on March 9 with an expanded eight-episode season, Dark Winds Season 3 picks up six months after the events of Season 2. It follows Navaho investigators Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake. Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.
A first look teaser-trailer was also released for Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC‘s upcoming drama series from Good Girls creator Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs, and Universal Television. Written by Bans and Krebs, the series follows four members of a suburban garden club — Birdie (Melissa Fumero), Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), Brett (Ben Rappaport) and Catherine (Aja Naomi King) — who find their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret – a murder no one wants to talk about. As dark truths begin to rot their lives under the surface, they struggle to remain as perfect as the flowers blooming in their garden above.
PODCASTS/RADIO
In the latest episode of Meet the Thriller Author, host Alan Petersen closed out 2024 by welcoming Vannessa Cronin, a Senior Editor for Amazon Books. She offered an insider’s perspective on how the Amazon Editors curated their list of the Best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense Books of the year and also highlighted key industry trends—from genre-blending to increased diversity in authorship—that defined 2024’s top picks.
Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger chatted with Paul Burke for Crime Time FM at Newcastle Noir about their upcoming crime thriller, SON, featuring psychologist Kari Voss, a consultant to the Oslo Police; also psychoanalysis; memory; and scheduling,
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