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[Kirsten]

James Ellroy was interviewed this morning on NPR's Morning Edition: http://www.npr.org/2014/10/27/3541364...

He recommends great crime films. Really excited that Ellroy is writing a remake of the classic film Laura (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/?...)

[Feliks]

H'mmm. 'Laura' remake? I'm not convinced any author (even Ellroy) can make 'Laura' work again. Today's audience is just not up to it.

[Donald]

And a remake of 'Laura' is needed ... WHY?!?

[Feliks]

You said it, brudda!

I will give some grudging credit to whoever the execs are which are greenlighting this idea...as far as the fact that someone's at least still interested in classic mystery enough to want to promote it. Its better than them throwing money at another superhero movie.

Nevertheless. There's a lot of great pulp authors who's works have yet to see widespread recognition through a film adaptation. How about some Carter Brown? How about re-doing the Matt Helm films with serious treatments? How about Don Pendleton?

[Kirsten]

Yeah, but if anyone's going to do re-do classic NOIR, Ellroy could!

[Kirsten]

While browsing the Audible.com site, they have the following books listed as being adapted for movies in 2015!

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Paper Towns by John Green
The Martian by Andy Weir
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
Room by Emma Donoghue
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Serena by Ron Rash
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Silence by Shūsaku Endō
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Inherent Vice: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon
Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr

[Kirsten]

Trailer of Sir Ian McKellen in "Mr Holmes": http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com...

[Kirsten]

Trailer of the film adaption of Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com...

[Karen]

Kirsten wrote: "Trailer of Sir Ian McKellen in "Mr Holmes": http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com..."

This looks terrific. I must invite my mystery reading group to join me in seeing this.

Thank you for the heads up!

[Karen]

Kirsten wrote: "Trailer of the film adaption of Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com..."

Another interesting movie! Thank you for posting this link.

[Kirsten]

THE FREAKIEST MOVIES OF FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2015

From a gritty murder mystery to a very grim fairy tale, the blood flows like wine in these creepy movies from 2015's Cannes Film Festival.

http://www.the-line-up.com/media/the-...

[Kirsten]

Just saw that the Coen Brothers are going to be making a film adaptation of Ross Macdonald's Black Money

http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com...

[Kirsten]

Apparently there's a new bank robbery flick set in West Texas. The Daily Beast published a review:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...

[SherryRose]

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