'L.A. Confidential' TV Show In Development At CBS
CBS is working on adapting one of author James Ellroy's best novels for the small screen. An L.A. Confidential TV show is in the works at the network.
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David Fincher And James Ellroy's HBO Series Is Called 'Shakedown'
Back in September word leaked out that director David Fincher and author James Ellroy have been planning a series at HBO that would be "ts that “a noir-ish crime show set in L.A., in a similar 1950s milieu (like Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential)." Now deals are done, and the show is moving forward under the title…
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David Fincher And James Ellroy Devising A '50s Noir Series For HBO
Director David Fincher and author James Ellroy have shared interests as they've both chronicles characters with grim, all-encompassing obsessions. In fact, the two men have an association that goes back years, to when Fincher considered filming Ellroy's novel The Black Dahlia. That didn't happen (Brian De Palma made the film instead) but Fincher and Ellroy have…
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James Ellroy Scipting Remake Of Noir Classic 'Laura'
In the noir classic Laura, directed by Otto Preminger, an investigator looks into the murder of a woman who had several suitors, and becomes obsessed with her image. Now the film is being remade, and James Ellroy is going to write it. THR has the news, which leads to conflicting feelings. Because the film is…
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James Franco Hoping To Direct And Star In 'American Tabloid' Adaptation
James Franco certainly sets his sights on difficult novels to adapt. His first two announced projects were Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Neither of those is exactly an easy task. And while As I Lay Dying is moving forward, Blood Meridian never went anywhere. But that hasn't stopped Franco…
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James Ellroy Novels Still A Screen Draw: 'Blood's A Rover' And 'The Big Nowhere' In Development
James Ellroy contributed to last year's rather underseen Rampart, and fortunately for those who value his work, there are other adaptations of his novels brewing today. Ellroy is a continued object of desire for producers and directors, as his novels are killer depictions of LA and the occasionally vicious socio-political landscape of the US in…
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'Rampart' Trailer: Woody Harrelson Makes The Bad Lieutenant Look Like A Boy Scout
From the moment I heard about Rampart the movie placed high on my 'must-see' list. The Messenger director Oren Moverman reunites with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster to tell a story about the LAPD's disgraced Rampart division, with a script originally written by LA crime master James Ellroy. Ice Cube is a good cop and…
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Russell Crowe Eyeing '77,' Based On A James Ellroy Story, As Starring And Directing Project
Ten years ago, iconic LA crime novelist James Ellroy was signed with Paramount to write his first original screenplay, called 77. That script was eventually completed by someone else, but it has been kicking around for some time. And now Russell Crowe -- who made the leap to leading man status in part thanks to…
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Casting Notes: Ice Cube In Rampart; Bryce Dallas Howard In The Help, Paul Reubens Joins The Smurfs
I was thrilled a couple weeks ago to see that Oren Moverman will rewrite and direct Rampart, based on a story and script by James Ellroy. The film covers the scandal that engulfed the Rampart Division of the LAPD in the '90s and now, perhaps appropriately, Ice Cube is in the cast. The guy went…
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'The Messenger' Director Oren Moverman To Direct James Ellroy-Scripted 'Rampart,' Starring Harrelson And Foster? Also Adapting William S. Burroughs' 'Queer' For Steve Buscemi
Oren Moverman's debut feature, The Messenger, was an excellent film. I've been eagerly awaiting final word on what his follow-ups might be. He's working on The Other Side of the Looking Glass now, for one. Today there's indication that, rather than making a Kurt Cobain biopic, he could make an LA cop drama called Rampart,…
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White Jazz Casting
The characters of Junior Stemmons and Glenda Bledsoe have been cast in Joe Carnahan's upcoming adaptation of James Ellroy's White Jazz. So who will be playing Stemmons and Bledsoe? Carnahan won't say. "I cant reveal their names but rest assured, the choices will shock and amaze: Pissing off some while pleasing many more," says Carnahan.…
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