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Amazon Adapting Meg Gardiner’s ‘The Dark Corners Of The Night’

Ahead of being published on February 18th, Meg Gardiner‘s novel The Dark Corners of the Night, the third book in a series, has already been picked up for a series adaptation with Amazon Studios acquiring the rights earlier this week, according to Deadline. “The first book, UNSUB, follows a female detective on the trail of an infamous serial killer – inspired by the still-unsolved Zodiac case – who breaks his silence and begins killing again. The detective grew up watching her father destroy himself and his family as he chased the killer, and now finds herself confronting the same monster her father failed to catch.” “In the third book, The Dark Corners of The Night, the heroine has risen through the ranks to become a Behavioral Analysts for the FBI and is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets families, killing the parents and leaving the children alive to witness the unspeakable horror.” Larry Trilling (“Goliath”) will serve

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David Tennant Starring In New True Serial Killer Series “Des”

“Doctor Who” and “Good Omens” star David Tennant is set to play serial killer Dennis Nilsen in the ITV series “Des” about the Scottish serial killer who murdered men in London in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The three-part series is based on the book by Brian Masters who penned the killer’s biography, “Killing for Company.” Tennant will star as Nilsen, also known as “Des”. Daniel Mays (“Line of Duty”)plays the cop investigating the killer and Jason Watkins (“The Crown”) has been cast as Brian Masters. Luke Neal penned “Des”. Nielsen aka “Des” murdered 12 to 15 boys and young men in his flat in London. He went undetected until cops investigate fragments of human flesh and bone clogging the drains in his building.

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Nov 23, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Team Up For “Devil In The White City”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have long been attached to the adaptation of Erik Larson’s book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America. The book, about the true story of serial killer Henry H. Holmes, was going to be adapted for film, but it looks like the plan has changed. It is headed to the small screen instead. Variety is reporting that both DiCaprio and Scorsese will executive produce Hulu‘s series “The Devil in the White City.” “The Devil in the White City” follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff,

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Feb 11, 2019
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Meet A Serial Killer In The New Trailer For ‘Mindhunter’ – Coming To Netflix

David Fincher, the brilliant mind behind films like Fight Club, Alien 3, and Se7en, is ready to deliver his next project with streaming giant Netflix titled Mindhunter. A new trailer for the serial killer series has just been released. Written by Joe Penhall and Scott Buck, Mindhunter is based on the 1996 book ”Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit’, by John Douglas, a former special agent, with Mark Olshaker. The book takes a look at some of Douglas’ most high-profile cases, including the Atlanta child Killings, the Green River Killer, and the serial killer who slaughtered prostitutes in Alaska. Starring Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross, Mindhunter is set in 1979 and centers on the inquisitive and skilled FBI Agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Along with fellow serial killer investigator in the behavioral science unit, FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff), Tench interviews serial killers to help them solve current murders. David Fincher, Charlize Theron, and Cean

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Oct 11, 2017

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Amazon Adapting Meg Gardiner’s ‘The Dark Corners Of The Night’

Ahead of being published on February 18th, Meg Gardiner‘s novel The Dark Corners of the Night, the third book in a series, has already been picked up for a series adaptation with Amazon Studios acquiring the rights earlier this week, according to Deadline. “The first book, UNSUB, follows a female detective on the trail of an infamous serial killer – inspired by the still-unsolved Zodiac case – who breaks his silence and begins killing again. The detective grew up watching her father destroy himself and his family as he chased the killer, and now finds herself confronting the same monster her father failed to catch.” “In the third book, The Dark Corners of The Night, the heroine has risen through the ranks to become a Behavioral Analysts for the FBI and is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets families, killing the parents and leaving the children alive to witness the unspeakable horror.” Larry Trilling (“Goliath”) will serve

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David Tennant Starring In New True Serial Killer Series “Des”

“Doctor Who” and “Good Omens” star David Tennant is set to play serial killer Dennis Nilsen in the ITV series “Des” about the Scottish serial killer who murdered men in London in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The three-part series is based on the book by Brian Masters who penned the killer’s biography, “Killing for Company.” Tennant will star as Nilsen, also known as “Des”. Daniel Mays (“Line of Duty”)plays the cop investigating the killer and Jason Watkins (“The Crown”) has been cast as Brian Masters. Luke Neal penned “Des”. Nielsen aka “Des” murdered 12 to 15 boys and young men in his flat in London. He went undetected until cops investigate fragments of human flesh and bone clogging the drains in his building.

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Nov 23, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Team Up For “Devil In The White City”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have long been attached to the adaptation of Erik Larson’s book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America. The book, about the true story of serial killer Henry H. Holmes, was going to be adapted for film, but it looks like the plan has changed. It is headed to the small screen instead. Variety is reporting that both DiCaprio and Scorsese will executive produce Hulu‘s series “The Devil in the White City.” “The Devil in the White City” follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff,

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Feb 11, 2019
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Meet A Serial Killer In The New Trailer For ‘Mindhunter’ – Coming To Netflix

David Fincher, the brilliant mind behind films like Fight Club, Alien 3, and Se7en, is ready to deliver his next project with streaming giant Netflix titled Mindhunter. A new trailer for the serial killer series has just been released. Written by Joe Penhall and Scott Buck, Mindhunter is based on the 1996 book ”Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit’, by John Douglas, a former special agent, with Mark Olshaker. The book takes a look at some of Douglas’ most high-profile cases, including the Atlanta child Killings, the Green River Killer, and the serial killer who slaughtered prostitutes in Alaska. Starring Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross, Mindhunter is set in 1979 and centers on the inquisitive and skilled FBI Agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Along with fellow serial killer investigator in the behavioral science unit, FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff), Tench interviews serial killers to help them solve current murders. David Fincher, Charlize Theron, and Cean

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Oct 11, 2017