Liam Neeson to Star as Matthew Scudder in Film Adaptation of A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block

Here's some interesting news out of Cannes: Liam Neeson will star in a film adaptation of Lawrence Block's tenth Matthew Scudder mystery, A Walk Among the Tombstones, with a screenplay to be written and directed by Scott Frank.

Formerly a cop with the NYPD, now an unlicensed private eye and a recovering alcoholic haunted by past mistakes, Matt Scudder is hired to find the kidnapped wife of a drug dealer. He operates just outside the law where the police don't go to track down the kidnappers, who he discovers have been involved in multiple kidnappings and brutal murders.

Principal photography is expected to begin on location in New York City in February 2013.