The doorway has opened …
A new, relatively short at just over a minute, trailer has been released by the studio for the upcoming thriller The Woman in Black. We've embedded it below.
Adapted from the 1983 novel of the same title by Susan Hill, the film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a solicitor attending to the affairs of the late Mrs. Alice Drablow. But as he begins to dispose of her estate, he uncovers tragic secrets and encounters the ghost of a woman intent on revenge.
Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds co-star in this Gothic thriller, which opens in US theaters February 3rd, 2012.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
New Trailer for The Woman in Black
NBC Orders Full Season of Grimm
NBC has given its new supernatural crime drama Grimm a full season order. It is — to date — the only new hour-long series on the network to receive such an order.
"We are very pleased to be making a full-season commitment for Grimm," said NBC president Robert Greenblatt. "This series is turning the traditional procedural drama on its head and is attracting a loyal following for us on Friday nights. We love where it's going creatively and we're excited to deliver more episodes to our audience."
Inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales, the series stars David Giuntoli as Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt, who discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms", charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.
Grimm currently airs on Friday nights, but the network has scheduled a Thursday airing for the series on December 8th, in the now-canceled Prime Suspect's time slot.
Millennium Wins 2011 International Emmy for Best TV Mini-Series
The winners of the International Emmy Awards were announced yesterday, and the six-part Swedish made-for-television adaptation of Stieg Larsson's trilogy of Swedish thrillers, Millennium, was honored as Best TV Movie/Mini-Series.
Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace reprise their roles from the Swedish-language film adaptations of the books in this mini-series, which consists of six 90-minute episodes and originally aired during March and April 2010 on SVT1. The storylines from all three books — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — were included. At 540 minutes, the mini-series is almost two hours longer than the combined length of the films, with the additional screen time devoted to further developing the characters and plot.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Winners of the 2011 Swedish Crime Novel Awards Announced
Last Saturday night the Swedish Crime Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) announced the winners of its annual Swedish Crime Novel Awards …
• Bästa svenska (Best Swedish): Viskleken (Chinese Whispers) by Arne Dahl
• Bästa översatta (Best Translated): The End of the Wasp Season (Getingsommar) by Denise Mina
Reginald Hill was named Grand Master for "his ever more daring, plotting and literate wit [that] has renewed the genre and widened its borders."
In addition, two special awards were given to Lars Wendelius "for his pioneering work in the detective genre in Swedish literature" and to Michael Tapper for his non-fiction book Snuten i skymningslandet, Swedish police stories in film and literature 1965-2010.
James Dashner to Write Prequel to The Maze Runner Trilogy
Delacorte Press announced today that James Dashner will write a prequel to his bestselling "Maze Runner" trilogy of young adult thrillers. Titled The Kill Order, the book will be published on August 14th, 2012.
"The prequel is something that has churned in my mind since before The Maze Runner was even complete," said Dashner. "It's been hard to keep it a secret! I'm excited to finally share the news and I can't wait for my readers to see how it all began."
Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares seared the earth and mankind fell to disease. The Kill Order tells the story of that fall.
The books in the series are The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010), and The Death Cure (2011). The series has been optioned for film, with Catherine Hardwicke (The Twilight Saga: Twilight) slated to direct a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim.
Martha Grimes to Receive the 2012 MWA Grand Master Award
The Mystery Writers of America announced today that crime novelist Martha Grimes would honored with the 2012 Grand Master Award. This award represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality.
"I was, for once, speechless," said Grimes, when notified of being named Grand Master.
Martha Grimes began as a poet, but then turned to mysteries. She sent her first novel — The Man with a Load of Mischief — "over the transom" to several publishers. In 1979 an editor at Little, Brown found it in the "slush pile" and offered to publish it. The book, which introduced Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury, became the first in a long-running series that currently numbers twenty-two titles.
Also announced today are the recipients of the Ellery Queen Award and the Raven Award.
The 2012 Ellery Queen Award will be given to Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group. The Ellery Queen award is given to editors or publishers who have distinguished themselves by their generous and wide-ranging support of the genre.
One mystery bookstore and one outstanding individual supporting the mystery book genre will be honored with the 2012 Raven Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing. M is for Mystery in San Mateo, CA and Molly Weston of Meritorious Mysteries will be honored with the 2012 Raven Awards.
The above awards plus the winners of the Edgar Awards will be presented at The Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Thursday, April 26th, 2012.
(Source: Press release.)
Telemystery: Law & Order UK and Perry Mason, New This Week on DVD
Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling two series seasons being released this week.
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The police Detective Sergeants of the Major Investigations Unit and the Crown Prosecution Service work together to bring down some of the most complex and clinically insane criminals in Law & Order UK.
From putting a child on trial for the murder of a toddler to the gut-wrenching investigations into the deaths of close friends and colleagues, these cases show the unique drive and determination needed to succeed in the British legal system. Thought-provoking, intense and complex, it's yet another must-own gripping chapter in the global phenomenon that is the "Law & Order" franchise.
Law & Order UK: Season Two is available on DVD and consists of 13 episodes that originally aired in the UK from September through December, 2010.
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Raymond Burr continues igniting the screen as a brilliant Los Angeles defense attorney who will stop at nothing to crack the most impossible cases to uncover the truth in Perry Mason.
The popular TV series that inspired a genre of courtroom dramas finishes the sixth season with its second volume, Perry Mason: Season Six (Volume 2), which is available on DVD and consists of the 14 episodes that originally aired on CBS from January through May 1963.
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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.
Martin Scorsese to Direct Film Adaptation of Jo Nesbø's The Snowman
Bestselling Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbø has confirmed that Martin Scorsese will direct the English-language film adaptation of The Snowman. Originally published as Snomannen in 2007, it is the seventh mystery in the Harry Hole series. Matthew Michael Carnahan (State of Play, World War Z) will write the screenplay.
The book is set in Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother's pink scarf.
Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he's received and the disappearance of Jonas's mother — and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised — and constantly revised — by the killer.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter.)
Resuscitation by D. M. Annechino is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Resuscitation by D. M. Annechino as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Monday, November 21, 2011.
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Resuscitation by D. M. Annechino
A Sami Rizzo Mystery
Thomas & Mercer
This is the second mystery in this series to feature the San Diego homicide detective.
About Resuscitation (from the publisher): Two years ago, Sami Rizzo narrowly escaped a brush with death at the hands of a serial killer. After apprehending the killer and bringing him to justice, this life-changing event compels her to resign from the police force. In her heart of hearts, however, she struggles with the decision. But a second serial killer — a well-respected doctor gone astray — uses his charm to seduce his victims and then performs horrific surgical experiments on them. In a final act of depravity, he scatters their mutilated bodies throughout San Diego County.
Feeling a sense of duty and obligation, Sami Rizzo appeals to the police chief and mayor, and they reinstate her as a homicide investigator. As the body count grows and the killer’s experiments become more and more brutal, Sami follows one dead-end lead after another, while trying to deal with a sickly mother and a turbulent relationship with her lover. But then the killer makes a crucial mistake: one of his victims survives. Sami does everything to protect the barely alive victim, but the killer has a different plan …
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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for November 21, 2011
A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.
Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).
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This week's letters and mystery clue:
A E G H I M N R T
The second Mary Wollstonecraft mystery by Nancy Means Wright has this title (with "The") (9 letters).
We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.
Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.
Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!
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