Photo: ‘Above Suspicion’/Netflix Although released in other countries as early as 2019, just a week ago on May 7th, ‘Above Suspicion’ was officially distributed by Lionsgate and released in theaters in the U.S. Quickly after its release, on May 12th, the drama became available to rent on Amazon Prime Video. This definitely raised some suspicion on whether I thought his film would be good or not, considering how quickly it became available to a streaming service. I have to say, I am very pleasantly surprised by this film. I believe the director, Phillip Noyce, along with writers, Chris Gerolmo and Joe Sharkey are the ones to praise for bringing this shocking story to life through writing and visuals. ‘Above Suspicion’ features an interesting combination of castmates. Related article: ‘Halston’: Ewan McGregor Is Fashionably Spectacular As The High-Fashion Icon Halston Related article: Oscar-Winner Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Underground Railroad’: Georgia,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Danessa Naj'e Lopez
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Is truth really more brutal and heartbreaking than fiction? An unlikely pair tests the theory with tragic results in “Above Suspicion.” The project seeks to tell the true story of a relationship that ended with shocking results, ultimately leading to a historical precedent for the FBI. Its aftermath forever changed how personal affairs were treated among the agency, especially those involved with field operations. Chris Gerolmo, best known for writing the film “Mississippi Burning” and various TV endeavors, crafted the screenplay based on Joe Sharkey’s true crime novel.
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- 4/2/2021
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
“What’s the worst thing about being dead? You get too much time to think”
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) is now back on our screens in the thriller Above Suspicion, directed by Phillip Noyce with the screenplay by Chris Gerolmo. The film is based on the book by Joe Sharkey – the true story of America’s first ever conviction for murder of an FBI agent back in 1988.
Clarke plays Susan Smith, a drug addict and young mother of two who also acts as the film’s narrator, but telling the story from beyond the grave. She is the victim of FBI agent Mark Putnam (played by Jack Huston). This case became a memorable moment in American history and one that should never be forgotten.
Stuck in the small town of Pikeville, Kentucky, “the town that never lets go”, Susan has a secret desire to escape from her poor and unfortunate lifestyle,...
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) is now back on our screens in the thriller Above Suspicion, directed by Phillip Noyce with the screenplay by Chris Gerolmo. The film is based on the book by Joe Sharkey – the true story of America’s first ever conviction for murder of an FBI agent back in 1988.
Clarke plays Susan Smith, a drug addict and young mother of two who also acts as the film’s narrator, but telling the story from beyond the grave. She is the victim of FBI agent Mark Putnam (played by Jack Huston). This case became a memorable moment in American history and one that should never be forgotten.
Stuck in the small town of Pikeville, Kentucky, “the town that never lets go”, Susan has a secret desire to escape from her poor and unfortunate lifestyle,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Alex Clement
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 1989 murder of Susan Smith is a despairingly grim Southern Gothic story, shot through with reckless sex, institutional corruption and Kentucky-fried local scandal: prime material for the kind of forensic, heavily extended true-crime podcasts (or Netflix-style documentary series) that garner such widespread public fascination these days. At least “Above Suspicion,” a steamed-up, sweat-soaked film adaptation of the material, mercifully rakes over its unsavory details in two hours rather than several. It’s quick, dirty and perhaps more tawdry than it needs to be: There may not be much dignity to be scrounged from the tale of a naive, drug-addicted FBI informant who sleeps with — and is subsequently killed by — her supervising agent, but Chris Gerolmo’s script isn’t at great pains to find the human factor here, and Phillip Noyce’s direction coats the whole unhappy affair in cold blue steel.
What it does have is Emilia Clarke.
What it does have is Emilia Clarke.
- 7/13/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke star in this brash true-crime melodrama about the killing of an informant by a bureau agent
In 1989, the high-flying FBI officer Mark Putnam became a gruesome footnote in bureau history by killing the informant with whom he was having an affair: a young woman called Susan Smith. That made her the first murder victim of an FBI agent.
It is a bizarre case of corruption and misogyny, and it deserves a substantial movie. Instead, we have this moderate one: a brash, true-crime noir melodrama from screenwriter Chris Gerolmo, who gives Smith a narrative voiceover from beyond the grave, with Phillip Noyce directing.
In 1989, the high-flying FBI officer Mark Putnam became a gruesome footnote in bureau history by killing the informant with whom he was having an affair: a young woman called Susan Smith. That made her the first murder victim of an FBI agent.
It is a bizarre case of corruption and misogyny, and it deserves a substantial movie. Instead, we have this moderate one: a brash, true-crime noir melodrama from screenwriter Chris Gerolmo, who gives Smith a narrative voiceover from beyond the grave, with Phillip Noyce directing.
- 7/8/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The number of straight from the headlines projects seems to be increasing by the day, and Patricia Heaton is the latest to get in on the act.
Heaton is attached to produce a project based on the “Perversion of Justice,” a series of articles in the Miami Herald which exposed Jeffrey Epstein as a serial child molester, according to a source with knowledge of the project.
The project is in the works at Storied Media Group, which represents the film and TV interests of the Herald’s parent company McClatchy. Storied founder and CEO Todd Hoffman is reportedly also producing. According to sources, Chris Gerolmo, who is best known for penning the 1988 Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe pic “Mississippi Burning” and creating the FX Iraq War series “Over There,” has been brought on to adapt the articles.
The three-part series of articles, written by investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, was published in November,...
Heaton is attached to produce a project based on the “Perversion of Justice,” a series of articles in the Miami Herald which exposed Jeffrey Epstein as a serial child molester, according to a source with knowledge of the project.
The project is in the works at Storied Media Group, which represents the film and TV interests of the Herald’s parent company McClatchy. Storied founder and CEO Todd Hoffman is reportedly also producing. According to sources, Chris Gerolmo, who is best known for penning the 1988 Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe pic “Mississippi Burning” and creating the FX Iraq War series “Over There,” has been brought on to adapt the articles.
The three-part series of articles, written by investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, was published in November,...
- 8/13/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Bochco, who died this weekend at the age of 74, was known by everyone in the TV business as one of the most influential drama series creators who generated hits and pushed boundaries with shows like NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law. But few in Hollywood knew him better than Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden. For 20 years, Bochco had been one of her closest friends.
Professionally, Walden helped his publicity team from her first job at 20th Century Fox TV, which produced NYPD Blue, where she started in PR. After Walden and Gary Newman took over the studio in 1999 as presidents and later chairmen, they worked together with Bochco on the praised but short-lived FX/20th TV Iraq war drama series Over There, which Bochco co-created with Chris Gerolmo. (This is a photo of Walden, Newman, Bochco and his wife, Dayna Kalins, who served as a producer on Over There,...
Professionally, Walden helped his publicity team from her first job at 20th Century Fox TV, which produced NYPD Blue, where she started in PR. After Walden and Gary Newman took over the studio in 1999 as presidents and later chairmen, they worked together with Bochco on the praised but short-lived FX/20th TV Iraq war drama series Over There, which Bochco co-created with Chris Gerolmo. (This is a photo of Walden, Newman, Bochco and his wife, Dayna Kalins, who served as a producer on Over There,...
- 4/2/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Omar Miller (HBO’s Ballers) is set to join Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke in Phillip Noyce's Above Suspicion, a thriller that has been adapted from the book by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey. Miller will portray Denver Rhodes, a hard-working criminal who tips off the FBI over a sour deal. Chris Gerolmo adapted the true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky where he is drawn into an illicit affair with an…...
- 5/25/2016
- Deadline
Phillip Noyce is perhaps best known for the thrillers he directed in the '80s and '90s, like Dead Calm, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, and The Bone Collector. After taking a detour into Ya territory with The Giver in 2014, it sounds like Noyce is getting back to his bread and butter with Above Suspicion, a new thriller that has Jack Huston (Ben-Hur, Boardwalk Empire) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Terminator Genisys) on board to star.
Based on the 1993 book by author Joe Sharkey, the movie will tell the true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it’s a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations...
Based on the 1993 book by author Joe Sharkey, the movie will tell the true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it’s a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations...
- 5/3/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg have added another prestige title to their Cannes slate, boarding international rights to the Phillip Noyce thriller to star Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke.
Chris Gerolmo adapted Above Suspicion from the book of the same name by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey about an FBI agent who embarks on a disastrous affair with an Appalachian mountain town informant.
Huston will star later this year in Ben-Hur, while Clarke is one of the leads in the TV smash Game Of Thrones.
Colleen Camp of Colleen Camp Productions produces with Dubai-based businessman Mohamed Airafi and Tim Degraye, who are also financing the project. Angela Amato-Velez and Amy Adelson also produce.
The project is being fast-tracked and principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 23.
Jay Cohen at The Gersh Agency will represent Us rights to the film.
Sierra / Affinity’s Cannes sales slate includes the Andrew Niccol sci-fi Anon, to star Clive Owen...
Chris Gerolmo adapted Above Suspicion from the book of the same name by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey about an FBI agent who embarks on a disastrous affair with an Appalachian mountain town informant.
Huston will star later this year in Ben-Hur, while Clarke is one of the leads in the TV smash Game Of Thrones.
Colleen Camp of Colleen Camp Productions produces with Dubai-based businessman Mohamed Airafi and Tim Degraye, who are also financing the project. Angela Amato-Velez and Amy Adelson also produce.
The project is being fast-tracked and principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 23.
Jay Cohen at The Gersh Agency will represent Us rights to the film.
Sierra / Affinity’s Cannes sales slate includes the Andrew Niccol sci-fi Anon, to star Clive Owen...
- 5/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke have been set to star in Phillip Noyce's Above Suspicion, a thriller that has been adapted from the book by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey. Mississippi Burning scribe Chris Gerolmo is penning the script of the thriller, which is now heading for a production start date this month. Sierra/Affinity will launch international sales the upcoming Cannes market, while Gersh will rep U.S. rights. The book tells the true story of a newly married…...
- 5/3/2016
- Deadline
“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke and “Boardwalk Empire” alum Jack Huston are set to star in Phillip Noyce‘s thriller “Above Suspicion,” it was announced Tuesday. Noyce (“The Bone Collector”) will direct from a script by Chris Gerolmo (“Mississippi Burning”), who adapted the book of the same name by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey. “Above Suspicion” explores the true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy (Huston) assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky, where he’s drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her...
- 5/3/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones") and Jack Huston ("Ben-Hur") are set to star in Phillip Noyce's thriller "Above Suspicion".
The true story tale follows a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant - in the process it becomes a disaster for both of them and lead to the first ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.
Chris Gerolmo will adapt the script from New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey's novel. Colleen Camp, Mohamed Al Rafi, Angela Amato-Velez, Amy Adelson and Tim Degraye will produce with filming to begin later this month.
Source: Deadline...
The true story tale follows a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant - in the process it becomes a disaster for both of them and lead to the first ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.
Chris Gerolmo will adapt the script from New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey's novel. Colleen Camp, Mohamed Al Rafi, Angela Amato-Velez, Amy Adelson and Tim Degraye will produce with filming to begin later this month.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/3/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
By Diane Rodgers
“What’s got four eyes and can’t see?... Mississippi!”, quips Gene Hackman as FBI Agent Anderson in Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning, a cynical joke about racist attitudes of the backward-looking American south. This heavyweight dramatic crime thriller, based on one of the most notorious race-related murder investigations in U.S. history, gets its first ever UK Blu-ray release courtesy of Second Sight.
Set in 1964, endemic racism and race-related violence throughout the southern states is scrutinised to an uncomfortably realistic degree, as Roger Ebert wrote: “More than any other film… this one gets inside the passion of race relations in America”; the film understands and explains events, whilst Parker’s direction criticises and highlights prejudice without undue sensationalism. The plot revolves around the historical events related to the murders of three civil rights activists (two white and one black) who go missing deep in the heart of Ku Klux Klan territory.
“What’s got four eyes and can’t see?... Mississippi!”, quips Gene Hackman as FBI Agent Anderson in Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning, a cynical joke about racist attitudes of the backward-looking American south. This heavyweight dramatic crime thriller, based on one of the most notorious race-related murder investigations in U.S. history, gets its first ever UK Blu-ray release courtesy of Second Sight.
Set in 1964, endemic racism and race-related violence throughout the southern states is scrutinised to an uncomfortably realistic degree, as Roger Ebert wrote: “More than any other film… this one gets inside the passion of race relations in America”; the film understands and explains events, whilst Parker’s direction criticises and highlights prejudice without undue sensationalism. The plot revolves around the historical events related to the murders of three civil rights activists (two white and one black) who go missing deep in the heart of Ku Klux Klan territory.
- 10/13/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Dear Lord, what happened here? Can one file criminal charges against a film that wastes this good a cast and premise? Child 44, directed by Daniel Espinosa and scripted by Richard Price, is based on Tom Rob Smith’s acclaimed novel, which itself was based on a series of shocking real-life murders in the Soviet Union committed between 1978 and 1990. This fictionalized variation transplants the crimes into the paranoid, industrial hellscape of Stalin’s Ussr, and it comes with loads of historical and sociopolitical context. So much ambition. So little competence. The investigation into “the Ripper of Rostov,” here called “the Wolf of Rostov,” has already inspired one terrific work of art, Chris Gerolmo's 1995 HBO film Citizen X, starring Steven Rea and Donald Sutherland — still one of the best TV movies I’ve ever seen. Engrossing and claustrophobic, Gerolmo's film portrayed the single-minded determination of a forensic investigator (Rea) as...
- 4/17/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
HBO has announced that is developing "Cortes," a high-profile drama series about Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who brought the Aztec empire to its knees.
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is set to direct the pilot and executive produce the series alongside "Mississippi Burning" scribe Chris Gerolmo and actor Benicio Del Toro. Del Toro himself is said to be interested in starring as Cortes.
The series will have three leads, the other two being Mayan woman Malinche who helped Cortes, and Aztec leader Montezuma whom Cortes befriended and ultimately had executed.
The series will explore his legacy and actions which, whilst extending the power of the Spanish Empire and winning Mexico for Spain, also saw him committing mass murder and wiping out one of the most famous civilizations in history.
Laura Bickford, Rick Yorn and Emma Tillinger Koskoff will also executive produce.
Source: Deadline...
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is set to direct the pilot and executive produce the series alongside "Mississippi Burning" scribe Chris Gerolmo and actor Benicio Del Toro. Del Toro himself is said to be interested in starring as Cortes.
The series will have three leads, the other two being Mayan woman Malinche who helped Cortes, and Aztec leader Montezuma whom Cortes befriended and ultimately had executed.
The series will explore his legacy and actions which, whilst extending the power of the Spanish Empire and winning Mexico for Spain, also saw him committing mass murder and wiping out one of the most famous civilizations in history.
Laura Bickford, Rick Yorn and Emma Tillinger Koskoff will also executive produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/19/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While everyone is busy labeling Marco Polo as Netflix’s answer to Game of Thrones, HBO is looking for their own new project big enough and worthy enough of inspiring copycats, and they may have found it with a new series now in development from Executive Producers Martin Scorsese and Benicio Del Toro.
Deadline reported Tuesday that Cortes, created by Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning), is a high profile drama about Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who came to the Aztec empire and eventually brought it to ruin, claiming Mexico for Spain in the process. Here’s Deadline’s full plot summary:
Cortes will tell the sweeping story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who brought down the Aztec empire; Malinche, the Mayan girl who helped him do it; and Montezuma, the Aztec leader he befriended and finally put in chains.
Deadline has Scorsese billed as both a producer and director, and...
Deadline reported Tuesday that Cortes, created by Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning), is a high profile drama about Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who came to the Aztec empire and eventually brought it to ruin, claiming Mexico for Spain in the process. Here’s Deadline’s full plot summary:
Cortes will tell the sweeping story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who brought down the Aztec empire; Malinche, the Mayan girl who helped him do it; and Montezuma, the Aztec leader he befriended and finally put in chains.
Deadline has Scorsese billed as both a producer and director, and...
- 11/19/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Martin Scorsese has yet another project bubbling away, though it’s one that, like Boardwalk Empire, he’s largely involved in shepherding rather than the day-to-day work. He’s assisting Mississippi Burning writer Chris Gerolmo with developing Cortes for HBO.The show is aiming to tell the epic story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who battled the Aztec empire and brought it down, Malinche, the Mayan girl who was by his side as he did, and Montezuma (more accurately spelled 'Moctezuma'), the leader he first befriended and then locked in chains. Depending on your point of view, he was either a saint or a sinner, a hero or an invading menace who helped to destroy one of the greatest civilisations known to man. It's a compelling enough subject that Steven Spielberg is also planning a film based on the story. Benicio Del Toro is also involved in the gestating series as an executive producer,...
- 11/18/2014
- EmpireOnline
HBO’s successful track record for period dramas looks set to continue if this latest piece of industry chatter comes to fruition. This time, they are taking a step into the history of Latin America. As of today, the premium cable network are setting the wheels in motion for a drama series inspired by the life of the Spanish conquistador, Cortes.
While still in the early stages of development, the show has already acquired a slew of big hitters. Martin Scorsese is attached to direct, Mississippi Burning writer Chris Gerolmo is poised at the keys to pen the episodes, and Benicio Del Toro is reportedly keen to tackle the leading role. All three will executive produce along with Laura Bickford, Rick Yorn and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
According to Deadline, who nabbed the exclusive, Cortes “will tell the story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who brought down the Aztec empire; Malinche,...
While still in the early stages of development, the show has already acquired a slew of big hitters. Martin Scorsese is attached to direct, Mississippi Burning writer Chris Gerolmo is poised at the keys to pen the episodes, and Benicio Del Toro is reportedly keen to tackle the leading role. All three will executive produce along with Laura Bickford, Rick Yorn and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
According to Deadline, who nabbed the exclusive, Cortes “will tell the story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who brought down the Aztec empire; Malinche,...
- 11/18/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
He's played Pablo Escobar and Che Guevara, and Benicio Del Toro is adding another famous figure to his resumé. And it's in a project with a director he was once in line to team up with, but it seems they've finally found something they can collaborate on. Del Toro is eyeing the title role in "Cortes," a new series Martin Scorsese has brewing at HBO. Chris Gerolmo ("Mississippi Burning") penned the show that tells "the sweeping story of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who brought down the Aztec empire; Malinche, the Mayan girl who helped him do it; and Montezuma, the Aztec leader he befriended and finally put in chains." Historical dramas seem to be the new black for cable outlets, with Netflix debuting "Marco Polo" next month. As for Scorsese and Del Toro, they were once going to make to the director's long-developing "Silence," which would also have starred Daniel Day-Lewis and Gael Garcia.
- 11/18/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
CBS has put in development Doc Ford, a drama project based on Randy Wayne White’s book series. Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning, The Bridge) is writing the adaptation, about a retired Nsa agent-turned-marine biologist who gets justice for those in need on the Gulf Coast of southern Florida. Gerolmo and Jeffrey Kramer are executive producing for CBS TV Studios, and Rick Rosenthal is supervising producer. Gerolmo, who also created the FX Iraq war series Over There, is repped by ICM Partners, as is White. The Doc Ford book series consists of 20 novels, starting with 1990′s Sanibel Flats. The most recent, Night Moves, was published last year.
- 11/26/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 24 Oct 2013 - 06:46
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1995...
The year covered in this week's underrated movie rundown was significant for a number of reasons. It was the year that saw the release of Toy Story - the groundbreaking movie that would cement Pixar's reputation as an animation studio, and set the tempo for CG family movies for the next 18 years and counting. It was the year that saw James Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan for the first time) emerge for GoldenEye after a six-year break. It was also the year of Michael Mann's Heat, Dogme 95, and the moment where Terry Gilliam scored a much-deserved hit with 12 Monkeys.
As ever, we're focusing on a few of the lesser-known films from this particular year, and we've had to think carefully about what's made the cut and what hasn't.
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1995...
The year covered in this week's underrated movie rundown was significant for a number of reasons. It was the year that saw the release of Toy Story - the groundbreaking movie that would cement Pixar's reputation as an animation studio, and set the tempo for CG family movies for the next 18 years and counting. It was the year that saw James Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan for the first time) emerge for GoldenEye after a six-year break. It was also the year of Michael Mann's Heat, Dogme 95, and the moment where Terry Gilliam scored a much-deserved hit with 12 Monkeys.
As ever, we're focusing on a few of the lesser-known films from this particular year, and we've had to think carefully about what's made the cut and what hasn't.
- 10/22/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Demian Bichir, Diane Kruger
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 4: ‘Maria of the Desert’
Written by Chris Gerolmo
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Much of the first three episodes of The Bridge have focused on fleshing out the characters on both sides of the border, giving the audience a better idea of what makes them tick, and doing a fantastic job of it. This week’s episode used the framework of a standalone case, in the form of the search for the missing woman in the desert, to give a look at how the characters relate to each other, in another solid episode that introduces a promising new character while offering a look at how the Mexican cartels operate.
The exploration of the character relationships this week was particularly fascinating. The entrance of Fausto Galvan, in particular, is a promising development, as this episode indicates he will be the bridge,...
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 4: ‘Maria of the Desert’
Written by Chris Gerolmo
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Much of the first three episodes of The Bridge have focused on fleshing out the characters on both sides of the border, giving the audience a better idea of what makes them tick, and doing a fantastic job of it. This week’s episode used the framework of a standalone case, in the form of the search for the missing woman in the desert, to give a look at how the characters relate to each other, in another solid episode that introduces a promising new character while offering a look at how the Mexican cartels operate.
The exploration of the character relationships this week was particularly fascinating. The entrance of Fausto Galvan, in particular, is a promising development, as this episode indicates he will be the bridge,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
If you're used to seeing Mark Harmon as the fairly buttoned-down Jethro Gibbs in "NCIS," you may be in for a slight shock Sunday night on USA.
Harmon stars in the cable channel's original movie "John Sandford's Certain Prey" as Lucas Davenport. The character is the deputy police chief in Minneapolis and an aficionado of, among other things, hot cars, women and well-cut suits. (As we said, he's not exactly in Gibbs territory here.) The movie, based on a novel in Sandford's best-selling Davenport series, debuts at 9 p.m. Et Sunday (Nov. 6).
The movie follows Davenport's investigation of the death of a lawyer's wife and subsequent shooting of a police officer. FBI agents who descend on the case think it's the work of a hitwoman (Tatiana Maslany), and Davenport soon discovers that defense lawyer Carmel Loan (Lola Glaudini, and yes that's really the character's name) might be involved as well.
Harmon stars in the cable channel's original movie "John Sandford's Certain Prey" as Lucas Davenport. The character is the deputy police chief in Minneapolis and an aficionado of, among other things, hot cars, women and well-cut suits. (As we said, he's not exactly in Gibbs territory here.) The movie, based on a novel in Sandford's best-selling Davenport series, debuts at 9 p.m. Et Sunday (Nov. 6).
The movie follows Davenport's investigation of the death of a lawyer's wife and subsequent shooting of a police officer. FBI agents who descend on the case think it's the work of a hitwoman (Tatiana Maslany), and Davenport soon discovers that defense lawyer Carmel Loan (Lola Glaudini, and yes that's really the character's name) might be involved as well.
- 11/4/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
We recently reported on rumors that 300 and Machine Gun Preacher star Gerard Butler was contemplating playing the captain of a Navy Seal team in the submarine thriller Hunter Killer. But if he ends up grabbing the role, he.ll be working for a different director than initially planned. Phillip Noyce, director of two Tom Clancy adaptations and last summer.s Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt, has passed on Killer because it.s too close in size and scope to films he has made in the past, Moviehole reports. Noyce instead will choose between the love story Timeless or a thriller Above Suspicion, the latter of which was penned by Golden Globe nominee Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning). Now Relativity Media has to head back to the drawing board if they.d like to keep Killer on track for its previously announced Dec. 21, 2012 release date. The movie's an adaptation of Don Keith and...
- 8/22/2011
- cinemablend.com
Earlier we reported that Phillip Noyce was set to direct Hunter Killer for Relativity Media. The studio has been searching for actors, but now it looks like they have bigger problems on their hands. Moviehole is reportinng that Noyce has departed the film and moved onto another project.
The new project is reportedly an adaptation of Don Keith and George Wallace's novel Firing Point. Noyce left because it was supposedly "too close to other films he had already made", such as Salt and the Jack Ryan films. Noyce will continue to work with Relativity on the love story Timeless and the thriller Above Suspicion, written by Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning).
This makes sense to me, and it sounds like Noyce already has a lot going on. What are your thoughts on this news? Who do you think will be a good director to take over the film?...
The new project is reportedly an adaptation of Don Keith and George Wallace's novel Firing Point. Noyce left because it was supposedly "too close to other films he had already made", such as Salt and the Jack Ryan films. Noyce will continue to work with Relativity on the love story Timeless and the thriller Above Suspicion, written by Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning).
This makes sense to me, and it sounds like Noyce already has a lot going on. What are your thoughts on this news? Who do you think will be a good director to take over the film?...
- 8/21/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
USA has picked up its series "Fairly Legal" for a second season. The dramedy starring Sarah Shahi will return in early 2012 after averaging 4.6 million viewers in its first season [USA]
Speaking of USA, the cable channel's Sunday shows "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "In Plain Sight" got off to solid starts over the weekend. "Criminal Intent" returned to an audience of 5.1 million people, way up from last season's debut, while "In Plain Sight" drew 3.9 million viewers. [USA]
Emily Mortimer ("Shutter Island") is in talks to star in Aaron Sorkin's HBO pilot about the cable-news business. She would play the executive producer of a show anchored by Jeff Daniels' character; Alison Pill and Olivia Munn are also joining the cast. [Deadline]
And still more from USA: At its upfront Monday it announced development on a dozen new series projects, including several half-hour comedies. Among the comedies are "On We Go," starring Nathan Lane...
Speaking of USA, the cable channel's Sunday shows "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "In Plain Sight" got off to solid starts over the weekend. "Criminal Intent" returned to an audience of 5.1 million people, way up from last season's debut, while "In Plain Sight" drew 3.9 million viewers. [USA]
Emily Mortimer ("Shutter Island") is in talks to star in Aaron Sorkin's HBO pilot about the cable-news business. She would play the executive producer of a show anchored by Jeff Daniels' character; Alison Pill and Olivia Munn are also joining the cast. [Deadline]
And still more from USA: At its upfront Monday it announced development on a dozen new series projects, including several half-hour comedies. Among the comedies are "On We Go," starring Nathan Lane...
- 5/3/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Variety reports that showrunner Steven Bochco has a drama in development at Showtime. The project is called "Church of Rock," written by Bochco and Chris Gerolmo, who partnered on the FX series "Over There." Variety reports that the details are hush-hush and no work on any casting choices as of yet. Gerolmo will direct the USA Network film "Prey," based on the "Certain Prey" novels, written by John Sandford. Bochco's recent series "Raising the Bar" was canceled by TNT. He created the successful Emmy Award-winning dramatic series Hill Street Blues (1981.89) and La Law (1986.94).
- 5/2/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
USA Network has given the green light to Prey, a two-hour movie starring Mark Harmon, as the cable network continues to expand its original programming portfolio beyond hourlong scripted series. The film is based on the best-selling Prey series of novels by John Sandford. Harmon will play the central character in the books, Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport. The movie is based on the 10th of the 20 novels in the series, Certain Prey, in which Davenport goes against a lethal hit woman and a ferociously cunning killer determined to hunt him down. Chris Gerolmo (Citizen X) penned the script for the movie, which is slated to begin production in May. Jaffe-Braunstein Films is producing, with Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein and Harmon executive producing. "Mark Harmon could read the phone book and we'd probably want to put it on the air!" USA's president original programming Jeff Wachtel quipped. While Prey...
- 3/3/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: One of the hottest actors this pilot season, Jason Isaacs, is off the market. After fielding more than half-dozen offers, Isaacs has settled on the lead role in NBC's drama pilot REM, from Lone Star creator Kyle Killen and 20th Century Fox TV. In addition to starring, Isaacs will serve as producer on the project, described as an Inception-style thriller. It centers on a cop (Isaacs) who wakes up after an accident to find he is living in two different realities. The casting of Isaacs lifts the contingency on the pilot, exec produced/run by former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon. 20th TV-based Tim Minear serves as a consulting producer. Rem brings Brit Isaacs back to 20th TV where he starred in the drama pilot for Fox Pleading Guilty last season. Additionally, he developing and producing a drama project at 20th TV's cable division Fox 21. Safe, set up at FX, is being written by Chris Gerolmo.
- 2/20/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
- He has his hands full with studio-backed Edwin A. Salt about CIA officer (Angelina Jolie) who must prove her innocence, and he has got his fall already planned out with an FBI agent who is convicted for murder after an affair with an informer that threatened to destroy his career and marriage. Phillip Noyce has signed onto direct the book-to-screen adaptation of Above Suspicion -- a true crime thriller based on the book written by Joe Sharkey and scripted by Chris Gerolmo (the scribe behind Mississippi Burning). The film will be produced by Bold Films' Michel Litvak, David Lancaster and Gary Michael Walters, along with Colleen Camp, Amy Adelson and Angela Amato. Bold's Garrick Dion will serve as co-producer. ...
- 11/11/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
While he’s waiting for the script of Edwin A. Salt to be retooled for Angelina Jolie (Edwina A. Salt, anyone?), Phillip Noyce has added another film to his to-do list. The Australian director has lined up Above Suspicion, a true-life drama about the only FBI agent to ever be convicted of murder. (And not, as we first thought, a remake of the 1943 Joan Crawford/Fred MacMurray flick, nor the 1995 Christopher Reeve movie, co-written by William H. Macy – Fact!) This Above Suspicion is based on the book by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey, which concerned rookie agent Mark Putnam. A family man, Putnam embarked on an affair with an informant – when that began to unravel and threaten his job and family, things took a dramatic turn for the worse. Noyce will direct the film, from a script by Chris Gerolmo. Bold Films is stumping up the readies.
- 11/11/2008
- EmpireOnline
Phillip Noyce has agreed to direct the true crime thriller Above Suspicion for Bold Films. While most of the recent focus on Noyce’s career has been on Edwin A Salt – the spy drama originally set to star Tom Cruise, now taken over by Angelina Jolie - the director has sneakily added another film to his schedule, according to Variety. Chris Gerolmo is busy writing an adaptation of New York Times reporter Joe Sharkey’s book. “Psychological twists and turns” The story follows FBI agent Mark Putnam, who is... .
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- 11/11/2008
- by jwhite
- TotalFilm
Everyone remembers the story of the FBI agent who had an affair with an informant and then ran into trouble when she threatened to tell his wife and boss. Actually, I had never heard of the story of Mark Putnam and probably would have remained ignorant of him to this day if Phillip Noyce hadn't agreed to direct a movie about the events surrounding Putnam's affair called Above Suspicion. According to Hr, Noyce is going to direct the screenplay written by Mississippi Burning writer Chris Gerolmo. Gerolmo, in turn, based his script on a book by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey. Sharkey, in turn, based his book on Putnam not being able to keep his gun in its holster, if you catch my drift, wink, wink. Putnam was a rookie agent when he started interrogating one of his informants in private. She ended up with child and that is...
- 11/10/2008
- cinemablend.com
Filmmaker Phillip Noyce will direct the adaptation of “Above Suspicion,” a crime thriller written by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey.
Variety says the story focuses on an FBI agent named Mark Putnam, who’s convicted for murder after an affair with an informer that threatened to end his career and marriage.
Chris Gerolmo is set to write the screenplay for the projet, which the trade says is expected to start shooting late next year.
Noyce’s directing credits include “The Saint,” “Rabbit-Proof Fence” and “The Quiet American.” His next project is the Angelina Jolie vehicle “Salt.”...
Variety says the story focuses on an FBI agent named Mark Putnam, who’s convicted for murder after an affair with an informer that threatened to end his career and marriage.
Chris Gerolmo is set to write the screenplay for the projet, which the trade says is expected to start shooting late next year.
Noyce’s directing credits include “The Saint,” “Rabbit-Proof Fence” and “The Quiet American.” His next project is the Angelina Jolie vehicle “Salt.”...
- 11/10/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Bold Films (Bobby, Starship Troopers 3) has announced that its next feature film project will be an adaptation of New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey's true crime novel "Above Suspicion". Filmmaker Phillip Noyce, of Patriot Games, The Bone Collector, The Quiet American, and Catch a Fire most recently, will direct while Chris Gerolmo, of Mississippi Burning previously, will write the screenplay. The film centers on the true story of the only FBI agent to be convicted of murder - Mark Putnam. He was a dutiful family man and ambitious rookie agent, but everything took a turn for the worse when an affair with an informant threatened to destroy both his career and his marriage. Sounds like it might be intense. I'm not at all familiar with the book or the story, but apparently it's a bit different than most true crime novels. "You almost feel sorrier for the killer...
- 11/10/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Phillip Boyce (Patriot Games, The Quiet American) has signed on to direct Above Suspicion, an adaptation of the book written by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey. Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning) will write the screenplay. The film centers on the true story of the only FBI agent to be convicted of murder. Mark Putnam was a dutiful family man and ambitious rookie agent who embarks on a dangerous affair with an informant. When the affair threatens to unravel his career and marriage, it takes a turn for the worse. The indie finance and production company Bold Films is behind the film with Michel Litvak (Bobby), Gary Michael Waters (Mini's First Time) and David Lancaster (A Love Song for Bobby Long) on board to produce. Filming is tentatively scheduled to begin fall 2009. Noyce is also directing the espionage thriller Salt, which will star Angelina Jolie.
- 11/10/2008
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
L.A. based indie Bold Films has signed Phillip Noyce to direct its upcoming true crime thriller “Above Suspicion,” based on the book of the same title by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey.
Chris Gerolmo is all set to write the script for the film. It will track FBI agent Mark Putman, convicted for murder after an affair with an informer that threatened to destroy his career and marriage. The film will begin shooting tentatively for fall 2009.
“While providing the opportunity for compelling and richly drawn characters, the psychological twists and turns of ‘Above Suspicion’ have the power to keep an audience on the edge of their seats,” Noyce said in a statement.
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Chris Gerolmo is all set to write the script for the film. It will track FBI agent Mark Putman, convicted for murder after an affair with an informer that threatened to destroy his career and marriage. The film will begin shooting tentatively for fall 2009.
“While providing the opportunity for compelling and richly drawn characters, the psychological twists and turns of ‘Above Suspicion’ have the power to keep an audience on the edge of their seats,” Noyce said in a statement.
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- 11/10/2008
- by John
- ReelSuave.com
Fighting the global war on terrorism is vexing enough in real life. Fighting it on the small screen from a highly politicized point of view would be a tactical mistake, a group of top television writer-producers said Monday night at a panel session on the subject of "Television Goes to War." Steven Bochco, co-creator and executive producer with Chris Gerolmo of FX's Iraq war drama Over There, said that they sought from the inception of the show to keep its focus on the lives of "grunts" on the ground and not on larger questions of U.S. foreign policy, morality or geopolitical concerns. Panel moderator Michael Kinsley, editorial and opinion editor at the Los Angeles Times, suggested that the lack of explicit discussion of the politics of the war in Iraq among the main characters in Over There was in and of itself an anti-war statement given the show's gritty portrayal of the chaos and carnage enveloping those grunts. But Bochco and Gerolmo disagreed.
- 8/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-producer Chris Gerolmo will reunite with Steven Bochco on an untitled legal drama project in the hopper at Fox Broadcasting Co. Fox has given a pilot order to the project, which will revolve around an ongoing civil court case and delve into the private lives of the principals involved (HR 8/11). Bochco and Gerolmo also are collaborators and executive producers on the FX drama series Over There, which bowed last month. On the Fox project, the two will craft the story together, while Gerolmo is expected to take the lead in writing the script.
- 8/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Sky One has picked up hard-hitting Steven Bochco drama "Over There" from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, it was announced Monday. The deal was announced jointly Monday at MIPTV by Sky One and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The drama series looks at Army life in wartorn Iraq and will debut on Sky One in the fall. It will debut in July on the FX Network in the U.S. The U.K. deal follows an announcement that "Over There" will debut in the international markets exclusively on pay TV. Other pay TV operations that have signed up include Sky Italia, Premiere in Germany and Canal Plus in France. The series was sold on the basis of a pilot script written by series co-creator Chris Gerolmo. "Over There" is the third series Sky One has picked up from FX, with other acquisitions including "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me". Recently, the Five channel picked up "The Shield" from FX. "I'm grateful to Sky One for their faith in 'Over There' and grateful as well for the support I've received in the U.K. for my earlier shows," Bochco said in a statement. "I'm hopeful 'Over There' won't fall short of expectations." British viewers have long been fans of the Bochco style, with such shows as "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue" garnering loyal audiences and strong ratings.
- 4/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ensemble cast is set for FX's pilot Over There from Steven Bochco Prods. and 20th Century Fox Television. Nicki Aycox, Erik Palladino, Keith Robinson, Josh Henderson, Luke MacFarlane, Sticky Fingaz, Lizette Carrion and Sprague Grayden have been tapped as series regulars on the contemporary war drama, which centers on the members of an Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty. It also examines the effects of war on those soldiers' families at home. Bochco will executive produce with Chris Gerolmo, who will direct the pilot he wrote. Shooting begins in mid-January in Southern California.
- 12/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Bochco has lined-up his next television project; the-writer producer is working with writer Chris Gerolmo on an hourlong contemporary war drama for FX. Bochco's first project with the cable station looks to build upon Band of Brothers' with a weekly series that fully probes the lives of military men and women. Variety reports that a script commitment has been made thus far. Meanwhile, Bochco's NYPD Blue recently received a renewal for its 12th -- and final -- season.
- 5/5/2004
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