It’s off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.
A TV adaptation of iconic 90’s classic L.A. Confidential has been green-lit by US network CBS.
The 1997 film, directed by the late Curtis Hanson, starred Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito in the height of their careers. Loosely based on James Ellroy’s 1990 novel of the same name, the success of the film saw Basinger win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.
The plot centred around three policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, on their quest to tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s.
And now the film is set to be turned into a TV series, as it’s been reported that CBS have already ordered an initial pilot episode.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the pilot, written by Jordan Harper (Gotham, The Mentalist), is a drama which follows the the intersecting paths of three homicide detectives, a female reporter and an up-and-coming actress while the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer among the secrets and lies of gritty, glamorous 1950s Los Angeles.
It’s being described as having “a modern tone, music and style while still being set in the ’50s.”
No word on who’s playing the iconic roles that Basinger, Crowe and DeVito made famous just yet, but it has been announced that New Regency, which produced the film and controls the rights to the IP, will produce the drama alongside Lionsgate Television and CBS Television Studios.
People say that the key to nailing a reboot is having the original producers on board — in Confidential’s case, New Regency and Milchan are both heavily involved from the outset.
This movie news follows an array of reboot plans over the past few months, as as broadcasters look to compete with deep-pocketed rivals like Netflix and Apple, among others.
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