Criminal Revelations...

It's been a long-kept "secret" that author Sam Bourne is actually award-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland. But he has stepped out from Sam's shadow to pen his own thriller THE THIRD WOMAN (HarperCollins July 2015).
Jonathan Freedland says: 'I've loved writing as Sam Bourne and been hugely grateful for the engagement of Sam Bourne readers with my last five novels. But THE THIRD WOMAN draws on my experience as a journalist in a new way. It feels like the right moment to step forward and say "This is mine."'
I thought the title was a bit familiar and, in fact, it was one used by Mark Mills in December 2010 plus a couple more authors. As yet, there is no cover reveal. You can pre-order from Amazon.

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Remember Tom Rob Smith's debut CHILD 44?  Well now you can see it on the big screen starring man of the moment, Tom Hardy as as Leo Demidov. Supported by Gary Oldman, and Noomi Rapace. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. US release date is set for April 2015.

 

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What's all the fuss about BROADCHURCH?  I started watching Season 2 this week and had to switch off. The music was too loud and overpowering, the actors were mumbling and not having seen Season 1, I didn't have a clue what was going on as there were no recaps. Is it me, or am I just getting older and grumpier?

 

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are reprising their roles as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson for a 2015 Christmas special and a fourth series to air next year.

Element-hairy, my dear Watson!
Filming is now underway on the #Sherlock Special, coming to @BBCOne in 2015. pic.twitter.com/sirTNafRh3

— BBC One (@BBCOne) January 6, 2015

The BBC officially confirmed that filming had commenced today (January 6), and alluded to a member of the cast perhaps sporting a new moustache.

 

 

 

Get Ready for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - the 2011 movie

THE HUGELY ANTICIPATED FILM OF JOHN LE CARRÉ’S CLASSIC TALE OF TREACHERY AND ESPIONAGE, “TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY” WILL INFILTRATE U.K. CINEMAS ON 16 SEPTEMBER, 2011

Gary Oldman as George Smiley

The spy thriller features a stellar cast including Gary Oldman, Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Konstantin Khabensky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Roger Lloyd Pack, and Mark Strong. Directed by Tomas Alfredson (“Let The Right One In”) it is a
Working Title production for STUDIOCANAL.

Set in the 1970s, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, urbane, successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.

The screenplay is by Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor and the film, which was shot in London, Budapest and Istanbul is produced by Working Title’s co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo. The executive producers are Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, Douglas Urbanski, Peter Morgan, Olivier Courson, Ron Halpern and John le Carré.

Check this website out for HD trailer