From the most recent issue of
The Hollywood Reporter, here is a list of upcoming film projects which are based on crime novels.
Hostage (Stratus/Cheyenne)
Status: In Production
Start: January 2004
Book:
Robert Crais
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jonathan Tucker, Serena Scott Thomas
Dir: Florent Siri
Scr: Robert Crais
Be Cool (MGM)
Status: In Production
Start: February 2004
Book: Elmore Leonard
Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Danny DeVito
Dir: F. Gary Gray
Scr: Peter Steinfeld
Note: Sequel to
Get Shorty (1995); Produced by Danny DeVito
The Bourne Supremacy (Universal)
Status: In Production
Start: Nov. 2003
Book:
Robert Ludlum
Cast: Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
Dir: Paul Greengrass
Scr: Tony Gilroy
Note: Sequel to 2002's
The Bourne Identity
Sahara (Crusader)
Status: In Production
Start: November 2003
Book:
Clive Cussler
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
Dir: Breck Eisner
Scr: Joshua Oppenheimer, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Douglas S. Cook, David Weisberg, Josh Friedman, David S. Ward, James V. Hart
Note: Breck Eisner is the son of Disney Chairman
Michael Eisner
Void Moon (Warner Bros.)
Start: December
Book:
Michael Connelly
Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Lane
Dir: Mimi Leder
Scr: Michael Cristofer, Michael Connelly
Tishomingo Blues (Section Eight)
Status: In Preproduction
Start: March 2004
Book:
Elmore Leonard
Cast: Don Cheadle, Matthew McConaughey
Dir: Don Cheadle
Scr: John Richard
Note: Produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh
Skipping Christmas (Revolution)
Status: In Preparation
Start: April 2004
Book: John Grisham
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Cheech Marin
Dir: Joe Roth
Scr: Chris Columbus
