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Last Updated: March. 9, 2023
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Picture Top Gun: Maverick, (aka Top Gun 2), Tom Cruise
Category Commentary:
After winning DGA, PGA, SAG and WGA, “Everything Everywhere” feels like an undeniable winner. If you are predicting an “upset,” you must give a very strong case through your predictions. While some voters are not in the camp for “Everything Everywhere,” if there is an upset brewing,...
Last Updated: March. 9, 2023
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Picture Top Gun: Maverick, (aka Top Gun 2), Tom Cruise
Category Commentary:
After winning DGA, PGA, SAG and WGA, “Everything Everywhere” feels like an undeniable winner. If you are predicting an “upset,” you must give a very strong case through your predictions. While some voters are not in the camp for “Everything Everywhere,” if there is an upset brewing,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aaron Magnani has acquired rights to Capital Crimes, the 32-part crime thriller book series originated by President Harry S. Truman’s daughter Margaret Truman, with plans to adapt them into a TV series.
Magnani will develop and produce the series adaptation via his Aaron Magnani Productions.
The potential series will center on the books’ hero Robert Brixton, a rugged former cop and special operator who served with Sitqual, a private security arm of the State Department. Brixton’s skills, as one of the few internationally licensed private investigators, are put to use against an assortment of villains and plots seeking to do the country great harm; all the books are set in Washington, D.C. Tortured by witnessing the death of his daughter in a terrorist bombing there, Brixton is guided by an unrelenting desire to safeguard the innocent. He’s currently engaged to longtime fiancée Flo Combs, and...
Magnani will develop and produce the series adaptation via his Aaron Magnani Productions.
The potential series will center on the books’ hero Robert Brixton, a rugged former cop and special operator who served with Sitqual, a private security arm of the State Department. Brixton’s skills, as one of the few internationally licensed private investigators, are put to use against an assortment of villains and plots seeking to do the country great harm; all the books are set in Washington, D.C. Tortured by witnessing the death of his daughter in a terrorist bombing there, Brixton is guided by an unrelenting desire to safeguard the innocent. He’s currently engaged to longtime fiancée Flo Combs, and...
- 8/20/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
New York City is once again the setting for Gotham noir as the International Thriller Writers (Itw) brings ThrillerFest VIII to town from July 10-13, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel to celebrate the "art of the thrill."
What exactly is ThrillerFest? It's a four-day celebration of thriller books, the authors who write them, and the fans who read them. Below are all the details you need if you plan to attend:
From the Press Release:
Spines are already tingling for the legendary Anne Rice (pictured above), Queen of the Gothic Thriller, who will make a rare appearance to serve as the 2013 ThrillerMaster. Rice is the author of 31 novels, including The Vampire Chronicles, Songs of the Seraphim, and the new Wolf Gift Chronicles.
New this year at ThrillerFest is FanFest, an opportunity for thriller writers to give back to their most loyal fans. These lucky readers will join such big-league talent as Joseph Finder,...
What exactly is ThrillerFest? It's a four-day celebration of thriller books, the authors who write them, and the fans who read them. Below are all the details you need if you plan to attend:
From the Press Release:
Spines are already tingling for the legendary Anne Rice (pictured above), Queen of the Gothic Thriller, who will make a rare appearance to serve as the 2013 ThrillerMaster. Rice is the author of 31 novels, including The Vampire Chronicles, Songs of the Seraphim, and the new Wolf Gift Chronicles.
New this year at ThrillerFest is FanFest, an opportunity for thriller writers to give back to their most loyal fans. These lucky readers will join such big-league talent as Joseph Finder,...
- 6/11/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Jon Land'S best-selling novel The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending is to be turned into a film franchise and a comic book series.
The central figure of the book is The Tyrant - real name Michael Tiranno - who was raised in the Sicilian countryside by a Mafia crime lord after his parents were brutally murdered.
He moves to Vegas, where he masters the world of high finance and creates an empire, beginning with the extravagant Seven Sins casino resort, until an enemy from the past threatens to undermine everything he has built.
Variety reports that King Midas World Entertainment has now made a publishing deal with DC Comics and is also planning a movie franchise. A screenplay by Christopher Kyle is now out to undisclosed "top filmmakers."
Fabrizio Boccardi, founder of King Midas, told Variety: "We conceived the character as the Batman of Las Vegas. Honestly, I want to build a franchise.
The central figure of the book is The Tyrant - real name Michael Tiranno - who was raised in the Sicilian countryside by a Mafia crime lord after his parents were brutally murdered.
He moves to Vegas, where he masters the world of high finance and creates an empire, beginning with the extravagant Seven Sins casino resort, until an enemy from the past threatens to undermine everything he has built.
Variety reports that King Midas World Entertainment has now made a publishing deal with DC Comics and is also planning a movie franchise. A screenplay by Christopher Kyle is now out to undisclosed "top filmmakers."
Fabrizio Boccardi, founder of King Midas, told Variety: "We conceived the character as the Batman of Las Vegas. Honestly, I want to build a franchise.
- 6/12/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
DC Comics has secured the license to the protagonist in Jon Land's 2009 novel The Seven Sins. According to Variety, the publisher now has the rights to develop comics and multimedia projects featuring the book's Michael Tiranno, aka The Tyrant. In Land's novel, Tiranno starts out as an orphaned farm boy in Sicily, who is adopted by a mobster following the murder of his parents. The character goes on to become the owner of the extravagant Seven (more)...
- 6/10/2011
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Jon Land’s latest thriller/mystery featuring fifth generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong, Strong At the Break, is now out in the bookstores and at Amazon and is rapidly rising up the bestselling books ranks! It’s a great novel that can be enjoyed as a standalone, though the whole series is excellent, so if you love thrillers, you should check them all out. Jon Land graciously agreed to let me interview him, and I didn’t even have to threaten him or coerce him with blackmail (no, I am Not crossing my fingers–I stand by this comment), and what follows is the result. Get to know the Man, the Myth, the Legend, the best-selling author Jon Land and his inspirations, hopes, dreams, and more about his novels by simply giving in to my hypnotic powers of suggestion and Reading On!!!
Professor Crazy: So, Jon–long time, no see…...
Professor Crazy: So, Jon–long time, no see…...
- 6/10/2011
- by Professor Crazy
- Boomtron
What do drug smuggling across Canada’s border, a sex slavery trade based in Mexico, and a double-amputee Iraqi war veteran have in common? That’s what Caitlin Strong, a modern-day fifth generation Texas Ranger has to figure out in Jon Land’s Strong At the Break, the heart-racing page-turning third novel in his Caitlin Strong series. Though it’s the third in the series, Strong At the Break can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.
Texas is not big enough for Ranger Caitlin Strong in Strong At the Break. She is “selected for a joint U.S. and Canadian drug task force” and travels to Canada to be a “part of a six-person squad” investigating a marijuana grow house using Chinese laborers…an operation the Hells Angels seem determined to end, even if it means muder.
Malcolm Arno, the leader of a powerful militia movement known as the Patriot Sun,...
Texas is not big enough for Ranger Caitlin Strong in Strong At the Break. She is “selected for a joint U.S. and Canadian drug task force” and travels to Canada to be a “part of a six-person squad” investigating a marijuana grow house using Chinese laborers…an operation the Hells Angels seem determined to end, even if it means muder.
Malcolm Arno, the leader of a powerful militia movement known as the Patriot Sun,...
- 6/6/2011
- by Professor Crazy
- Boomtron
Christopher Kyle (”K-19: The Widowmaker,” “Alexander”) has been attached to adapt the best-selling novel “The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending,” by author Jon Land. The book is about the adopted son of an Italian crime lord, Michael “The Tyrant” Tiranno. Michael is called upon by his family to defend a family holding, a literal gambling mecca, from terrorist attacks. Land himself describes the story as the first in a series of James Bond-like adventures starring Tiranno, and that it partially draws from the life story of Fabrizio Boccardi, the investor, producer and CEO of King Midas World Entertainment in Las Vegas. Moritz Borman will produce the adaptation, and Peter [...]...
- 1/22/2010
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Alexander" screenwriter Christopher Kyle has signed on to adapt Jon Land's best-selling book, "The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending" into a feature film.
Described by Amazon.com as "The Godfather meets the TV series Las Vegas," the story is about one of the adopted sons of a Italian mob boss who is called to defend his family's gambling properties from terrorists.
Source and Photo: FilmoFilia...
Described by Amazon.com as "The Godfather meets the TV series Las Vegas," the story is about one of the adopted sons of a Italian mob boss who is called to defend his family's gambling properties from terrorists.
Source and Photo: FilmoFilia...
- 1/21/2010
- by Christina Warren
- AMC - Script to Screen
According to THR, Christopher Kyle (“K-19: The Widowmaker,” “Alexander”) has signed on to adapt Jon Land’s best-seller “The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending” into a feature for Tyrant One Imperium Pictures.
The action-thriller centers on Michael “The Tyrant” Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks. Land has said that the character is loosely inspired by Boccardi’s life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Kyle will be submitting his draft to producer Moritz Borman and executive producer Peter Graves.
“The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending” summary from Amazon:
The Godfather meets the TV series Las Vegas in this collision of money and power. The owner of a newly built casino and hotel, The Seven Sins, Michael Tiranno uncovers a plot to destroy Sin City. The mastermind behind an attack...
The action-thriller centers on Michael “The Tyrant” Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks. Land has said that the character is loosely inspired by Boccardi’s life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Kyle will be submitting his draft to producer Moritz Borman and executive producer Peter Graves.
“The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending” summary from Amazon:
The Godfather meets the TV series Las Vegas in this collision of money and power. The owner of a newly built casino and hotel, The Seven Sins, Michael Tiranno uncovers a plot to destroy Sin City. The mastermind behind an attack...
- 1/21/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Christopher Kyle ( K-19: The Widowmaker , Alexander ) has signed to adapt Jon Land's best-seller "The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending," says The Hollywood Reporter . The action-thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks. Land has said that the character is loosely inspired by Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales. Moritz Borman will produce the film, with Peter Graves executive producing.
- 1/21/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Christopher Kyle ("K-19: The Widowmaker," "Alexander") has signed on to adapt Jon Land's best-seller "The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending" into a feature for Tyrant One Imperium Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
The action thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks.
The stoary is loosely inspired by Midas World Entertainment CEO Fabrizio Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Moritz Borman and Peter Graves will produce.
The action thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks.
The stoary is loosely inspired by Midas World Entertainment CEO Fabrizio Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Moritz Borman and Peter Graves will produce.
- 1/21/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Christopher Kyle has signed to adapt Jon Land's best-seller "The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending" for the big screen.
Producers Moritz Borman and Peter Graves have licensed film rights to the novel from Fabrizio Boccardi, investor, producer and CEO of Las Vegas-based King Midas World Entertainment, through Tyrant One Imperium Pictures.
The action thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks. Land has said that the character is loosely inspired by Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Borman will produce the film, with Graves executive producing.
Kyle, a New York-based screenwriter and playwright whose work includes "K-19: The Widowmaker," "Alexander" and "The Monogamist," is repped by Icm.
Producers Moritz Borman and Peter Graves have licensed film rights to the novel from Fabrizio Boccardi, investor, producer and CEO of Las Vegas-based King Midas World Entertainment, through Tyrant One Imperium Pictures.
The action thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks. Land has said that the character is loosely inspired by Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
Borman will produce the film, with Graves executive producing.
Kyle, a New York-based screenwriter and playwright whose work includes "K-19: The Widowmaker," "Alexander" and "The Monogamist," is repped by Icm.
- 1/20/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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