Elmore Leonard News

National Geographic Channel has closed a drama series script development deal with Amblin Television, Sony Pictures Television and CrichtonSun for a global limited series based on the soon-to-be-published Michael Crichton manuscript, DRAGON TEETH.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich., June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Clara Grace Walker launches Exploits, the first in her newest series of Glamorous, Dangerous Romance novels, Sex & Secrets. After publishing her 3-book series, Desire Never Dies, in 2013 and 2014, Clara has spent the last two years writing Exploits, Book 1 in a 4-book series. The book will be available in both print and digital versions, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.

Premium TV network EPIX(R) announced today it will go into production on GET SHORTY from MGM Television.

Premium TV network EPIX announced today it will go into production on Get Shorty from MGM Television. Created and executive produced by Davey Holmes ('Shameless,' 'In Treatment,' 'Damages'), the one hour drama series is a reimagining of Elmore Leonard's 1990 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Production on the series is anticipated to begin this fall and air summer 2017.

Rubicon Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that its critically acclaimed American premiere of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE by Jethro Compton, adapted from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson that also inspired the legendary John Ford 1962 film, will extend through Saturday, March 26 at the Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE is a classic tale of love, honor, ambition and revenge set against the backdrop of the American West.

Rubicon Theatre Company's 2015-2016 season continues with the American premiere of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE by Jethro Compton. Adapted from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson that also inspired the legendary John Ford 1962 film, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE is a classic tale of love, honor, ambition and revenge set against the backdrop of the American West.

Rubicon Theatre Company's 2015-2016 season continues with the American premiere of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE by Jethro Compton. Adapted from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson that also inspired the legendary John Ford 1962 film, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE is a classic tale of love, honor, ambition and revenge set against the backdrop of the American West.

ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Lucia St. Clair Robson, whose 1982 historical novel 'Ride the Wind' won the Spur Award and remains in print 34 years after its publication, will receive the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, announces Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy-winning actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the recipient of its 2016 Man of the Year Award

STROUDSBURG, Pa., Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ A doctor wants to euthanize his terminal patients. A disgraced journalist wants a better job than flogging tours of crime scenes. The tour business is dying. There aren't enough murders in this sleepy town to draw a crowd.

Remarking on the distinction between English drawing room mysteries and America's hard-boiled crime dramas, Raymond Chandler famously wrote that his role model, Dashiell Hammett, “gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.”

Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Paul Adelstein featuring Doris, originally scheduled for August 21-22 at Feinstein's at the Nikko, is postponed until further notice.

Feinstein's at the Nikko is thrilled to welcome songwriter, composer and actor Paul Adelstein featuring Doris for two performances only - Friday, August 21 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, August 22 (7 p.m.).

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced the premiere of TCM Movie Camp, a new summer-long series targeted to young adults and future filmmakers beginning on June 7 at 8 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ We face the challenge of managing complexity every day. From intricate diets and lengthy cell phone contracts to being inundated with work emails, an important question is whether complex problems need complex solutions. In a new book, SIMPLE RULES: How to Thrive in a Complex World, MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer Donald Sull maintains that complexity is not the answer.

After six extraordinary seasons, the award-winning drama Justified will end its successful run on FX on April 14. Fans of Justified will have the opportunity to own a piece of the show when leading Hollywood collectibles auction site ScreenBid hosts an exclusive online auction of nearly 800 props, wardrobe items and memorabilia from the series.

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Summer Hill Films, LLC, a U.S. theatrical distributor and worldwide sales company with international and domestic appeal, is pleased to announce it has acquired All Rights Worldwide (excluding U.S. and Canada) to the critically acclaimed '3 Days in Havana.'

Among the heavy hitters in the history of American crime fiction, the late Elmore Leonard was something of a 'tweener': not quite as purely entertaining as Donald Westlake, not as morally serious as Patricia Highsmith or Ross MacDonald, not as stylistically interesting as Raymond Chandler or as close to the no-nonsense bone as James M. Cain (who probably makes for the best comparison).