As a life-long Stephen King fan, I keep waiting for the day he burns out and, I’ll not lie, it’s felt like it was happening a few times, however he always bounces back.
One of my favourite King tales of the last few years was the Bill Hodges trilogy comprising of Mr Mercedes, Finder Keepers and End of Watch.
These stories see a retired police officer – Bill Hodges – come out of retirement to catch the one killer that got away… Mr Mercedes, a young killer called Brady Hartefield, who ploughed a Mercedes into a crowd of unemployed people one night on a whim, killing several of them.
We are hearing that Hodges will be played by the legendary Brendan Gleeson, while killer Hartsfield was set to be played by the late Star Trek star, Anton Yelchin and will now be played by Penny Dreadful star Harry Treadaway.
Ally McBeal showrunner David E. Kelley will serve as showrunner on the series, which is being produced by Sonar Entertainment. Jack Bender (Lost) is set to direct.
While reading the books I had a clear idea in my head of who Hodges and Hartefield were and, while neither actor was it, I am growing more and more excited for the casting, especially Gleeson – I can see him as a superb Hodges.
Source: THR
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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