Re: TV news for April 23-28, 2025

Robin Miller wrote:

 
“Berlin Noir”: Apple Lands Next Big TV Adaptation With
Bernie Gunther
Prequel Series From ‘Conclave’ Writer Peter Straughan
(April 24)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/04/apple-tv-plus-bernie-gunther-prequel-peter-straughan-tom-hanks-1236373663/
 
["Apple TV+ has greenlit a long-gestating TV adaptation of
[the late
Philip Kerr’s popular Berlin Noir books from Oscar-winning
Conclave writer Peter Straughan ... The untitled drama is
based on Kerr’s final book Metropolis, which told the
iconic detective’s origin story. Set in 1928, Metropolis
follows newly promoted police officer Gunther in the
intimidating elite Berlin Murder Squad, investigating what
seems to be a serial killer targeting victims on the
fringes of society. Gunther’s Berlin is described as a
'city of unprecedented freedom and dizzying turbulence,
the Nazis a distant nightmare waiting in the wings.'”]
 
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Ooooooo I hope that a) this series is produced, b) that they
don't screw it up, and c) it's shown someplace that I can
actually *see* it (or can buy it on DVD).

The books were excellent! The only thing that bummed me out
about them is that Philip Kerr died before a book that
gave Bernie a proper ending (living happily ever after or
not).

I highly recommend the books to anyone interested in the
history of that era and/or very good mysteries.

Nyssa, who hasn't been this excited about a possible TV
show or movie in a looooong time