Re: TV news for April 23-28, 2025

Robin Miller wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Robin Miller wrote:
 

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“Berlin Noir”: Apple Lands Next Big TV Adaptation With
Bernie Gunther
Prequel Series From ‘Conclave’ Writer Peter Straughan
(April 24)
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https://deadline.com/2025/04/apple-tv-plus-bernie-gunther-prequel-peter-straughan-tom-hanks-1236373663/
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["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
 

 
 
Cool!
 
Robin, who hasn't seen anyone so excited about a news
write-up in a
looooong time.  :-)

:)

I *really* liked the Bernie book series!

I used to talk about the books with my neighbor (who is German)
and made her laugh with all of the old slang that Kerr included
in the stories. Some of it she didn't know, and others she
remembered her father saying when she was a young'un.

The details about the history and Berlin (as well as other
cities and countries Bernie hid out in) was like catnip to
me and the mysteries themselves were well-plotted.

I'm hoping Volker Kutscher's Inspector Gereon Rath seroes set
around the same timeline are anywhere near as good. I'm waiting
to start those until I can collect the entire series and
binge them as time permits.

Thanks Robin! Your news clip made my morning!

Nyssa, who is more excited about this news than she is
about how the Stanley Cup plaoffs are going (her team is
probably going to be eliminated on Wednesday night)