Justified executive producers Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman are returning to the works of Elmore Leonard, optioning three of the late author’s praised Detroit novels as the basis for a new TV series targeted for cable and streaming networks. Via their Timberman-Beverly production company, which is based at CBS TV…

While drawing from the always-strong source material of Elmore Leonard and starring the often sterling Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd, Epix's August 13 debuting Get Shorty ultimately comes up short. The fact is the 10-episode series from Davey Holmes, based in part on the prolific crime writer's 1990 novel of the same…

Justified executive producer Chris Provenzano has signed an overall deal with AMC. Under the pact, he already is working on a drama series project, an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s 1979 novel Gunsights. This makes it a nice continuation for Provenzano, who spent the last five years on FX drama Justified, based on…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Justified series finale. After the six-season cat-and-mouse chase between Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and his longtime black hat nemesis Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), FX's Justified ended not so much with a bang but a nice bow. The final…

EXCLUSIVE: The Elmore Leonard novel Bandits is finally getting its movie closeup. Bruce Willis is the driving force behind this one, and he will play the lead role in an ensemble drama that will be scripted by Mitch Glazer, who’s coming off Magic City and Rock The Kasbah. Emmett Furla Oasis’ Randall Emmett and George…

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline's TCA coverage. UPDATED, 3 PM: There were plenty of plot and story questions about what’s in store for the sprawling ensemble of characters on the FX series Justified at today's TCA. A few tidbits from EP Graham Yost: "You will see the Harris brothers again. I'm not going to tell…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are nearing a deal for a tag-team release of Life Of Crime, Daniel Schechter’s black comic adaptation of Elmore Leonard's book The Switch. The deal will be for U.S. rights and it will be worth several million dollars. I will try to get more specific when it closes. The…

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EXCLUSIVE: Like so many directors with Toronto-bound films, writer/director Daniel Schechter has been in a race to finish Life Of Crime, his adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel The Switch. Schechter was particularly in a hurry because the 87-year old Leonard's health was shaky and he was eager to see the movie…

“It's hard even when you know it's coming, and we knew,” Justified showrunner Graham Yost told Deadline of Elmore Leonard‘s passing today. “Once he had the stroke – it was a left brain stroke, and he was really was non verbal after – we got an update every day or two on how it was looking. It was pretty clear that it…

I’m starting a week off today, and woke up to the depressing news that the great Detroit author Elmore Leonard has died at 87. Like so many who push words around for a living, even if it is in a much inferior fashion, I was in awe of Leonard’s ability to write as only he could. He just made you want to try harder, no…

Legendary American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard passed away this morning in Detroit following complications from a stroke. He was 87. A post on his Facebook page says he was “at home surrounded by his loving family” when he died at 7:15 AM. Some of the author’s works to be transformed into Hollywood movies…