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More on Marlowe
New details on Clive's detective pic.
by
Stax
US, January 23, 2007 - It was
reported yesterday that Strike Entertainment producer Marc Abraham and his
Children of Men star Clive Owen were going to reteam for a movie featuring Raymond Chandler's iconic
private eye Philip Marlowe.
Today it has been confirmed that Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment have sealed a deal with Chorion's Phil Clymer for the screen rights to Chandler's Marlowe books.
The studio and Strike producers Abraham and Eric Newman are still wooing screenwriters and directors to the project and, according to
Variety, it has not been determined yet which title will be adapted first.
Chandler's Marlowe stories include
The Big Sleep and
Farewell My Lovely, both of which have previously been brought to the screen.
The big reveal, however, is that Owen will provide old school narration in the films (much like he did in
Sin City).
Variety adds, "The plan is to keep the
noir spirit of the Chandler books, and keep the mysteries set in the 1940s in Los Angeles, with Marlowe continuing to be the hard-drinking, wisecracking gumshoe."
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