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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: TV news for April 23-28, 2025
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:39:27 -0400
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Nyssa wrote:
> 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.'”]
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 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.  :-)