Patricia Cornwell's Hornet's Nest, stars Sherry Stringfield and Virginia Madsen
TNT has given the go ahead for an original movie adaptation of America's number 1 crime novelist Patricia Cornwell's bestselling book Hornet’s Nest.
Pic will make its premiere spring, 2012 as part of the TNT Mystery Movie Night, TNT's new showcase of movies adapted from contemporary crime novels.
Also starring in Hornet's Nest, which is being adapted by screenwriter Dee Johnson (TNT’s Southland, Rizzoli & Isles) are Robbie Amell, Michael Boatman and Michael Silver.
The TNT Mystery Movie Night starts with Scott Turow’s Innocent, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and will feature six movies in November and December, before making its return in spring 2012, starting with Hornet’s Nest as well as three other movies.
Millicent Shelton (Californication, 90210) will direct Hornet’s Nest.
About Hornet's Nest:
The #1 New York Times bestseller is the first in Cornwell’s series of mysteries featuring reporter Andy Brazil (Amell), Police Chief Judy Hammer (Madsen) and her top deputy, Virginia West (Stringfield). Boatman has been cast as Richard Panesa, and Silver will play Deputy Chief Adam Goode. Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased when Hammer pairs her up with Brazil, a cub reporter assigned to cover the police department.