Exclusive: James Ellroy, the demon dog of American crime fiction, is doubling down on the world of podcasting.
Ellroy, who Deadline revealed in April was working on true crime audio series Hollywood Death Trip, has teamed up with podcasting firm Audio Up to adapt his American Tabloid novel into a scripted podcast series.
The idea is that the L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia author and the Jared Gutstadt-run company are going to go where many others – including David Fincher, Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks and James Franco – have tried and failed before and take his book from the page. But rather than make it as a film or a TV series, he’s going to turn it into a 12-part audio project.
Ellroy will adapt himself with Audio Up’s Cco Jimmy Jellinek. The series, which will be exec produced by Gutstadt, Jellinek and COO Phil Alberstat, will...
Ellroy, who Deadline revealed in April was working on true crime audio series Hollywood Death Trip, has teamed up with podcasting firm Audio Up to adapt his American Tabloid novel into a scripted podcast series.
The idea is that the L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia author and the Jared Gutstadt-run company are going to go where many others – including David Fincher, Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks and James Franco – have tried and failed before and take his book from the page. But rather than make it as a film or a TV series, he’s going to turn it into a 12-part audio project.
Ellroy will adapt himself with Audio Up’s Cco Jimmy Jellinek. The series, which will be exec produced by Gutstadt, Jellinek and COO Phil Alberstat, will...
- 9/8/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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