So, with deals at 3 different networks for 3 different book series, Mosley and fans of his works, should hopefully see one of them go all the way all 3 would be nice (especially the HBO series), but I'm not greedy 🙂 I should also note that the TNT network has ordered a pilot episode of Mosley's Fearless Jones series of novels, with plans for an eventual TV series, which he mentions in the interview. In response, he mentioned his HBO deal for the Leonid McGill book series, and added that he'd pretty much outlined the entire first season, which would be based on The Long Fall, and that he has a meeting with HBO execs next week, during which I assume he'll be handing over what he's done, and they'll further discuss the ongoing project.Īnd when asked in the NPR interview who his choice is for the starring role in the Leonid McGill series, guess who he named? Jeffrey Wright of course!

He was on the show ( Talk Of The Nation) to talk about the new book, and more and he was asked by a caller about turning the work into a movie. That deal was original announced in 2010, and, for some reason, we completely missed it so I'm not certain how widely-known it is, hence this post.īut it's in the works, starting with the first book in the series titled, The Long Fall.įast-forward to today, and THIS NPR interview with Mosley, who's most recent work, All I Did Was Shoot My Man, the 4th in the Leonid McGill series, went on sale earlier this week. That news was met with simultaneous joy and disappointment while most were glad that Mosley's series of books would be getting the screen treatment, some were concerned that, as an NBC product, it wouldn't pack the same punch as if it were instead headed to a cable network like HBO or Showtime and I agreed with that.īut maybe knowing that Mosley also has a deal in place with HBO, but not for the Rawlins series of books instead, Mosley's Leonid McGill, New York City private investigator series. It was recently announced that a TV drama series based on Walter Mosley's fictional African American private investigator Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, was in the works for the NBC network.

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