Yes, this is real!
With a massive cast of top actors and a trailer where every second is more “what?!” than the last, I’m actually all in. Here is the trailer for The Sheep Detectives, an upcoming film adaptation of Leonie Swann’s Three Bags Full.
Lupin returns!
Netflix has announced that Lupin Part 4 will return in Fall 2026. The hit show starring Omar Sy is based on the Maurice Leblanc book series, which follows gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin in his many escapades.
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Bad Blood author sues Open AI
John Carreyrou and a handful of authors have filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms, and Perplexity, “accusing the AI companies of pirating their books and feeding them into the large language models (LLMs) that power the companies’ chatbots.” Reuters and Publishers Weekly have the details.
Enola Holmes Returns!
Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill are returning this summer for the third film in the Enola Holmes adaptation series! This time around Enola will be traveling to Malta, though they’re keeping why under wraps. You can, however, check out the first look photo!
A Peek at Louise Penny’s Library
Louise Penny gave a tour of her private book collection—dogs and underground passage included! You can read/see all about it at The Washington Post.
Looking for your next cozy crime drama?
Good Housekeeping has rounded up upcoming cozy crime dramas that you can watch across streamers like ITV, Netflix, and the BBC. Check out the 10 shows here, which include adapations of Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery and Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley novels.
How Collaboration Made a Great Novel Into an Even Better Graphic Novel
Eileen Gonzalez chatted with Jewell Parker Rhodes about her recent adaptation of her middle grade crime novel, Ghost Boys, into a graphic novel.
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