Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has begun a screen adaptation of Irish novelist Ken Bruen’s crime drama ‘London Boulevard’. Monaghan plans to make his directorial debut on the pic.
Galway born writer Ken Bruen is known for his crime noir novels with the Shamus award-winning ‘The Guards’ and the 2008 Edgar Allen Poe Award nominated ‘The Dramatist and Priest’ among his body of work. ‘London Boulevard’ follows a South London ex-con trying to live a straight life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress.
Monahan, who has almost completed the script for ‘London Boulevard’, will also produce the film with producer Quentin Curtis. The screenwriter's other current projects include an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel ‘Blood Meridian’, the screenplay for ‘Jurassic Park IV’ and a re-make of Korean film ‘The Chaser’.
