Philip Marlowe novels are being developed for TV
TV may be getting a new detective.
ABC is working with the showrunner and creator of the drama 鈥淐astle,鈥� Andrew Marlowe, to develop a TV program based on Raymond Chandler鈥檚 Philip Marlowe stories. The character of Marlowe first appeared by name in Chandler鈥檚 1939 novel 鈥淭he Big Sleep鈥� and was played perhaps most famously by Humphrey Bogart for the 1946 film adaptation of 鈥淪leep.鈥� Actors Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum also portrayed the detective.
Marlowe was the center of television adaptations briefly on ABC between 1959 and 1960 in the program 鈥淧hilip Marlowe鈥� and in the British series 鈥淧hilip Marlowe, Private Eye,鈥� which aired in the UK and the US between 1983 and 1986, among other versions.
According to , the new show will be 鈥渁 smart, sexy and stylish update of Chandler鈥檚 character which follows the investigations of wisecracking, edgy, and rugged private detective Philip Marlowe as he navigates the morally complicated world of today鈥檚 Los Angeles 鈥� where the bright California sun casts long and dangerous shadows 鈥� and where true love can be more difficult to find than justice.鈥�
As noted by , ABC tried to create a TV show based around Marlowe in 2006, but the show only filmed a pilot that never aired.
