Jesse Stone Returns to CBS
Robert B. Parker may be known for his series of Spenser novels, but his second creation, Jesse Stone, is gaining popularity through a series of CBS telefilms starring Tom Selleck. A sixth chapter has been announced as now being in production. No Remorse has started shooting in Halifax, Nova Scotia for eventually airing. A fifth telefilm is completed with no airdate.
Jesse Stone is a small town Sheriff in Massachusetts who fights his alcoholism and unhealthy addiction to his ex-wife, now living in the area as a local television news reporter.
The new film will be an original story, not based on one of the seven novels in the series which launched in 1997. Night and Day will be published in the first half of 2009. Stone inhabits the same universe as Spenser and Parker’s other creation, Sunny Randall. In fact, Stone and Randall was an item in several novels but their emotional commitments to their exes kept the relationship from continuing.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new telefilm tells of Stone “having been suspended by the local town council, moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy (Stephen McHattie), by investigating a series of murders in Boston.”
Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, William Devane, William Sadler and Saul Rubinek will all be back in their familiar roles with Krista Allen joining the cast.
The teleplay is from Selleck and Michael Brandman, who double as executive producers.
While I enjoy the Jesse Stone novels, I wish they were closer to the books they are based on. I also wish they would spend a little more money and actually film in Mass.
This is great news. I really like this series of films. All of the characters, the story line and settings are interesting. Keep 'em coming. The casting, acting and writing are superb.
Tom Selleck has made this role his own. He brings it alive…I will not even buy the "Trouble in Paradise" audio book as his is not the voice of the narrator. Tom has 'become' Jesse Stone as Joe M. has become Spencer.
My husband and I are great fans of the Jesse Stone series. We would like to see more books and movies ( of course with Tom Selleck). We look forward to the new movies and hope their is many more to come.
Love the series. Only caught 2 of them so far. Who plays that poor lonely Irish Setter who gets no affection and just sits and stares at Tom, patiently waiting. He's the duplicate of my dog. (Actually called a Field Setter who is smaller and has less "feathers") Love them both anyway.