Welcome to IP Surveillance, your weekly guide to the hottest available intellectual property for film and television. This week, we're tracking a bombshell new true-crime podcast with the first-ever interview from a fugitive who hid for 32 years, the surprisingly available rights to one of the biggest video games in the world, and a slate of haunting historical mysteries gaining traction online.
This report covers:
Deals of the Week: Netflix doubles down on Emily Henry, Gal Gadot finds her next franchise.
Books Just Released: A wave of high-concept thrillers hits shelves, led by Alice Feeney and Jennette McCurdy.
Books Announced: A Black Final Girl horror, a Ukrainian cybercriminal, a Gilded Age disaster, a fae-infested Sherwood Forest, and more.
Long-Form Journalism: A Supreme Court lawyer's double life (NYT Magazine), a Caribbean narcotrafficking scandal (The Guardian), a $15B luxury heist (1843), and the first American Pope (The New Yorker).
Podcasts: Sony drops a binge-able true-crime series about fugitive Margo Freshwater.
Unscripted/True Crime: Reddit obsesses over a mother who vanished in 1946, a Gilded Age heiress, and a Christmas Day family annihilator.
Alternative IP: Why BAFTA-winner Baldur's Gate III is still on the table.
Brazen Spotlight: A 1970s Christmas noir about an accountant who said no to the mob.
Trend Watch: The rise of the anti-franchise.
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