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Neil Cross

Neil Cross

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My life in 8 words: "The life I dreamed of, with less sleep."
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Neil Cross Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. I can't imagine ever being in a position where I might need one, or could use one without looking like an imbecile.  "A guilty conscience needs to confess," you say. "A work of art is a confession." You think you sound like Dorothy Parker, but actually you sound like the windy old buffoon you so patently are. I wouldn't mind having my own catchphrase, though, if I could only think of one that wouldn't get on my family's nerves after about five minutes. So it would probably be - "I'll put the kettle on, shall I?", or; "Yes, you can play on the Wii." Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. That's a dangerous game to start playing. I don't identify with (or even slightly resemble) any of my many heroes. It worries me that, because I've never had cause to be brave, I might lack the capacity. So I most identify with the scum and the cowards, fearing that, but for an accident of history, I'd be walking amongst them. Q. What do you regret most? A. In order for me to be right here, right now, everything that ever happened had to happen exactly the way it happened. Change one factor, change everything. That's not New Age balderdash, it's chaos theory - it's life. I very much like where I am now, so how can I regret anything? Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Being at home, together with my wife and my sons on a day when I've written well and there's something really good on TV. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Yossarian, Indiana Jones, David Tenant's Dr Who. Learn more about Neil Cross

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Booktrade - Book2Book, April 27, 2012
...include a dedicated look at award-winning BBC TV series Luther (including insights into the new series) with author/screenwriter Neil Cross, journalist Miranda Sawyer and cast and crew; Swedish superstar Camilla Lackberg discussing the art of...
Filmstalker, March 23, 2012
...risking his own life, and even connecting with a killer who draws out some strange feelings in him. Neil Cross' character is definitely a different detective to the one we've seen and the portrayal on BBC by the excellent Idris Elba is a great one that...
Den of Geek, March 2, 2012
...18 months of silence, though, it seems that Raimi’s Triffids movie really is going ahead, with writer Neil Cross hired to get its script together. Cross, as you’re probably aware, is a novelist and screenwriter responsible for Luther, Spooks , and a...
ScreenGeek, March 1, 2012
...Neil Cross will sow the seeds for the hostile plants sci-fi remake...
411mania.com, February 29, 2012
...A writer from MI-5 and Luther... Ghost House PIctures announced today via press release that Neil Cross has been hired to write The Day of the Triffids. Cross is best known for his work on BBC shows MI-5 and Luther and will write the film to...
Onion AV Club, February 29, 2012
...Neil Cross has signed on to do the screenplay for that Day Of The Triffids remake/adaptation that Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert are co-producing. As previously reported, Raimi says he would...
JoBlo Movie Emporium, February 29, 2012
...Comments: Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert's Ghost House production company has lined up Neil Cross, the creator of the BBC series Luther, to adapt the 1951 horror novel DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham. The novel was adapted into the 1962 film of...
Manmade Mag, March 2, 2012
...John Wyndham's 1951 post-apocalyptic sci-fi-horror novel "The Day Of The Triffids" is a renowned classic. The story follows a scientist who has been working with lucrative plants called triffids -- tall plants with the deadly combination of intelligence...
Indiewire, March 2, 2012
...at all. So another big-screen adaptation won't be an easy task, and Ghost House Pictures have selected Neil Cross to write the Sam Raimi produced picture. Cross created and writes the British detective drama "Luther" for which Idris Elba recently won a...
ScreenGeek, March 2, 2012
...Blood, boobs, more blood and more boobs in bloodier, boobier sequel. Posted 1st March 2012 in News Neil Cross will sow the seeds for the hostile plants sci-fi remake. Posted 1st March 2012 in News The Raid is comfortably one of the most exciting action...
Zimbio, March 2, 2012
...rights back in 2010 it?s the fact that a writer has been found that?s the news today. � Neil Cross is a British crime and script writer who?s biggest successes to date have been Spooks and Luther, as such this will be his first foray into science...
Den of Geek, March 2, 2012
...18 months of silence, though, it seems that Raimi’s Triffids movie really is going ahead, with writer Neil Cross hired to get its script together. Cross, as you’re probably aware, is a novelist and screenwriter responsible for Luther, Spooks , and a...
ScreenGeek, March 1, 2012
...Neil Cross will sow the seeds for the hostile plants sci-fi remake...
ScreenGeek, March 1, 2012
...Neil Cross will sow the seeds for the hostile plants sci-fi remake...