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THE LEAPHORN & CHEE NOVELS
18 novels in Tony Hillerman's classic Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee series of Western noir thrillers
AMC Networks has greenlighted Western noir thriller series Dark Winds, based on the popular Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, for AMC and AMC+. Created and executive produced by Graham Roland (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan), the series stars Zahn McClarnon (Westworld), who also is an executive producer, and Kiowa Gordon (Roswell, New Mexico) as Navajo Tribal Police Officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, respectively.
Executive producing the AMC Studios series are Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, who resides in Santa Fe, NM; Robert Redford, who has produced two screen adaptations of Hilleman's Leaphorn & Chee books, The Dark Wind and Skinwalkers; Tina Elmo (The Mustang); and Vince Gerardis (GoT). Vince Calandra (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) is executive producer and showrunner. Chris Eyre, who directed Skinwalkers and also was the first Native American to win a DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs, will direct the pilot and will also executive produce.
Dark Winds, which has received a six-episode order, is a psychological thriller that follows two Navajo police officers, Leephorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma of their pasts. Season 1 is expected to premiere on AMC+ and AMC in 2022.
The project was developed through AMC's straight-to-series model that involves the opening of a writers room. The room for Dark Winds, staffed entirely by Native American writers led by Roland, worked on scripts for several months. Based on that material, and with McClarnon and Gordon brought in to play the leads, the network gave the series a green light.
Book Titles:
The Blessing Way (1970); Dance Hall of the Dead (1973); Listening Woman (1978); People of Darkness (1980); The Dark Wind (1982); The Ghostway (1984); Skinwalkers (1986); A Thief of Time (1988); Talking God (1989); Coyote Waits (1990); Sacred Clowns (1993); The Fallen Man (1996); The First Eagle (1998); Hunting Badger (1999); The Wailing Wind (2002); The Sinister Pig (2003); Skeleton Man (2004); The Shape Shifter (2006).
Executive producing the AMC Studios series are Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, who resides in Santa Fe, NM; Robert Redford, who has produced two screen adaptations of Hilleman's Leaphorn & Chee books, The Dark Wind and Skinwalkers; Tina Elmo (The Mustang); and Vince Gerardis (GoT). Vince Calandra (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) is executive producer and showrunner. Chris Eyre, who directed Skinwalkers and also was the first Native American to win a DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs, will direct the pilot and will also executive produce.
Dark Winds, which has received a six-episode order, is a psychological thriller that follows two Navajo police officers, Leephorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma of their pasts. Season 1 is expected to premiere on AMC+ and AMC in 2022.
The project was developed through AMC's straight-to-series model that involves the opening of a writers room. The room for Dark Winds, staffed entirely by Native American writers led by Roland, worked on scripts for several months. Based on that material, and with McClarnon and Gordon brought in to play the leads, the network gave the series a green light.
Book Titles:
The Blessing Way (1970); Dance Hall of the Dead (1973); Listening Woman (1978); People of Darkness (1980); The Dark Wind (1982); The Ghostway (1984); Skinwalkers (1986); A Thief of Time (1988); Talking God (1989); Coyote Waits (1990); Sacred Clowns (1993); The Fallen Man (1996); The First Eagle (1998); Hunting Badger (1999); The Wailing Wind (2002); The Sinister Pig (2003); Skeleton Man (2004); The Shape Shifter (2006).
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