Walton Goggins says the 'L.A. Confidential' TV show will not be a remake of the movie — and that's a good thing
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- CBS has ordered a pilot for a TV series version of the James Ellroy novel, "L.A. Confidential," which was an Oscar-winning movie in the late 1990s.
- Walton Goggins will play the character of Jack Vincennes, which was played by Kevin Spacey in the movie.
- Goggins told Business Insider the TV show will not be a remake of the movie, which is a good sign.
- There's so much great stuff from the book that the movie left out, especially elements of the Vincennes character.
Since director Curtis Hanson adapted author James Ellroy's gritty pulp novel "L.A. Confidential" into a movie in 1997 — which went on to win two Oscars — Hollywood has been trying to continue telling the story in different ways with little success.
There was the 2003 show starring Kiefer Sutherland that didn't get picked up, and a decade later Ellroy pitched around town a series that would be a sequel to the movie; but no takers. Now CBS is the latest to give it a shot.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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