Rights Bought For Cornwell Bestsellers

Movies
Ananova report that two of Patricia Cornwell novels best-sellers are being developed into screenplays. 'Cruel And Unusual' and 'Unnatural Exposure' which both feature her main heroine, medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta.

They are being adapted by screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan).

'Cruel And Unusual' sees Scarpetta trying to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy, after the fingerprints of an executed killer turn up at the crime scene.

Unnatural Exposure introduces serial killer Temple Gault after a series of mutilated bodies are discovered in the US and Ireland.

There's no news yet of the cast, but the first of the films is expected to be out next year.