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Sony Pictures to produce John Burdett crime novels? 29 domains registered

John Burdett

It looks as if Sony Pictures has struck a deal with British crime novelist John Burdett to produce as many as four films including Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts, The Godfather of Kathmandu, and his next novel set to be released in 2012 in the UK, Vulture Peak.

Sony Pictures registered nearly three dozen domain names this past Friday, like BangkokHauntsmovie.com, TheGodfatherofKathmandu.com, BangkokTattoomovie.com, and VulturePeakmovie.com.

Bangkok 8, the first book in the murder mystery series, was optioned by Millennium Films back in 2007, but filming was apparently cancelled.

While the domain registrations are certainly an indication of upcoming plans, as of yet, neither Sony Picture nor John Burdett have officially announced a partnership.

I’ve reached out to John Burdett for comment on this story through his web site at John-Burdett.com, and will update this post if I hear back.

Here’s a look at the full list of domain registrations.

bangkok-haunts.com
bangkok-haunts.net
bangkok-tattoo.com
bangkok-tattoo.net
bangkok-tattoomovie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.net
bangkokhaunts.net
bangkokhauntsmovie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.net
bangkoktattoomovie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
godfatherofkathmandu.com
godfatherofkathmandu.net
godfatherofkathmandumovie.com
kathmandugodfather.com
kathmandugodfather.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu.net
thegodfatherofkathmandumovie.com
vulture-peak.net
vulturepeak-movie.com
vulturepeak-movie.net
vulturepeak.net
vulturepeakmovie.com

Update 1, October 16th, 4:14pm EST: John Burdett replied by e-mail: “Sorry, no comment at this stage.”

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Sony Pictures registers “The Forging of Zorro” & “The Legend Begins” domains

The Legend of Zorro

Deadline.com reported last week that Sony Pictures had hired Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia to write the studio’s reboot of the Zorro franchise, which will be an adaptation of the 2005 Isabel Allende novel.

Now it looks like the untitled Zorro film, may have a name.

Either “The Forging of Zorro” or “Zorro: The Legend Begins”, according to 21 domain names registered by Sony Pictures on October 10, 2011, that include domains like TheForgingofZorromovie.com and ZorroThelegendbeginsmovie.com.

Zorro: The Legend Begins was the title of a pilot TV movie for the 1990 revival of Zorro. 

Check out the full list of registrations below.

theforgingofzorro-movie.com
theforgingofzorro-movie.net
theforgingofzorro.com
theforgingofzorro.net
theforgingofzorromovie.com
thelegendbegins-movie.com
thelegendbegins-movie.net
thelegendbeginsmovie.com
zorrobegins-movie.com
zorrobegins-movie.net
zorrobegins.net
zorrobeginsmovie.com
zorrothelegendbegins-movie.com
zorrothelegendbegins-movie.net
zorrothelegendbegins.com
zorrothelegendbegins.net
zorrothelegendbeginsmovie.com
zthelegendbegins-movie.com
zthelegendbegins-movie.net
zthelegendbegins.com
zthelegendbegins.net
zthelegendbeginsmovie.com

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