Lansdale admits he based Hap Collins on himself, and the pair certainly share a good deal in common, including a working-class East Texas background. I like the way it’s so close to the book. “That means I get to say anything I want, and they get to do anything they want. “I’m a co-executive producer,” chuckles Lansdale, 64. Hall-starring big screen thriller Cold in July. The show is created by writer-director Jim Mickle and actor-writer Nick Damici, who previously collaborated on another Lansdale adaptation, 2014’s Michael C. And Wednesday, SundanceTV is debuting Hap and Leonard, based largely on Savage Season, starring James Purefoy ( The Following) as Hap, Michael Kenneth Williams ( The Wire) as Leonard, and Christina Hendricks ( Mad Men) as Hap’s ex Trudy. 2, and a collection of short stories and novellas, Hap and Leonard, was published March 1. The ninth Hap and Leonard novel, Honky Tonk Samurai, arrived on shelves Feb. “It was just totally lost.”Ī quarter century on, both Savage Season and its trouble-attracting heroes have very much been found. “It disappeared into the morass,” he says. Lansdale had no plans to return to the characters, and the reception that greeted Savage Season did not encourage him to make any.
Lansdale published a thriller called Savage Season about two well-meaning pals - the white, straight Hap Collins and the black, gay Leonard Pine - who attempt to retrieve a fortune in stolen money from the bottom of an East Texas river.
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