Matthew (Matt) Scudder is a fictional private detective who appears in novels by American crime writer Lawrence Block. The character of Matthew Scudder was portrayed by Jeff Bridges in 8 Million Ways to Die, in which the setting was moved to Southern California and characterized Scudder as a sheriff's deputy. The movie alters his backstory. He is played by Liam Neeson in A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), a performance that was well received by Block. The movie also used Scudder's original backstory as depicted in the novels. This film was a modest financial success and earned better reviews than the previous Scudder film, but no further Scudder movies are known to be in the works.