Tag: Crime
Warner Bros. Buys Stephen King Book Billy Summers
The next Stephen King adaptation is facing a rocky road to the big screen. (At least, I think it’s the next one; his work has been mined more than California during the Gold Rush.) Deadline exclusively reports that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to one of King’s newer novels, Billy Summers...
Read MoreAlec Baldwin to be Charged in Film Shooting
Alec Baldwin is being charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer for the film Rust, which starred and was produced by Baldwin. Also being charged is the movie’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The charges will formally be filed ...
Read MoreMarlowe Trailer Promises a Hard-Boiled Throwback
Raymond Chandler’s legendary detective, Philip Marlowe, is returning to the big screen as Open Road Films has released a trailer for Marlowe. Based on The Black-Eyed Blonde, a continuation of Chandler’s classic mystery series written by John Banville (under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, which he...
Read MoreCarnival Row Season 2 Trailer Spreads its Wings
Today, Amazon Prime released the official trailer for season 2 of Carnival Row. Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne, the series follows a police officer and a pixie in a strained relationship. Check out the trailer here: Wow, I actually forgot about this show in the intervening 4(!) years. I...
Read MoreThe Naughty List: Five Christmas Crime Movies
Not everyone is nice on Christmas. There are plenty of Christmas movies with love, kindness, family, and charity, but sometimes you’re more in the mood to party with Scrooge before his big reform. For those instances, here are five lumps of coal for the cinematic stocking: Five Christmas Crime Mov...
Read MoreTodd Phillips Releases First Joker: Folie à Deux Image
The Joker always did like a close shave. Today, director Todd Phillips took to Instagram to share an image from the set of Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 blockbuster Joker. The picture features Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, who is now the Joker, as he gets a shave, probably while lo...
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