by Crimespree Magazine | May 23, 2012 | Films
Deadline has announced that Entertainment One has acquired FREAKY DEAKY, charlie Matthau’s film version of the classic Elmore Leonard novel. In FREAKY DEAKY, Chris Mankowski’s (Billy Burke) first day on the sex crimes unit of the Detroit Police Department does...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2012 | Films
The fine folks at Strategy PR has provided a couple of clips from the forthcoming FREAKY DEAKY. Charlie Matthua has brought Elmore Leonard’s fabulous novel to the big screen and it is looking Leonardriffic. First up is Woody Ricks (Crispen Glover) struggling...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 23, 2012 | Films
Shoreline has announced the purchase of the international rights of the Elmore Leonard based tale. A disgraced Detroit cop gets a shot at a comeback when a beautiful young actress needs help taking down a powerful movie producer. Extortion, treachery, and dynamite are...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 17, 2009 | Films
Once upon a time, not long after starting Crimespree Cinema, I wrote about Charlie Matthau’s intent on bringing Elmore Leonard’s FREAKY DEAKY to the big screen.This was in January of 2007. Charlie wrote the screenplay himself, a script that Elmore Leonard...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 17, 2007 | Films
Charlie Matthau, son of the late Walter Matthau, has purchased the rights to Elmore Leonard’s Freaky Deaky. FD has languished in Hollywood for over a decade, with the rights belonging to Quentin Tarantino and John Malkovich at various times. When the rights came back...
