by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 8, 2007 | TV
Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker will executive produce and direct a new crime drama for FX, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The article described the new series as “Sopranos” set in the world of arms dealers.”Forrest previously worked with FX on...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 7, 2007 | Films
The film version of James Lee Burke’s In the Electric Mist has been pushed back to 2008. It originally was slated to be released on Dec 20th, but that date has been canceled. No new date has been set.On his forum, JLB said this:”Electric Mist” is in...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 7, 2007 | Events
A new Update on the Bouchercon Baltimore Blog. Notes on Alaska today. There will be regular updates now at least weekly heading into Baltimore’s time in the spotlight. Keep checking it! Bouchercon Baltimore Blog
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 7, 2007 | Comics
Lobster JohnsonDark Horse ComicsThis is an offshoot from the world of Hellboy and as such it comes with a promise of intricate story telling. The promise pays off, the story is great and very pulp hero feeling. The art fits the era they are writing for perfectly....
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 6, 2007 | TV
Fox Home EntertainmentFor his first lead role in a TV series, James Woods plays Sebastian Stark, a high-powered L.A. criminal defense attorney who has an epiphany when a client acquitted of assault and battery returns to commit murder. After months of self-imposed...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 5, 2007 | Features
A while back, I posted some comments by Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedom regarding the chances of another Serenity film.Now one of the actors is talking about it:Alan Tudyk, who played Wash, made the following comments to Moviehole.net:They had to put [the new...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 5, 2007 | Films
The web site for I Am Legend is now online. “Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 5, 2007 | Features
Just picked up the Wolverine Annual with The Death Song Of J. Patrick Smitty written by Gregg Hurwitz. It’s a crime fiction tale with Wolverine in it. The story of a loser who has continuing bad luck. He ultimatley ends up on the wrong side of Wolverine and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 5, 2007 | Features
It’s that time of year when you regular folks with cable are enjoying a new season of what ever shows yo like. Not having cable I’m watching VD sets of last year’s seasons.I just binged through Boston Legal Season 3. Thumbs up, great show, wonderful...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 4, 2007 | TV
by Gerald SoK-Ville (Mondays, 8PM on FOX) is a cop drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, starring Anthony Anderson and Cole (son of Wings) Hauser. The premiere was fine. Good action, good atmosphere, but the backstory of Hauser’s character, Trevor Cobb, ruins...