by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 14, 2009 | Features
Dear Mr. Singer,Please do not touch Battlestar Galactica. What could you possibly hope to bring to this that would even touch the wonderful series that just ended? I mean seriously, do you think anyone is going to see a movie you do about Battlestar and NOT compare it...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 14, 2009 | Films
The Guardian is reporting that director Quentin Tarantino is thinking about tackling Len Deighton’s Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match to the big screen. The trilogy, which feature intelligence officer Bernard Samson, previously was made into a 12-parter...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 14, 2009 | Features
MWA/Bouchercon versus Comic Con on Charlaine HarrisAt Comic Con, 800 fans showed up in hopes of scoring one of 150 tickets to Charlaine Harris’ afternoon book signing session.At Bouchercon, 10 lucky fans will get the chance to spend about an hour with Charlaine in a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 14, 2009 | Home Entertainment, TV
The sound you hear is heart breaking.THR is reporting that SAVING GRACE will have a final nine episode season next summer, then ride off into the sunset.The reason appears to be a financial one. The offer TNT made to Fox Studios, the company behind the show, was...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 13, 2009 | Features
Archaia Studios is breaking ground with the first kindle only comic.More here: Central Comics Zone
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 13, 2009 | Features
Komix on Kindle:Leveling the Playing FieldBy Joshua Hale FialkovComics is a tough business. Even now, with seemingly nine out of 10 movies in the theaters tied somehow to graphic novels or comics, it’s still a surprisingly tough business, marred by an uneven...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 12, 2009 | TV
As previously reported, Timothy Olyphant (DEADWOOD, DAMAGES) has signed on to play U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the upcoming FX series LAWMAN. The series is based on Elmore Leonard’s Fire in the Hole. Now FX is giving us a look at what we can expect from the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 12, 2009 | TV
Mr. Jon is pretty pumped today. Earlier, he sent me a link to the Variety story about Frank Darabont adapting the graphic novel series THE WALKING DEAD into a television series for AMC.I confess I know little about the series, so I asked Mr. Jon to give tell me about...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 12, 2009 | TV
Shout FactoryRelease date: Aug 11th, 2009MSRP: $34.99Season three of this police drama premiered in September of 1970, and continued to show the exploits of two regular cops patrolling the streets of Los Angles. Created by Jack Webb, like his other show Dragnet,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 12, 2009 | Features
Over the years I’ve been to a lot of conventions and conferences. The Consumer Electronic Show was big and loud, Gen Con was really interesting, and I love going to the cons with the mystery reader crowd. Two years ago Ruth and I walked into our first full on Comic...
