by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 23, 2009 | Films
I know it is not uncommon for an author selling the film rights to a book prior to it’s release date, but rarely do books head to Hollywood prior actually having a publisher.Constantin Film has purchased the film rights to Dave Zeltserman’s forthcoming 28...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 13, 2009 | Films
Informant Media has optioned William Dielh’s Hooligans. The option includes a screenplay Diehl before his death.After Dunestown becomes filled with gambling and prostitution, Jack Kilmer puts together a group of ex-cops, called the Hooligans, for the purpose of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 3, 2009 | TV
The fifth TV movie based on Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone opens with Stone helping State Police Capt. Healy (Stephen McHattie) with a stakeout that ends with them both shot. Healy is wounded more severely than Jesse, and for a while it isn’t clear...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 27, 2009 | Films
I seem to be spending a lot of time writing about Mr. Victor Gischler these days. Previously, we wrote about the sale of his nifty book Go-Go Girls of the Appocalype and the sale of his Pulp Boy screenplay (co-written by the very cool Anthony Neil Smith).Now word...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 25, 2009 | Films
Warner Home VideoRelease date: February 3, 2009MSRP: $28.99Director: Hal AshbyStars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Dysart, Melvyn Douglas, Jack WardenIgnorance is bliss.That phrase pretty much sums up Chance, Peter Sellers’ character in the film Being...
