Sin City 2 to Film this Summer
One of my favorite comic characters [Marv] will return to the big screen this summer! Robert Rodriguez announced filming of Sin City 2 this summer!
Category: Crime
Stallone Gets “No Rest for the Wicked”
Sly Stallone is set to star in a remake of No Rest for the Wicked. The original was an award-winning film made in Spain. In a recent interview Stallone described No Rest for the Wicked…
- “…a wonderful film that was done in Spain, No Rest for the Wicked. It’s hard-core, in the Bad Lieutenant mode…”
Sly will play…
- Burned-out cop Santos Trinidad who visits a lonely nightclub for a last drink. After a seemingly trivial incident with the owner, he ends up shooting him, his bodyguard and a waitress in a fit of rage. Only one witness escapes with his life. Santos destroys all evidence linking him to the shooting and tries to track down the witness. In the process, he uncovers an Islamist cell planning a terrorist attack.
All I want to know is where is the line to buy a ticket?
The Rock Heads to “Ciudad”
Dwayne Johnson has signed to star in the big screen film adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel, Ciudad [co-written by Anthony and Joe Russo and Ande Parks]
Johnson will play a “black market mercenary” hired by a drug lord to rescue his kidnapped daughter in one of the most “dangerous and corrupt cities in the world.”
All I want to know is where is the line to buy a ticket?
Jason Statham is Playing it “Safe”
How can you go wrong with Jason Statham playing an ex-cop, second rate cage fighter who is the only thing between a little girl and the Russian mafia? From the looks of this trailer for Safe, you can’t.
Donald Westlake / Richard Stark – THE HUNTER Cover
Want to read a recently found, nearly 40 year old, interview with Donald Westlake where he talks about his influences, writing as Richard Stark, Lee Marvin, John Boorman, Robert Redford and more? It’s worth a click over. (Sadly the link no longer works. – Craig, 2021)
Coogan’s Trade
Have you heard about Coogan’s Trade?
Coogan’s Trade is based on the crime novel by George V. Higgins. If that’s not enough to get you looking for the line to buy tickets, wait until you get a load of the cast of Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini and Sam Shepard.
What? You want to know more? OK… Pitt plays Coogan, a mob enforcer who is sent to find out and take care of whoever robbed a mob-protected poker game.
What you want to see more? Fine. First Look has some images from the film.
Satisfied? Now let’s get in line for some tickets!
Cooke / Stark’s The Score
That’s the cover to the third Darwyn Cooke grapic novel adaptation of Richard Stark’s Parker series. The first two, [Hunter and The Outfit] set the bar high, but I have no doubt that The Score will, uh, score big with fans when it’s released in May.
More Fatale for All
If you’re already reading Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips then you might want to skip this post. If you’re not reading Fatale, or it sold out before you could get your mits on a copy, then you’re in luck. Fatale 1 and 2 have gone back to press, so there will be copies for you to jump on board to read the story of…
- Nicolas Lash, a modern-day reporter who stumbles on a secret that leads him down the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman named Jo. She’s been on the run since 1935, entangled with a mobster who may be a monstrous immortal demon. As the stories of all the doomed men who have encountered Jo rise to the surface, Lash realizes that he too is caught in a deadly web. In addition to a riveting epic that blends noir and horror…
You can read more at CBR.com’s coverage of the story.
Rampart Still Looking Good
I’m looking forward to seeing Rampart and not just because of this very well designed poster.
“Goodfellas” TV Series Coming to AMC
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that AMC is developing a new tv series based on the critically-acclaimed movie “Goodfellas.” Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the novel [and co-wrote the screenplay along with director Martin Scorsese] is on board as an executive producer.
If AMC’s “Goodfellas” lives up to expectations, then they’ll have another hit on their hands. I’m ready to set my DVR now!
New Stallone “Bullet to the Head” Still
I like this new still of Sylvester Stallone from “Bullet to the Head” much better than the previously released axe-fight photo. “Bullet to the Head” is set for release on April 13, 2012, so hopefully we see a trailer soon.
Drive Sequel Due in April 2012
Just a little over five years ago I posted about two great crime noir novels I’d just read. One was Drive by James Sallis. [The other was The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski.] Drive was the story of a get-a-way driver brought in on a heist that was a set-up from the start. It went on to become a major motion picture that fans and critics loved. This coming April, James Sallis and the Driver return in the sequel, Driven.
Six years later – Phoenix. Out of nowhere someone wants Driver dead.
Who? Why? Big mistake.
I’m looking forward to the novel and would love to see the team that made the movie return for the sequel.
Max Allan Collins, Chris Mills & Nolan
Don’t you love the look of the new editions of Max Allan Collins’ Nolan crime novels coming for Perfect Crime Books? For those not in the know, Nolan is an aging thief and Max Allan Collins is the author of the Nate Heller series, the Quarry series, and many, many other books. I’ve never read anything that wasn’t excellent that was written by Max Allan Collins.
Oh, by the way, our buddy, Chris Mills designed the Nolan covers and did a fantastic job. Take a bow, Chris!
Justified Three Times Over
Justified.
If you’re not watching it, you should give it a go. If it’s not my favorite show it’s definitely in the top 3 [Breaking Bad and Walking Dead are right there, too]. The new season starts in January, but FX has released three new teasers to get our attention,
The first teaser is the weakest of the three, but still makes me want more. The second teaser is my favorite. The third teaser is the most creative in that it makes you think one thing and then realize that you’re totally wrong… the third teaser also hints at what could be a major plot point of the third season.
Phillips’ Fatale 3 Cover
Yesterday we saw the very cool 12 Angry Men cover that Sean Phillips did for the Criterion dvds. Today we feast our eyes on Phillips’ cover for Fatale 3.
Ah, life is good.
