Sly Stallone and “The Tenderloin” Are Coming!

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Sly Stallone and his Balboa Productions is teaming with A+E Studios for The Tenderloin, a new television series.  Stallone will serve as an executive producer as well as direct several episodes. Stephen Kay, who directed Stallone in Get Carter and whose television credits include Sons of Anarchy and The Shield, will write the pilot and serve as an executive producer.

The Tenderloin follows Charles Becker a turn-of-the-century New York City cop who led the Strong-Arm Squad in keeping order in an area of the city known as the Tenderloin.  Think The Shield, except that The Tenderloin is based on real events.  Charles Becker was…

…the first and only policeman in U.S. history to be executed for murder.

Sounds like something a lot of us are going to like!

Frank Miller’s Daredevil Boxed Set is Coming!

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Frank Miller fans will be on the lookout when Marvel releases the Daredevil by Frank Miller Boxed Set on October 15, 2019.   The boxed set will include:

  • DAREDEVIL: MARKED FOR DEATH TPB
    COLLECTING: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 27-28; DAREDEVIL (1964) 158-161, 163-167

  • DAREDEVIL: GANGWAR TPB
    COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 168-180

  • DAREDEVIL: LAST HAND TPB
    COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 181-191

  • DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN TPB
    COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 219, 226-233

  • ELEKTRA LIVES AGAIN TPB
    COLLECTING: MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: DAREDEVIL – LOVE AND WAR, ELEKTRA LIVES AGAIN GNHC;MATERIAL FROM BIZARRE ADVENTURES 28; WHAT IF? (1977) 28, 35

  • ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN TPB
    COLLECTING: ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN 1-8

  • DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR TPB
    COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR 1-5

  • DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER COMPANION TPB

  • DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER BOX SET SLIPCASE POSTER

This bad boy will clock in at nearly 1900 pages with a price tag of $250.00. (Considering that single issues of Miller’s Daredevil comics cost ten times that, this boxed set is a bargain!)

Ranking Bruce Willis’ Best Films

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Riley Jones at Goliath took on the task of Ranking The 25 Greatest Bruce Willis Movies.  From Jones’ list, my top three would be…

  1. Die Hard: Wouldn’t this be #1 on any Bruce Willis’ best list?
  2. The Sixth Sense: Perhaps a contender for the #1 Bruce Willis spot by folks who don’t dig action flicks?
  3.  The Last Boy Scout: I always felt that TLBS was under-rated and would support sequels.

I didn’t include Pulp Fiction in my top three since I look at it as more of a Quentin Tarantino film with a Bruce Willis supporting role.

Last Stop Kickstarter by Trey Walker and Hoyt Silva

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Last July I talked up the web comic Last Stop by Trey Walker and Hoyt Silva.  Here’s the premise…

Time is ticking for the World’s last superhero. Disillusioned, Lincoln Adams (AKA Unstoppable) must make peace with the changing world around him—can there truly be a place for him in a world without Supers? After learning of his terminal disease, Lincoln sees an easy way out; however, the re-emergence of an old Arch-Nemesis, and a new shadowy masked figure, turn Lincoln’s plans of an easy passing on their head. Can Lincoln stop this new threat before the disease stops him?

If this sounds like something you’d like, you should check out the Last Stop Kickstarter.   I’m on board.  I hope you’ll consider joining me.

Very Rare “First Blood” Poster by Drew Struzan with Stallone & Kirk Douglas!

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This comes to us from my collection. It is a rare advertisement for First Blood from when the project was first promoted. Yep, Kirk Douglas was set to play Colonel Trautman. 

Douglas left the production when he learned that the original ending (in which Douglas’ character killed Rambo) had been changed to allow Rambo to live.  Richard Crenna was brought in and the rest, as they say is history.

The great Drew Struzan did the poster!

– Craig

Click on the photo to see a bigger version.

Larry Cohen – RIP

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Larry Cohen, the writer – director – producer who made his mark in television and feature films, has died at the age of 77.

I first became aware of Mr. Cohen when he wrote and directed the low-budget horror cult classic It’s Alive.  After that I saw Cohen’s name pop-up from time to time but it wasn’t until Cohen’s adaption of Mickey Spillane’s I, the Jury that I really began to take notice.

Cohen’s I, the Jury, directed by Richard T. Heffron starred Armand Assante as Mike Hammer.  That film really hit a sweet-spot for me.  As I learned more about the people behind the making of the film I discovered that Cohen had created two television series that I loved as a kid: Branded and The Invaders!

Cohen broke into the business writing for television creating scripts for The Fugitive, The Rat Patrol, Custer (3 shows I loved as a kid) and many other series.  He went on to create Branded and The Invaders.  Cohen’s tv work led to theatrical films where he wrote and directed Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem, Q and others.

Had Cohen just been known for Branded or The Invaders or I, the Jury, his impact on my youth would have warranted a mention here, but to think that he did those and so much more…

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Larry Cohen’s family, friends and fans.