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Netflix Doc Series 'Rotten', 'Dirty Money' Tackle Food, Corporate Corruption
Zero Point Zero Productions' (Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, The Mind of a Chef) food expose Rotten and Alex Gibney's Dirty Money are both set to premiere in January 2018. Here's a rundown on what viewers can expect from both new series: https://youtu.be/_ot6W_7hvrMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Rotten | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix (https://youtu.be/_ot6W_7hvrM) Rotten[...]
Picnic at Hanging Rock: BBC Nabs U.K. Rights to Natalie Dormer Series
streaming rights to the crime thriller, the BBC has acquired Natalie Dormer-led Picnic at Hanging Rock from FremantleMedia A re-imagining of Joan Lindsay's classic 1967 Australian novel, the series is directed by Larysa Kondracki (The Whistleblower), Michael Rymer and Amanda Brotchie; from a script by Alice Addison. Picnic at Hanging Rock will premiere on Foxtel in Australia in 2018[...]
mindhunter season 2
With a first season that's still currently streaming and riding a wave of both viewer and critical acclaim, Netflix officially announced on Thursday that crime drama series Mindhunter has been renewed for a second season. Image courtesy of Netflix Though the streaming service made the renewal official this week, the news comes as no surprise to both[...]
Gangs Of London: The Raid's Gareth Evans Sets Series For Cinemax, Sky
Jane Featherstone's Sister Pictures (Chernobyl) will be serving as co-producer, and is currently producing Netflix and BBC1 drama Giri/Haji and Hulu and Channel 4 comedy The Bisexual. Commissioned by Sky's Head of Drama Anne Mensah and Kary Antholis, President of Miniseries at HBO and President of Programming at Cinemax, Gangs of London is set to be executive[...]
Highway 59: FX Adapting Attica Locke's Bluebird, Bluebird To Series
Darren must solve the crimes–and save himself in the process–before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. A rural noir suffused with the unique music, color, and nuance of East Texas, Bluebird, Bluebird is an exhilarating, timely novel about the collision of race and justice in America. Earning the honor of being a New York Times Book Review[...]
Crimetown: FX Adapting True Crime Podcast To Series
With that said, the tidal wave continued on Wednesday with FX's announcement that it would be developing popular podcast Crimetown for series. Podcast hosts/creators Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier (HBO's The Jinx) have been tapped to write the script; with Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures) expected to direct, and serve as executive producer alongside Nina Jacobson and Brad[...]
USA Adapting Philipp Meyer's Crime Novel American Rust For Series
David Gordon Green (Red Oaks) is attached to direct the premiere episode and will also executive produce. American Rust is set in a small Pennsylvania steel town and explores the rise and fall of a crime-riddled local community as seen through the eyes of a sheriff with a history of violence First published in 2009 by Spiegel[...]
ACS Ricky Martin
With a premiere directed by Murphy and written by Tom Rob Smith, the second season of American Crime Story has started showcasing the individuals involved in the case This one highlights Ricky Martin's role as Versace's long-time lover Antonio D'Amico. D'Amico was present at the time Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss) approached the home he shared with Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez), Casa[...]
Top Boy: Netflix And Drake Revive British Crime Drama For Season 3
Looks like Dushane and Sully will be running the mean streets of London for another season, as Netflix has ordered a new season of British crime drama Top Boy The first two seasons originally aired in 2011 and 2013 the U.K on Channel 4 and are currently available globally on the streaming service Now, the[...]
American Crime Story Season 2: FX Releases 'Versace' Premiere Date
After weeks of teaser trailers promoting the second season of American Crime Story, FX released the premiere date for Ryan Murphy's The Assassination of Gianni Versace Set to bow on Wednesday, January 17, the ten-episode season begins with a premiere directed by Murphy and written by Tom Rob Smith The season premiere was announced through a[...]
NYCC: Garth Ennis To Launch Red Team For New Crime Line At Dynamite
Avatar for the horror and supernatural stuff, Dynamite for the crime and war books And with The Boys ending and no follow up to 606, that seems to be solidifying I don't know what Avatar have planned for Garth Ennis at NYCC, ironically, but I do know what Dynamite are up to. They are launching a new[...]
Ten Months In Jail For Stealing A Comic Book
Today, Alain Wauters, 56, was sentenced to ten months in a Belgian prison for stealing an original copy of Tintin, Le Crabe Aux Pinces D'Or (The Crab with the Golden Claws), from an auction house. We reported the crime last year, and it seems the Thompson Twins have finally got their act together He was also[...]