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At least there better be, considering NBC renewed the long-running spy drama for a 9th season on Tuesday- just in time for this Friday's reveal of who sits at the top of Red's notorious blacklist. The Blacklist (Image: NBCU) If you need to understand why the news came so early into the season, look no further than[...]

Skydance Television is developing an original hourlong series with the action star set to star in and executive produce the action spy series, according to Deadline Hollywood The project comes courtesy of Nick Santora, which centers around a father and daughter and their adventures Santora is best known for his work on Law & Order[...]

And if you haven't, you should go check out these films. Spy This was such a brilliant sendup of the spy genre and a direct assault on the idea that the "gentleman spy" game can only be done by a gentleman Melissa McCarthy delivers one of her best performances among a cast of luminaries who all play[...]

USA Network's Treadstone is ready to be "awakened" in October, and now the Jason Bourne franchise spinoff series is giving fans an official trailer and images for the spy thriller drama, stemming from Heroes creator Tim Kring and Universal Cable Productions (UCP). TREADSTONE — Episode 101 — Pictured: (l-r) Martin Umbash as Dr Meisner, Jeremy Irvine as J[...]

Breakneck is a graphic novel from an unpublished film outline by crime writer Duane Swierczynski, one of the best and most underrated crime writers out

There is a cathartic resolution, the dog doesn't die for once, and you're reminded that Jimmy and Nancy were actually made to be characters in addition to jokes on the UK's most famous spy franchise This one earns a recommendation Check it out. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Jimmy Regent is being brutally beaten by Junior while[...]

Emmy winner and Oscar nominee James Cromwell (Babe, American Horror Story) has been tapped for the major recurring role of Yanek opposite Simmons in the second season of Starz's espionage spy thriller; written, executive produced and created by Justin Marks. Production on the second season of the series is currently under way in Los Angeles and is[...]

Credit: GIO_LE / Shutterstock.com Netflix has tapped actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (Les Misérables) to bring the story of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen to life in their six-episode limited series The Spy Written and directed by Gideon Raff (Prisoners of War), the series will debut globally on the streaming service outside of France; and on OCS in France. Legende Films[...]

Ninja-K and Ninja-C finally close in on the Acclimation Bureau, but will K and C remain allies for long, or will one find a reason to drop the other? Is it a good read?

FX really struck gold with their Cold War spy drama The Americans After five incredible seasons, the series was picked up for a 6th, which the cable network announced would be the final one.  Few shows are given such a grand opportunity to plan out the end, the exit, and I'm so glad this one did. Incredible[...]

Tales of Suspense #102 follows up on the reveal of Yelena Belova with Winter Solider and Hawkeye diving further into the mystery of Black Widow's alleged return.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Red Sparrow has been compared to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but that entirely undersells Sparrow Where Tinker was droll and predictable, Sparrow actually carries along the thread of an interesting story to keep the audience engaged Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, one thing the film is not is in a[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rasputin and his Nazi allies go about contacting the spirit they just resurrected, as Bruttenholm lands in occupied France shortly before meeting up with his contact on the ground, a man named Sandhu. Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon #3 cover by Mike Huddleston Old-style World War II spy-smashing action meets the Mignolaverse's brand of occult and[...]

This leads to an old ninja-training site and another aspect to the mystery. Ninja-K #2 cover by Trevor Hairsine and Andrew Dalhouse The mixture of James Bond-esque spy thriller, high-tech sci-fi gadgetry on par with Iron Man, and the ninja angle brings a unique charm to Ninja-K This, along with the clandestine black ops set dressing and[...]

It also gives me some nostalgia for Ed Brubaker's Winter Soldier series wherein these two did the same thing alongside Wolverine and Daredevil. Much of the runtime is Clint Barton doing very poor spy work He's often made and captured for the effort The running thought captions from Clint are entertaining as hell, and all of[...]

With an opening on its inaugural programming schedule due to the cancellation of The Mist after one season, the Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) is looking to Image Comics spy series Velvet as their very first original scripted drama. Kyle Killen (Awake, Lone Star) has been tapped to adapt the 15-issue comic book series, from the creative team[...]

There's a few entertaining enough double and triple crosses, but not enough to really bring it out of the quagmire of trying to discern one of these films from another more than a few days after watching it. If you're a completionist, go for it, but if you're looking for another great spy/action caper, skip it[...]

Spy is the latest Melissa McCarthy film about a CIA analyst that gets put into the field Directed by Paul Feig, the movie also stars Jude Law, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne and Allison Janney. Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions But when her partner[...]

Finally saw the Nu52 reboot of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY this weekend It's a fascinating exercise in adaptation and period reconstruction. I read the book when I was a teenager and again in college, and watched the 70s BBC miniseries on DVD in the 90s Considering the BBC series was made in the time in which[...]

Bereft of the guns, girls and glamour we know from the James Bond franchise, a realistic spy thriller is a dastardly tricky thing to pull off. At least in a way that will work as a big screen attraction. A spy thriller where almost all of the main cast members are over the age of fifty is[...]