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‘A Time For Mercy’: Matthew McConaughey Reprising His ‘A Time To Kill’ Role In A New HBO Series

March 18, 2021 2:27 pm

In this world of remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, and any other way for studios to create franchises out of seemingly nothing, we have yet another surprise project that takes a dusty IP off the shelf and g...

‘Calico Joe’: George Clooney Looking To Direct Film Based On John Grisham’s Baseball Novel

Charles Barfield

October 16, 2020 11:18 am

News

A new George Clooney project is similar to that of stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt. They’re not things that come around often and when they do, you have to pay attention. And in the case of Cloone...

‘The Innocent Man’ Trailer: John Grisham’s True Crime Tale Is The Spiritual Successor To ‘Making A Murderer’

Charles Barfield

December 3, 2018 9:55 am

News, Television, Trailers

It appears that Netflix truly has found its the spiritual successor to “Making a Murderer.” The streaming service is about to release the latest docuseries, “The Innocent Man,” which is sure to be the next true...

John Grisham’s ‘The Rainmaker’ Gets Adapted Again As New TV Series

Kevin Jagernauth

October 13, 2016 2:11 pm

Television

In the string of John Grisham adaptations that arrived in the 1990s —legal thrillers like "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief," "The Client" and "A Time To Kill"— Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker" starring Matt...

Tony Scott May Tackle John Grisham’s ‘The Associate’ With Shia LaBeouf; ‘Potzdamer Platz’ & ‘Hell’s Angels’ Still In The Mix

Oliver Lyttelton

August 5, 2010 12:52 pm

News

Considering the brace of them we saw in the 1990s, it's sort of remarkable how long its been since we've seen a John Grisham adaptation. Between 1993's "The Firm" and 2004's "Christmas With The Kranks" (yes, bi...

New ‘Shutter Island’ Trailer

Kevin Jagernauth

October 3, 2009 5:07 am

News

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A new trailer has dropped for Martin Scorsese's b-movie thriller, "Shutter Island." Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (who seems to be emerging as this generation's John Grisham - with much better results), t...

David Gordon Green’s John Grisham Adaptation Project ‘The Innocent Man’ Goes Into Limbo

Rodrigo Perez

August 5, 2008 9:17 pm

News

Finally reading this weekend's NYTimes article about "Pineapple Express" director David Gordon Green. It follows the same old line everyone's towing basically: Why did an indie director go pop, into the mainstr...

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