There has been a call over the last few years for more women and people of colour to be represented both on screen and behind the camera, particularly after with this year’s Oscar nominations where every single director nominated was white and male. William Friedkin, director of classic movies such as The Exorcist and The French Connection, […]
William Friedkin to direct The Winter of Frankie Machine
Deadline is reporting that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin is set to direct an adaptation of best-selling novel The Winter of Frankie Machine. Both Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese had previously been linked to the project, as was Robert de Niro, but now it looks like Friedkin is finally getting it off the ground. The adaptation […]
William Friedkin bringing To Live and Die in L.A. to the small screen
It looks like William Friedkin’s cult crime thriller To Live and Die in L.A. is heading to the small screen, with WGN America snapping up the rights to a TV adaptation, which Friedkin will direct and executive produce along with Oscar-winning scriptwriter Bobby Moresco (Crash). The MGM Television project is expected to go straight-to-series once […]
