Dick Wolf of ‘Law & Order’ will try a new genre with drama ‘The Church’

“Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf is developing a new drama for NBC about a cult tentatively called “ The Church.”

While Wolf has made millions on the classic crime and justice drama — and all of its spinoffs — outside of the “L&O” universe, he has had little success .

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Movie News Video Interview: Ethan Hawke on Sinister ADD COMMENTS

With Sinister opening in theaters this Friday, October 12th, ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke with the film's star, Ethan Hawke, about the film.

Hawke plays a true crime novelist struggling to find his next big story who discovers a box of home videos showing other families being brutally murdered, but his investigation soon leads him to a supernatural entity that may be placing his own family in harm's way.

You can check out the video interview by clicking here. You can also click here for their interview with the film's writer and director!


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Movie News Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez Get Their Cut in the Parker Trailer COMMENTS (2) Posted by: Posted by: ADD COMMENTS

FilmDistrict has revealed the trailer for the Taylor Hackford ( Ray) crime-thriller Parker, starring Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce and Nick Nolte.

In the January 25 release, based on the series of bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake, Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don�t steal from people who can�t afford it and don�t hurt people who don�t deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead.

Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to PalmBeach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who�s short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.




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Movie News Richard Kelly and Nicolas Cage Team For Amicus COMMENTS (2) Posted by: Posted by: ADD COMMENTS

Richard Kelly and Nicolas Cage are joining forces for a true crime courtroom drama called Amicus. Variety has the news, saying that Kelly will write and direct with Cage playing Rodney A. Smolla, a First Amendment attorney who seemingly went up his personal and professional principles in a complicated lawsuit related to multiple homicide.

Smolla himself wrote about the case in 1999's "Deliberate Intent: A Lawyer Tells the True Story of Murder by the Book". His text is officially described as follows:

Early in 1992, Lawrence Horn hired a contract killer to execute his ex-wife and his severely brain-damaged son. On March 3, 1992, the man he hired, James Perry, traveled to Silver Spring, Maryland, and murdered Horn's ex-wife and child and the boy's nurse. Perry used a book called 'Hit Man' as an instruction manual for the murders. The subsequent criminal trial became known as the Hit Man case, and after Horn and Perry were convicted of murder, the victims' families surprised the nation by filing an unprecedented wrongful death suit against Paladin Press, publisher of 'Hit Man'. In a controversial turn of events, Paladin was being blamed for the murders.

Distinguished attorney Rod Smolla, First Amendment expert and vigorous advocate of free speech, was approached to represent the victims' families in the civil suit against Paladin. Smolla initially declined, but after reading Hit Man and likening it to 'a loaded pistol or a vial of poison,' he decided to take on the case, even though it seemed to go against his abiding belief in the First Amendment. Smolla argued that if Paladin Press knew and intended that its murder manual 'Hit Man' would be used in the actual planning and execution of contract killings, Paladin was not entitled to immunity under the First Amendment. In an appeal that stunned the legal world, Smolla's argument prevailed and was affirmed by the Supreme Court. 'Deliberate Intent' is the dramatic story of the events behind this landmark case--a story that includes murder, trials, and appeals and, most important, raises fascinating and difficult questions about our most cherished freedom.

The title Amicus is a reference to the latin term "amicus curiae", literally meaning "friend of the court". In the US judicial system, the term applies when someone is brought in to independently gather and present information related to a given case.

Amicus plans to shoot in Atlanta in January 2013.

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