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Charles Bronson's career was defined by his roles in westerns and war movies, making him one of the most iconic tough guy actors in Hollywood history. Bronson starred in two of the greatest westerns ever made, including "The Magnificent Seven" and "Once Upon a Time in the West." He also appeared in two all-time great war movies, "The Great Escape" and "The Dirty Dozen," which defined subgenres within the war film genre.

Charles Bronson was a master of many genres, and he perfected the two genres that defined his career – westerns and war movies – within a single decade. Bronson is one of the most iconic “tough guy” actors in Hollywood history, and he starred in a wide range of different genre films throughout his storied career. Bronson’s career-defining role as Paul Kersey in the Death Wish franchise helped to popularize the vigilante thriller. He played a vengeful Vietnam War veteran in Mr. Majestyk,...

Hey, "Person Of Interest" peeps. Unfortunately, we have to inform you that CBS will be running a very boring "CBS News: Election Coverage" special instead of your favorite show,tonight. So, you'll have to make some new plans, or be subject to falling asleep during this special. The new episode 7 of season 4 labeled, "Honor Among Thieves," is scheduled to air next week, Tuesday night, November 11th at 9pm central time, so be sure to jot that down on your TV calendars. CBS did release the new, official plotline for episode 7, last week. It reads like this: "Shaw will join a team of international thieves in order to keep tabs on the latest Poi, but an unexpected turn of events, will put her in danger of being detected by Samaritan. Also, Finch and Root are going to undertake a dangerous sabotage mission." The episode was written by David Slack, and it was directed by Sylvain White.

Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 7 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "Honor Among Thieves," and it sounds like things will get very serious and dramatic as Shaw risks getting busted by Samaritan to participate in an undercover thief operation, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: Shaw is going to risk being detected by Samaritan when she joins an international team of thieves to monitor the latest Poi. Press release number 2: Shaw will join a team of international thieves in order to keep tabs on the latest Poi, but an unexpected turn of events, will put her in danger of being detected by Samaritan. Also, Finch and Root are going to undertake a dangerous sabotage mission. Guest stars will feature: Adrian Bellani (Tomas), Johnny Sparks (Jerrod), David Vadim (Marko), Faina Vitebsky (Katya), Drew Hildebrand (Henrik), Theodora Woolley...

Honor Among Thieves: Espinosa’s Crime Thriller a Refreshing Genre Flick

Lighting up the festival circuit in 2010, Daniel Espinosa’s Easy Money finally lands stateside this summer, premiering after his 2012 English language debut, Safe House. Based on the first of a series of crime novels by Jens Lapidus, this Sweden set amoral tale of elitism, drugs, and power lust, may be one of the best thrillers centered on organized crime in years.

Three parallel storylines kick off with the daring prison escape of Jorge (Matias Varela), curiously breaking out with only a year left of his sentence, turning to but turned away from his sister, who’s several months pregnant. Then there’s Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic), a Serbian gangster, suddenly embroiled in his own paternal issues when his ex-wife disappears and leaves him with his young daughter, now assigned to track down the escaped Jorge, who happens to have...

Brian D. Young ("180 Degrees") has been hired to pen a re-write of the film adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's 2005 novel "False Impression" at New Franchise Media says The Hollywood Reporter.

An action-crime novel set on several continents, the story begins with a woman who escaped the 9/11 attack after being fired by her banker boss. She then helps a British lady try to sell a Van Gogh painting while both a mercenary and an FBI agent are on her trail.

New Franchise acquired the worldwide film, TV and digital rights to ten of Archer's novels a while back with Richard Regen working on a script based on "A Matter of Honor" and its follow-up "Honor Among Thieves" for Kennedy/Marshall. Similarly Gale Anne Hurd is developing a TV adaptation of Archer's"The Eleventh Commandment".

Voltron: Defender of the Universe headlines this week's Us PlayStation Network update. The classic animated series comes to PlayStation Network, letting up to five players choose their favorite lion and team up to save the universe. Download it for $$9.99. Also available this week are Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Scene It? Movie Night, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, de Blob 2 and Darkstalkers. > Read last week's PlayStation Network update The update in full: Full Games (PS3)Voltron: Defender Of The Universe ($$9.99)

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[1] Brit writer Jeffrey Archer is having quite a month. Hot on the heels of last week's story [2] that Bourne producer Frank Marshall would be developing a spy movie franchise based on Archer's novels A Matter of Honor and Honor Among Thieves comes news that another one of Archer's books -- The Eleventh Commandment -- is being developed as a thriller television series by The Walking Dead producer Gale Ann Hurd. The story follows CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald, who finds himself facing off against his own boss, agency chief Helen Dexter. Meanwhile, a ruthless Russian power is plotting to start World War III. Read more after the jump. A Matter of Honor, Honor Among Thieves, and The Eleventh Commandment are all part of a package of ten Archer novels recently acquired by New Franchise Media, and the Canadian equity firm is wasting no time making use of the rights. Archer's novels...

Move over, Jason Bourne and Bourne-But-Not-Really. There’s about to be a new book spawned spy in town.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Marshall is bringing Jeffery Archer’s “A Matter of Honor” to the big screen, with an eye towards turning its main man, Adam Scott, into the star of a thrilling franchise.Now, Adam Scott is only the star of one Archer novel, “A Matter of Honor.” But Marshall plans to rework Archer’s “Honor Among Thieves” as a sequel starring Scott, and since he has the rights to all thirteen of Archer’s spy novels, the sky is the limit as to how often they could tweak the storylines to fit him. Snatching up all thirteen is a smart move. If Scott succeeds as a character, they have a wealth of screenplay material to draw on. If he’s a flop, they could always adapt any...

[1] Considering the massive success of the Bourne series of films, it's not at all surprising that producer Frank Marshall's got his eye on another potential spy franchise. News comes today that Marshall is developing an action thriller based on A Matter of Honor, the bestselling novel by millionaire Brit novelist Jeffrey Archer. And if that adaptation goes well, Marshall's already got a sequel planned, to be adapted from Archer's Honor Among Thieves. Read more after the jump. Marshall expressed his enthusiasm for Archer's work. "Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller whose suspenseful plots and compelling characters have the potential for a multi-feature film franchise with both domestic and international appeal," he said [2] in a statement. The books are just two of ten Archer books that have been acquired by Canadian equity firm New Franchise Media, which will work with Marshall on the films. The project is still in the very early stages of development,...

He helped turn author Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne character into a highly successful film franchise, now producer Frank Marshall is planning a similar approach to the works of another acclaimed espionage thriller author - Jeffrey Archer.

Last year New Franchise Media scored the worldwide film, TV and digital rights to ten of Archer's novels. Now Marshall has come onboard to help turn two of them - "A Matter of Honor" and "Honor Among Thieves" into a potential franchise with the character of Adam Scott as the main focus says The Hollywood Reporter.

'Matter' follows young ex-military officer Scott who, upon receiving the bequest from his late disgraced British colonel father, comes between rival intelligence agencies in pursuit of a secret codicil that could change the global balance of power.

'Thieves' is much more of a stretch to adapt as it's set in 1993 and involves a plan by Saddam Hussein...

Producer Frank Marshall will be developing a big screen adaptation of the Jeffrey Archer novel A Matter of Honor as a feature film. The story is an espionage action thriller that Marshall hopes will be turned into a big action movie franchise.

The film will tell the story of a young ex- military officer character named Adam Scott, who unwittingly comes between rival intelligence agencies in pursuit of an object that can change the global balance of power.

According to THR "the plan is to also create an action sequel based on Archer’s Honor Among Thieves novel using a recurring character from A Matter of Honor, Adam Scott, as the main focus." Marshall had this to say in a statement:

Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller whose suspenseful plots and compelling characters have the potential for a multi-feature film franchise with both domestic and international appeal.

I love movies like this,...

Aside from producing such iconic franchises as Indiana Jones and Back to the Future, Hollywood hotshot Frank Marshall has also tried his hand at directing with films like Congo and Arachnophobia. Now THR has word that Marshall is set to direct an adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's novel A Matter of Honor. The story follows a young ex-military officer, Adam Scott, who unwittingly comes between rival intelligence agencies in pursuit of an object that can change the global balance of power. If all goes well, the plan includes a sequel based on Honor Among Thieves, another novel featuring the Scott character. Here's the official synopsis of A Matter of Honor: In 1966, Adam Scott, an unemployed British ex-army officer with an uncertain future, attends the reading of his disgraced father's will. Part of his inheritance is a letter detailing the events of Hermann Goering's suicide and ...

Sony continue their trend of re-releasing classic Playstation 2 titles on the PS3 in swanky new HD iterations with the latest line the Classics HD line, The Sly Collection.

Sly Cooper, a young adult raccoon and the latest descendant in a line of master thieves who pass down their expert techniques from generation to generation using the “Thievius Racoonus,” a book which contains all the Cooper family’s secrets and tricks. While the Cooper family has accumulated a massive amount of wealth through their thieving ways, Sly places greater value on his friendship with his partners, Bentley and Murray, and his flirting and teasing relationship with Inspector Carmelita Fox.

I’ll be the first to admit that the Sly Cooper trilogy of games originally passed me by on the PS2. As someone who came to Sony’s then-flagship console late (I used to be a Nintendo fanboy, so sue me), I...

Toronto -- Millionaire British novelist Jeffrey Archer is to see a slate of his best-selling novels turned into movie and TV projects by a Toronto private equity player.

 

Jeffrey Steiner, the former Toronto bureaucrat behind Pinewood Toronto Studios, has acquired the worldwide film, TV and digital rights to the thriller novels by Archer, with an eye to striking international co-productions to bring them to the screen.

 

Steiner, a one-time head of the Toronto Economic Development Corp., which stick-handled the development of a major Toronto film studio on the city's waterfront, last year launched New Franchise Media.

 

And he was on hand at the Toronto International Film Festival to unveil a deal to option and turn up to ten of Archer's best-selling novels into movie or TV projects.

 

"We look forward to developing these exceptional literary properties across film and television to excite Jeffrey Archer's enormous worldwide fan base and...

It would be a disgrace to all Seto Mermaids if you don’t read this review, because “Honor among thieves is honor under the Seas.” You will hear the main female lead, Sun Seto, say this signature line at least once per episode in Funimation’s new romantic comedy, My Bride Is A Mermaid.

The basic plot of the story is that Nagasumi (our hero) is saved from drowning by Sun Seto (the mermaid). However, Mermaid Law states that if a human sees a mermaid the mermaid (and/or the human) has to die. The solution to this problem is of course to have them get married!

Admittedly, from reading the plot summary, and just from the title of this series, one could assume that this was just another run of the mill harem show with a contrived plot that does not matter. While you would be right about it being a harem show,...

3D support for The Sly Collection has been detailed. Only the third title in the package will support the technology, according to Kotaku. The reason is that the framework that can support the technology was first implemented during development of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. Sanzaru Games, the studio responsible for porting the games, has promised to look into (more)...

The sadist is alive and well in web series drama. Maybe he wasn’t getting enough love on other screens—crowded out by brooding teen vamps? But online is where his dark games seem to run wild. Compulsions went right for it, wasting no time in cutting to office drone Mark’s sadistic side. And the recently launched Dice had no problem with its merciless hero watching someone blow his head off in front of him. So with the premiere of Goon, the latest indie web drama to venture to the dark side, comes what feels like a trend brewing. Just two episodes in, this one is a mystery. Not in the traditional sense, more in the Lost sense where it’s not clear what exactly is going on yet or who we’re going to see. Even the show’s site is deliberately vague in its dishing of the...

With all the talk of 3D televisions and Nintendo’s upcoming 3Ds, it looks like 3D-gaming is on track to becoming The Next Big Thing in the gaming community. But 3D gaming is nothing new. In fact, it’s almost as old as gaming itself. And while the future of 3D at home looks bright, the past is littered with failed experiment, cheap glasses and more eye-strain induced headaches then you can possibly imagine. While we touched on gaming’s iffy history with 3D before, here’s an in-depth look at some of gaming’s 3D highlights and pitfalls.

Anaglyphic Glasses

When most people think “3D” they still think of the classic red and blue glasses that were used for 3D movies back in the 50s. Gamers got a taste of them some 30 years later thanks to Square, who released the only two games for the Nes to use anaglyphic...