On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:47 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> Excellent question. No clue as to why anybody involved felt the need to > rent the character names, if things are going to be so different. Given > the number of recognizable names attached (including a blink and you'll > miss him Marc Maron), I would assume the film could be greenlit without the > Spenser connection. > > I suspect that they 'adapted' a book that wasn't actually written by > Parker because it would be easier to get the rights/wouldn't necessarily > have to get permission from Parker's estate. > Ace Atkins must be rolling over in his grave... and he’s still very much alive. I own and have read every novel Parker ever wrote, and every novel posthumously including his name though written by other authors. Whatever the f*ck that trailer was, it had nothing... repeat nothing... to do with Spenser. I’ve never gotten angry watching a trailer before today. This isn’t a Spenser reboot; this is a Spenser rape. > > I did botch the date of the premiere, it's March 6. > > David > > On Friday, January 31, 2020, 12:17:38 AM EST, Kevin M. < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > What. The f*ck. Was that? > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:13 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Picking up a thread from June 2018, because the movie in question, Spenser > Confidential, is slated to debut on Netflix March 20. > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tvornottv/Spenser/tvornottv/PokuZeJn0aA/wjGjeo7GBwAJ > > For those who don't remember/don't want to click the link, the latest > effort to adapt Robert B. Parker's detective Spenser for the screen is a > movie starring Mark Wahlberg as the detective, and directed by Wahlberg's > frequent collaborator Peter Berg. > > Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgKEoHNi3Uc > > It's 'loosely based' (per Wikipedia) on the Ace Atkins' Spenser novel > Wonderland. As the film describes Spenser and Hawk trying to solve the > murder of two Boston cops, when the book was about a shady land development > deal putting the screws to the owner of Spenser's gym, I tend to agree. > > David > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1761592240.526198.1580447596486%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1761592240.526198.1580447596486%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AbHAX8wjFs-86OCJf1je7EH8uN829sW%2BW7Uz7soqsdnw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AbHAX8wjFs-86OCJf1je7EH8uN829sW%2BW7Uz7soqsdnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/158558646.545380.1580449626930%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/158558646.545380.1580449626930%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A84QQn-9yRi3Xs-MNzo30dJrdx2Ub1q1ohzSDUjVzDag%40mail.gmail.com.
