Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential buddy films… Reluctant partners, thrust together. Chalk and cheese, a differing approach to attaining the end goal, or perhaps sometimes from opposite sides of the law. The buddy film genre has been popular for decades. Some writer/directors in fact have a real association with it (see later). It’s a […]
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Richard Donner still on board for Lethal Weapon 5
Back in October of 2017 it was reported that Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner and stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were looking to reunite for a fifth instalment in the classic buddy cop franchise, with Donner subsequently revealing that he didn’t believe the sequel was going to move ahead. Well, it seems that Warner Bros. […]
Christmas Special: Lethal Weapon with The Courier director Zackary Adler | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #60
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Zackary Adler discusses his own action thriller The Courier and Lethal Weapon – his favourite Christmas movie… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, it’s another Christmas special […]
Fox officially cancels Lethal Weapon after 3 seasons
It had been on the cards since Damon Wayans announced his plans to exit the series, but now it is official, with Fox cancelling its TV adaptation of Lethal Weapon after three seasons. The Warner Bros.-produced take on the classic 80s buddy cop movie originally saw Damon Wayans’ Roger Murtaugh joined by Clayne Crawford as […]
Lethal Weapon could get a fourth season with Damon Wayans returning
Back in October, Damon Wayans revealed that he had decided to quit the FOX TV series Lethal Weapon for health and family reasons, with the actor stating that he was “getting too old for this” and citing his diabetes and gruelling 16 hour days as factors in his decision. Wayans had clashed with co-star Clayne […]
Fox orders two more Lethal Weapon episodes, with Damon Wayans set to appear
Last month, Damon Wayans dropped the unexpected announcement that he was quitting Fox’s hit TV series Lethal Weapon at the conclusion of the show’s third season, citing the toll that it is taking on his health and his family life. The news came as a surprise to Fox, who hadn’t been notified of Wayans’ decision […]
Damon Wayans quits Lethal Weapon
First Riggs, now Murtaugh… Some five months on from the firing of Clayne Crawford, Fox’s Lethal Weapon is now set to lose its other original lead with Damon Wayans revealing to Eurweb.com that he is quitting the show at the end of the upcoming third season. “I’m going to be quitting the show in December after we […]
New images from Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning, Riverdale, The Gifted, Lethal Weapon and more
TV Line has revealed images from this Fall’s TV shows which includes The CW’s DC superhero series Arrow season 6, The Flash season 5, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 4, Supergirl season 4, Black Lightning season 2, the third season of the live-action Archie series Riverdale, season 2 of Fox’s X-Men series The Gifted, season […]
Clayne Crawford hits out over Lethal Weapon firing
Back in May of this year it was revealed that Clayne Crawford had been fired from his role as Martin Riggs in Fox’s TV adaptation of Lethal Weapon. Despite apologising publicly for on-set issues, which reportedly included an angry outburst at a guest director and a falling out with co-star Damon Wayans, Crawford was sacked […]
Lethal Weapon season 3 promo introduces Seann William Scott’s Wesley Cole
With just a month to go until Lethal Weapon’s season 3 premiere, Fox has released a new promo for the action drama series which introduces us to Detective Murtaugh’s (Damon Wayans) new partner, former CIA Operative Wesley Cole (Seann William Scott); check it out here…. “LETHAL WEAPON combines action and drama with friendship and humor, […]
