The Wire Archives

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Rick and Rebecca Riordan Go to NYCC
He had previously had lead roles in The Wire, Fringe, and Bosch He even played Arnold Wesker in Netflix's one-season version of Resident Evil He was also popular in video circles for playing Commander Zavala in Destiny 2 and was known for playing the game himself for fun. The finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is now[...]
James Gunn Talks Top 3: Rick and Morty, Stephen King Books & More
Earlier today, Gunn jumped back into the Twitterverse for several rounds of "Ask Me My Top 3" where among the topics he covered were his three favorite television shows, his three-ish favorite Peacemaker moments, and his three favorite Stephen King works: Image: Screencaps First up, Gunn offers up his top television shows with Dan Harmon & Justin[...]
The Wire, Boardwalk Empire Michael K. Williams Found Dead, Age 54
Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Lovecraft Country) was found dead in the living room of his Kent Avenue penthouse apartment in Brooklyn earlier today, at the age of 54 The New York Post reports from law enforcement sources that "drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, suggesting a possible overdose" though nothing official has been[...]
Stephen Amell in the wrestling ring (Image: WWE)
On Tuesday, we learned that Amell had a chance to work with co-star Chris Bauer (The Wire, True Blood, For All Mankind) for the first time- and to say he got a lot out of it would be an understatement: "Worked with Chris Bauer for the first time today It felt like being paid to[...]
An Interview with Renee Balcer, Showrunner of FBI: Most Wanted
But all of these shows are fantasies as well, crafted to appeal to an audience. "The Wire", HBO "The Wire" is acclaimed as the most authentic of recent cop shows The cop side of the show doesn't stray too far afield from the other shows I mentioned – the squad is a mix of well-meaning, sometimes flawed,[...]
Wendell Pierce wants to voice Cleveland Brown (Images: FOXTV/Amazon Prime Video)
BoJack Horseman star Alison Brie (Community, GLOW) posted on social media her regrets over voicing Diane Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American character, though the series wrapped up its final season earlier this year. Wendell Pierce wants to voice Cleveland Brown from Family Guy (Images: FOXTV/Amazon Prime Video) With Henry stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown on FOX's[...]
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 20: American actor Richard Belzer attends Global Champions of A Mother's Fight Awards Dinner hosted by EGPAF at the Mandarin Oriental on February 20, 2013 in New York (Image: Ovidiu Hrubaru / Shutterstock.com)
Aside from the aforementioned shows, Belzer's Munch also appeared in Arrested Development, The X-Files, The Beat, The Wire, 30 Rock, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt His final crossover appearance to date was on the Netflix series in 2015 His final appearance as Munch to date was in a 2016 episode of SVU[...]
'Perry Mason' HBO Greenlights Limited Series; Tim Van Patten to Direct, EP
His television resume also includes work on The Pacific, Rome, Sex and the City, Black Mirror, Into the West, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, and Deadwood. Deadline Hollywood It's been awhile since anyone's seen the famed criminal defense attorney back in the courtroom and back on the case, but that's about to come to[...]
Reg E. Cathey
Cathey was best known for his work on House of Cards, The Wire and Oz He also appeared in the 2015 Fantastic Four film as Dr Franklin Storm. The Yale School of Drama-educated actor was born in Alabama, but raised in Germany His death was reported on Twitter by The Wire creator David Simon as he[...]
HBO Green Lights Red Light Series 'The Deuce' For Season 2
HBO wastes no time appreciating a hit when they have it, announcing that the cable giant has renewed its critically acclaimed drama series The Deuce for a second season. Created by George Pelecanos (Treme) and David Simon (The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Streets), the series was renewed after airing only the second episode of the show's[...]
From Writer/Producer Of The Wire, A New Comic Book – The Six
George Pelecanos wrote for the first season of HBO's The Wire, and was made a producer for the second season, writing and producing for the third before moving to just writer, so he could also concentrate on his novel, The Night Gardner He also worked on Treme as well as his own show, Bosch. And now?[...]