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[DeafTourette]

Cross starring Aldis Hodge

 

[Vyse]

Was expecting Alexia Cross. Seriously, read a lot of the books when they first came out. Thought they messed with casting the movies with Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry. The books describe him of looking like Muhammad Ali. Could be good. Really enjoyed the early books.

 

[Outpost #31]

Could be good. Keeping my eyes on this.

 

[Billbofet]

Looks really good!!

 

[Fart Knight]

This the AMERICAN version of Luther or something

 

[Vyse]

This the AMERICAN version of Luther or something

The protagonist of the series is Alex Cross, an African-American Metropolitan Police Department detective and father who counters threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C.

 

[jason10mm]

So long as "damn them white people" isn't every other line of dialogue I'm down for this.

Maybe we can get an Alex Cross/Shaft/Hawk/Black Dynamite crossover episode!

We just lost Richard Roundtree but Sam Jackson can fill in, Avery Brooks is still around, and Michael Jai White is still swesome.

 

[What A Shame...]

They went with an overused Gen Z phrase as the punchline for the trailer. Lame.

 

[Vyse]

The first book in the series, Along Came a Spider, came out in 1993. Over 32 books and still going.

 

[BadBurger]

I loved the old novels and movies, especially Along Came a Spider. That movie that Tyler Perry tried to float was unfortunately very bad.

This looks like it could be good. Aldis Hodge managed to make Hawkman, a comic character I have always found incredibly boring, a joy to watch. So I'll give this movie a shot.

 

[jason10mm]

The first book in the series, Along Came a Spider, came out in 1993. Over 32 books and still going.

That the one with Ashley Judd and...Cary Elwes? With Morgan Freeman? Or am I thinking of Kiss the Girls? Anyway, is Cross mostly dealing with psychos, serial killers, kidnappings, etc (basically Silence of the Lambs stuff) or does he delve into the mob, occult, conspiracy, criminal heists and whatnot? They gonna do the Reacher thing of 1 book 1 season?

 

[Vyse]

That the one with Ashley Judd and...Cary Elwes? With Morgan Freeman? Or am I thinking of Kiss the Girls? Anyway, is Cross mostly dealing with psychos, serial killers, kidnappings, etc (basically Silence of the Lambs stuff) or does he delve into the mob, occult, conspiracy, criminal heists and whatnot? They gonna do the Reacher thing of 1 book 1 season?

That was Kiss the Girls. They have a lot of books to pull from. Think they are going the Reacher route.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Nice, love Hodge and read quite a few Alex Cross novels back in the day.

Hopefully every other line is “damn them white people.”