The Aussies have got bitten by the Wire bug, badly. Season 1 has just started on Australian ABC2 and is getting some fans. You definitely need to check out the video review on the link below as the characters presenting the show is absolutely hilarious.
Thanks to our aussie friends of f*ckingfanclub.com for the tip.
Entries Tagged as ‘The Wire’
September 7, 2009
The Wire Unleashed in Aussie Land
August 24, 2009
Namond of The Wire aka Julito McCullum to NYC Fringe Festival
A year after the Wire actor Julito McCullum who played the hopper Namond is moving on to new exciting opportunities. His next stop is in NYC at the Staten Island Fringe Festival.
“It’s sort of like ‘The Wire.’ We’re touching on topics and subjects that people are afraid to speak about,” says McCullum, who moved from [...]
August 21, 2009
Watching the Wire with Subtitles is Criminal
The wire writer George Pelecanos says that watching the wire using subtitles is criminal – you’ll miss a big bit of the experience.
“We wrote it so audiences would have to work at it!” he said in an interview with The Independent.
“We were not going to compromise in making it immediately accessible for everyone.
“It [subtitling] kind [...]
July 14, 2009
Marlo of the Wire in Real World Gun Battle
When the real world catches up with fiction. Apparently a teen was killed during a gun battle at Jamie Hector’s, who plays gangster Marlo Stanfield, baby shower in New York. A massive 50 bullets were fired outside th party.
Read the full Story at smh.com.au.
Thanks for the heads up from my friends at Entourage F*cking Fan [...]
July 1, 2009
Omar of The Wire – Michael K. Williams – The Philantropist
Michael K. Williams, or better known as Omar Little among the Wire fans, is keeping busy with a new project in life after the Wire. He plays Dax of the new eight part drama The Philantripist. The show also stars Neve Campbell and James Purefoy (from HBO Rome fame).
The story revolves around a billionaire globetrotting [...]
March 30, 2009
The Wire Fever hits the UK
With the announcement that BBC2 is going to air all five seasons of The Wire, everyone is quick to jump on the bandwagon and tell their praise. The show is scheduled for 1120pm, and will be on every night for the next 12 weeks.
MSN reports on the Wire
The Telegraph Emma Hartley Blog
The Telegraph news post
March 21, 2009
Top Ten The Wire Substitutes
If you’re in need of the wire rehab after finishing the five series, here’s a quick fix for you. Head over to Blu-Ray Film and get some counseling through their the wire top ten list of movies and series to take you through the cold turkey.
March 16, 2009
Interview with Ed Burns at Lovefilm
Love film has a published an interview with the Wire author Ed Burns.
LF: How far were any of the characters or cases in The Wire based on real people and situations?
EB: None of them were based on real people and real situations. I knew that world intimately and I did a lot of wire tap [...]
November 13, 2008
The Wire Bet Poker Promo
Love this ad, really cool feel to it. Haven’t seen anything like this in the UK yet, but perhaps will do now that the wire is getting bigger over here also. Enjoy below.
Have you seen any other ” the Wire ” ads for other brands?
November 11, 2008
Who the f*ck is George Pelecanos, and what’s he doing on the Wire?
Little known to the wider audience perhaps, George Pelecanos is a DC based writer who also became producer of the show.
I’m yet to read any of his own novels, but according to the latest issue of Stop Smiling, his style seem quite similar to that of David Simon and Edward Burns; the gritty reality of [...]
November 8, 2008
Anwan Glover aka Slim Charles – Life before and after the Wire
What happened to Slim Charles from the Wire? I know.
I’ve spent this morning listening to live recordings of Anwan Glovers go-go band The Backyard Band and it’s pretty damn good. I got the CD from the latest issue of Stop Smiling which has a nice lengthy feature on the Big G.
Apparently just like snoop of [...]
