"Though Shane Black has made fantastical franchise movies, like Iron Man 3 (2013) and The Predator (2018), he is at home in the grounded worlds of crime comedies. He launched a franchise with his screenplay for Lethal Weapon in 1987. And his other films, The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005), and The Nice Guys (2016), have become cult classics that exemplify his taste for hard-boiled noir, quick-witted humor, and the sentimentality of Christmas."
"After a long seven-year absence from directing, Black returns for Play Dirty, a new movie adaptation of the Parker series by crime author Donald E. Westlake and co-written with his The Nice Guy collaborators Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi. In Play Dirty, Mark Wahlberg stars as a professional thief whose charge of a heist puts him at odds against a dictator, the mafia, and the world's richest man all at once."
Shane Black collects and reads pulp and hard-boiled detective paperbacks and draws influence from classic noir and crime comedy. He built a franchise with his 1987 Lethal Weapon screenplay and directed cult favorites including The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, and The Nice Guys. After a seven-year directorial hiatus, he returns with Play Dirty, a Parker-series adaptation co-written with Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi. Mark Wahlberg stars as a professional thief whose heist pits him against a dictator, the mafia, and the world's richest man. The film features Rosa Salazar, LaKeith Stanfield, Tony Shalhoub, and streams on Prime Video October 1.
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