Mickey Spillane was married to Maureen McManus, a daughter of the famed local political dynasty who ran the city’s Tammany Hall Democratic Party for decades. Robert Miller.

Skydance acquired the rights to the many books by Spillane and Collins with the plans to develop and produce the book series into a feature. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger ...

Skydance Acquires Rights to Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Franchise. Currently there are no writers, directors or talent attached to the project. Umberto Gonzalez. August 2, 2023 @ 5:32 PM.

It comes down do the detective at the heart of Spillane’s work. In a 2018 essay, crime fiction writer and Spillane collaborator Max Allan Collins described Mike Hammer as “a tough guy who ...

Skydance has acquired rights to Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ Mike Hammer franchise with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series as a feature film based on the ...

I prefer Donald Hamilton to Mickey Spillane. If this new Mike Hammer movie does well, perhaps Spielberg will finally get his Matt Helm production under way. Anonymous on August 2, 2023 7:17 pm ...

Is Mickey Spillane now a neglected author? In the early 1950s, his immensely popular novels about private eye Mike Hammer were called sadistic and pornographic revenge fantasies, ...

Myster writer Mickey Spillane’s Murrells Inlet house was completely destroyed by the storm. AP Photo/Lou Krasky. We saw a now-rusted pot bellied stove, smashed Tiffany lamp, Mexican tile kitchen ...

In my last On Crime column, I interviewed Max Allan Collins, the co-author of “Spillane: The King of Pulp Fiction,” a fine biography of the late crime writer Mickey Spillane. Spillane, who ...

Friends of the popular crime writer Mickey Spillane noted that Spillane could pile the tall tales pretty high when talking about his own life, a character trait they acknowledged with fondness.

Mickey Spillane, in the role of his creation Mike Hammer, on the set of “The Girl Hunters” (1963) with co-star Shirley Eaton. Photo: Popperfoto via Getty Images.

Mickey Spillane's son, Michael J. Spillane Jr., appeared in court Monday for allegedly assaulting a dog-walker in Hell's Kitchen; Spillane, owner of a bar named after his dad, ...