Ever wonder who would play you if they made a movie of your life? Perhaps George Clooney, or maybe Brad Pitt? Or—ooh!—Diego Luna! Okay, they're all passing. Hmm, how about Ethan Hawke? This is the dilemma that some Brooklyn cops are facing in the wake of the just released Brooklyn's Finest, and they are not happy, according to the Post. "I just wish once they would do a story about a guy who comes in and does an honest day's work, but that would never sell," says retired 33-year Brooklyn homicide detective Louis Savarese, and he's right on the money. You know who's also right on the money? Ex-MTA worker Michael Martin, who wrote the screenplay, and is presumably rollin' in it. more ›

It turns out ex-transit worker Michael Martin's movie was filming in Brooklyn yesterday. Photos of Ethan Hawke, Lily Taylor and a NY Post prop were taken on location. The movie, Brooklyn's Finest, is described as a drama involving the three intertwining story lines of Brooklyn cops. more ›

Ever wonder what that mysterious delay on your subway line was caused by? It could have been MTA worker Michael Martin sneaking away from his duties to write down the latest line in his screenplay (or for the latest screenplay he was hired to write, New Jack City 2). NY1 reports on Martin's rise from the underground to the mainstream.

Martin was a subway conductor, and after totaling his car in an accident, entered a screen-writing competition, hoping to win enough money to buy a new one. more ›