Riding high off the early success of the new series, CBS has announced a slight shuffle to its Star Trek: Discovery schedule.Originally, the plan was for eight episodes to air through to November, leading into a midseason break through to January, at which point the final seven episodes would get underway. However, we’ll now be […]
Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted scores almost 5 million viewers with premiere
On Monday night, Fox launched its latest comic book adaptation with the premiere of Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted.Coming off the back of decent reviews [read ours here], the new show managed to score a decent 1.5 rating in the key 18-49 demo, with 4.9 million viewers in Live+ Same Day numbers.Fox will no doubt […]
Daisy Ridley to shoot Daddio before Star Wars: Episode IX
Variety is reporting that Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in Daddio, a drama from screenwriter Christy Hall (Yours, Isabel, To Quiet the Quiet), which is looking to shoot prior to Ridley’s commitments to Star Wars: Episode IX next summer.The site reports that Daddio “follows a woman who is picked up by a cab […]
Rumour: Netflix may delay The Punisher
Earlier this week Marvel and Netflix announced that they had cancelled this weekend’s planned New York Comic Con panel for The Punisher in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas.During our report, we speculated that Netflix may also opt to postpone the release of the show itself, and now Newsday is reporting […]
Timothy Zahn-penned Star Wars: Thrawn sequel coming in 2018, Darth Vader will feature
During yesterday’s Lucasfilm publishing panel at the New York Comic Con yesterday, fan favourite author Timothy Zahn is once again tackling Grand Admiral Thrawn with a sequel to this year’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel.Going by the working title of Thrawn: Alliances, the new book will see the Grand Admiral joined by another iconic Star Wars […]
Matt Ryan’s Constantine resurrected by CW Seed
CW Seed has announced that it is resurrecting Constantine for a new animated series which will see Matt Ryan, star of the short-lived NBC live-action show, reprising his role as the occult detective; check out the official poster and synopsis below…This all-new animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and Blue Ribbon Content follows DC’s popular […]
Jill Scott cast as DC villain Lady Eve in Black Lightning
The CW’s new superhero show Black Lightning has added Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Jill Scott to its cast in the role of the DC villain Lady Eve. Deadline reports that the show’s incarnation of the character “will be the bridge between Tobias Whale (Marvin “Krondon” Jones III) and a secret group of corrupt leaders. […]
First-look preview of DC’s Doomsday Clock #1
During the New York Comic Con yesterday, DC Comics revealed some details on its hugely-anticipated Watchmen crossover event Doomsday Clock, announcing that it will be a direct prequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, which picks up seven years after the events of the graphic novel. Check out a first-look preview of the first […]
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson to lead all-star cast of BBC Two’s King Lear
BBC Two and production company Playground have announced that Anthony Hopkins (The Dresser, Nixon, Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (The Children Act, The Remains of the Day, Sense and Sensibility) are set to lead the cast of a star-studded adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear from BAFTA-winning director Richard Eyre (The Dresser, Notes […]
Connie Britton joins Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s 9-1-1
Fox has announced that actress Connie Britton (American Horror Story, Nashville) has joined the upcoming drama 9-1-1, which reunites her with creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story, American Crime Story).Britton is set for a lead role in the series, which follows the lives of police, paramedic and firefighter emergency responders as they […]
