ABC has announced a spinoff from the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, with THR reporting that the network has placed a straight-to-series order for a new series based around a group of heroic firefighters.Creator Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers will executive produce the spinoff, with Stacy McKee serving as showrunner, and the first episode will air […]
Tracy Morgan’s new TBS series titled The Last O.G., Cedric the Entertainer joins cast
TBS has announced that Tracy Morgan’s new comedy series is going by the title The Last O.G., and will see him starring alongside Cedric the Entertainer (The Soul Man), Tiffany Haddish (Keanu), Allen Maldonado (The Equalizer), Ryan Gaul (Identity Thief), Taylor Mosby (Criminal Minds) and Dante Hoagland (The New Edition Story). Created by Jordan Peele […]
Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams teaming for Lovecraft Country
Fresh from the success of Get Out, Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions company are teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot for a TV adaptation of Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel Lovecraft Country, which has been given a straight-to-series order from HBO. The pilot is being written by Misha Green (Underground), who will also serve as […]
Marvel announces Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu
Marvel Comics has announced that writer Matt Owens (Elektra) and artist Denys Cowan (Nighthawk) are set to bring us a brand new tale about of the Jedi’s greatest warriors with the five-issue miniseries Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu, set to launch in August. Check out the cover for issue #1 by Jesus Saiz, […]
Kevin Feige wants the X-Men and Fantastic Four back at Marvel
Marvel Studios has made a great number of strides in reacquiring characters previously licensed to other studios, with the rights to the likes of Daredevil, Blade, The Punisher, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Ghost Rider all reverting back to Marvel’s ownership, and a deal struck with Sony to bring Spider-Man into the MCU fold.There are however two gaping […]
Karl Urban could be involved with Judge Dredd: Mega-City One
Last week it was announced that IM Global and Rebellion are bringing Judge Dredd to the small screen with a new live-action series entitled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One.No sooner was the announcement made than the call began for Karl Urban to reprise his role from 2012’s cult feature Dredd, with the actor having previously indicated […]
Netflix and Scott Free to adapt J. G. Ballard’s Hello America
Netflix has snapped up the film rights to author J. G. Ballard’s (High-Rise) 1981 post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel Hello America, with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free set to produce.Hello America “takes place a century after America’s financial collapse and abandonment by its people, when a group of pioneers return to the ruins of the “New World” on […]
Sandra Bullock set for action thriller Cash Truck
In more news coming out of Cannes, Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has signed on to star in Cash Truck, which is being directed by Jose Wladyka (Manos Sucias, Narcos) from a script by Ethan Erwin, Albert Hughes, and John Hodge. Inspired by the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur, Cash Truck will see Bullock […]
The Purge TV series will explore non-Purge days
During NBC’s upfront presentation, Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum offered up a few details on the upcoming small screen continuation of The Purge franchise, which has been described as “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.” Blum revealed that the series, which is being written, directed and executive produced by franchise creator James DeMonaco, […]
J.J. Abrams’ supernatural WWII movie Overlord announces full cast
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have announced the full cast for director Julius Avery’s (Son of a Gun) supernatural World War II movie Overlord, which is rumoured to be part of the shared Cloverfield universe, or ‘Cloververse’.Joining the previously announced Jovan Adepo (Fences) and Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street) are Jacob Anderson (Game of […]
