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Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

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Jake Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with his Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve for The Son, an HBO limited series adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The Son is “a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.” It focuses on Sonny Lofthus, “an escaped convict: an opioid […]

Willow sequel series heading to Disney+ with Warwick Davis returning

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After several years of rumours and small updates, Disney has officially given the greenlight to a television series of Willow in what will be a sequel to the original 1988 film. Warwick Davis will return as Willow with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directing the series. Original director Ron Howard will executive produce the series […]

Smallville: The Top 25 Episodes

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Ricky Church and James Garcia with the top 25 episodes of Smallville… For a long time, Smallville was the longest running science fiction show on television, beating out The X-Files and the individual Star Trek series for that honour. With 218 episodes, no one expected the show about a young Clark Kent in his pre-Superman days to last that long. While […]

Showtime renews Black Monday for third season

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Amid Showtime’s recent cancellations and a revival of Dexter comes news the network has renewed Black Monday for a third season. Black Monday stars Don Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame), Regina Hall (Girls Trip), Andrew Rannells (Invincible) and Paul Scheer (Star Trek: Lower Decks). They star as a group of underdogs in the 1980s who ended up causing the worst stock market […]

Hulu ventures into No Man’s Land with trailer for new drama series

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Hulu has released the full trailer for its upcoming drama series No Man’s Land. Focusing on the Syrian civil war, the series will premiere on the streaming service November 18th. Watch the trailer below… No Man’s Land dives into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search […]

Showtime scraps The President is Missing series

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After cancelling the second season of On Becoming a God in Central Florida a few days ago, Showtime has scrapped another series before it even began production. The President is Missing, an adaptation of the thriller novel by James Patterson and former US President Bill Clinton with Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie, will no longer be developed at […]

Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls finds its cast

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HBO Max has announced the cast for The Sex Lives of College Girls, a new comedy series from Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project). Starring in the series is Pauline Chalamet (The King of Staten Island), Amrit Kaur (The D Cut), Renée Rapp (Broadway’s Mean Girls) and newcomer Alyah Chanelle Scott. The show will follow four college roommates […]

This is Us season 5 premiere moved up by two weeks, new promo released

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NBC has announced the fifth season of its hit series This is Us will begin much sooner than expected. Originally set to premiere November 10, it will now air with a two-hour premiere on October 27. Check out the season’s poster and watch the teaser below… The series follows the drama of the Pearson family, bouncing between […]

Tony Goldwyn replaces Liev Schreiber in King Richard

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Deadline reports Liev Schreiber is no longer among the cast of King Richard, but is now being replaced by Scandal’s Tony Goldwyn due to a conflict in Schreiber’s schedule. King Richard, which is a biopic of tennis coach Richard Williams with Will Smith starring in the role, was three weeks into production before shutting down due to […]