BBC America has announced that it has renewed its acclaimed drama Orphan Black for a fifth and final season, with actress Tatiana Maslany set to return for a last run of 10 episodes in 2017. “Orphan Black is a thrilling, genre-bending ride that has captured our fans’ imaginations and hearts like no other show,” states […]
Charlie Cox thinks playing Daredevil may have cost him young Han Solo role in the Star Wars spinoff
Given that reports suggested Lucasfilm tested over 2500 actors before casting Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, it’s probably harder to find a young actor in Hollywood who wasn’t up for the Star Wars spinoff than one who was. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter to promote his new play Incognito, Daredevil star Charlie Cox has revealed that he […]
Jessica Jones showrunner discusses Marvel’s restrictions for the Netflix series
As Krysten Ritter prepares to reprise the role of Jessica Jones for both The Defenders and the second season of the hit Netflix series, showrunner Melissa Rosenberg has been speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the restrictions imposed by Marvel for the acclaimed Alias adaptation. “No F-bombs,” said Rosenberg. “And if anyone was going to […]
Disney’s Bob Iger says Indiana Jones 5 “won’t just be a one-off”
Having kept its Indiana Jones cards close to its chest while it relaunched the Star Wars franchise, it was announced back in March that Harrison Ford will be reuniting with director Steven Spielberg for a fifth outing for the archaeologist and adventurer in 2019. Given that he’ll be 77 years old by that point, you’d have to […]
Genndy Tartakovsky returning for Hotel Transylvania 3
Last October, director Genndy Tartakovsky revealed that he had no plans to return for Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 3, stating that “two is enough” and he was looking to move on to other projects, including the revived Samurai Jack, which is set to return to Cartoon Network this year. Well, it seems he has now had […]
Christophe Gans to direct competing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea adaptation
It looks like we’re going to get another Armageddon / Dante’s Peak scenario, with Deadline reporting that Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) is set to direct an adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for the Chinese financiers Bliss Media. Gans’ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is scheduled to go into production […]
Netflix places straight-to-series order for Lost in Space
Back in November it was announced that Netflix and Legendary TV were in development on a remake of the 60s cult classic Lost in Space, and now comes word that the streaming service has placed a ten-episode straight-to-series order for the reboot, which is being eyed for a 2018 premiere. Deadline reports that the new […]
The Walking Dead adding two new original characters for season 7
With (at least) one of our beloved favourites from The Walking Dead set to shuffle off this mortal coil once we finally learn who is on the receiving end of Negan’s baseball bat, TV Line is reporting that the hit zombie drama is adding two new original characters to the cast. According to the site, […]
Idris Elba lining up directorial debut with adaptation of Yardie
It looks like the ever-busy Idris Elba is looking to step behind the camera for his directorial debut, with StudioCanal CEO Danny Perkins revealing to Screen Daily that the Luther star is developing an adaptation of Victor Headley’s 1993 novel Yardie. The synopsis for Headley’s novel reads: “D, a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to […]
Zachary Quinto signs on for Biopunk
Star Trek star Zachary Quinto has signed on to star in and executive produce Biopunk, an upcoming hourlong drama from Chase Palmer (It), which is based upon Marcus Wohlsen’s book Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life. Deadline reports that the series will “chronicles the underground world of bio-hackers—DIY garage scientists seeking to do […]
