For the second year in a row (and the first time they’ve ever handed out back-to-back awards), the Directors Guild of America has honoured Alejandro G. Inarritu with the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards, with Inarittu collecting Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Revenant. Inarritu won the DGA Award last […]
Jonah Hex to appear in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
The CW has announced that its upcoming Arrow and The Flash spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will pay a visit to the Old West, with the DC antihero Jonah Hex set to make a guest appearance. “Ever since we decided that Legends would involve time travel, we were eager to do a story set in […]
Marvel developing second comedy series, Damage Control to air this year
Back in October it was revealed that ABC is developing a new sitcom based around the Marvel property Damage Control, and now ABC president Paul Lee has revealed that a second Marvel comedy series is in the works. “In the long term, we’d love [the new series] to be [on ABC],” said Lee. “We definitely want […]
Gravity composer Steven Price to score Suicide Squad
Fresh from yesterday’s trailer [watch it here], Film Music Reporter has revealed that Oscar-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity) has signed on to compose the score for Warner Bros.’ DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. British composer Price has previously collaborated with Suicide Squad director David Ayer on 2014’s World War II movie Fury, while his other credits […]
CW Seed renews Vixen animated series for second season, more live-action appearances planned
Coinciding with the news that Kevin Smith is set to direct an episode of The Flash, The CW has announced that CW Seed has renewed the Arrowverse animated series Vixen for a second season. The CW President Mark Pedowitz revealed at the Television Critics Association press tour that season two will run for six or […]
Kevin Smith to direct an episode of The Flash
It looks like Kevin Smith is set to join the DC universe, with The CW announcing today at the Television Critics Association press tour that Smith is set to direct an episode of The Flash. No further details were given, but Deadline is reporting that Smith’s episode will air in May. This won’t be the first […]
BBC America picks up Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series from Max Landis
Back in August it was revealed that Max Landis is working on a TV adaptation of Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, and now it has been announced that BBC America has picked up the project with an eight-episode order. “Dirk Gently is a very original series, fresh and unlike anything else,” states BBC America president […]
Ridley Scott in talks to direct The Prisoner
Deadline is reporting that Ridley Scott is in talks to direct the long-gestating big screen remake of the classic British TV series The Prisoner. Universal Pictures has been trying to get the project off the ground for several years, with the likes of Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and William Monahan (The Departed) […]
ABC president says Marvel’s Most Wanted pilot will go into production in the next few months
Back in August it was reported that ABC had given a pilot order to Marvel’s Most Wanted, a spinoff from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. centred on Mockingbird (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood). Well, during a Television Critics Panel, network president Paul Lee has confirmed the reports, and revealed that the plan is to go […]
Sherilyn Fenn confirmed for Twin Peaks return, Laura Dern joins the cast
Although there’d been some concern that scheduling conflicts with Shameless would prevent Sherilyn Fenn a return to Twin Peaks, it has now been confirmed that actress has signed on for the upcoming event series and will reprise the role of Audrey Horne, where she’ll be a “major presence.” https://twitter.com/sherilynfenn1/status/685723922814251008 Meanwhile, TV Line is also reporting that […]
