With production on the Coen Brothers’ western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs due to begin this month, The Tracking Board is reporting that the cast of the TV show is coming together, with James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Zoe Kazan, Stephen Root and Ralph Ineson all nearing deals to join the project. The Ballad […]
Ava DuVernay to direct Central Park Five series for Netflix
Netflix has announced that Ava DuVernay is set to write and direct a five-episode series telling the story of The Central Park Five, five teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of brutally assaulting and raping a jogger in central Park in 1989. Each episode will focus on one of the five teenagers, and will […]
Charlie Saxton and Dave Foley join Misfits U.S. remake
Last month it was announced that the British series Misfits is set for a U.S. remake from Freeform, and now we have word on two more additions to the cast, with Deadline reporting that Charlie Saxton (Hung) and Dave Foley (NewsRadio) have joined the project as series regulars. Saxton will play Simon, who is described […]
John Cho joins The Exorcist, season 2 plot details revealed
TV Line is reporting that Sleepy Hollow and Star Trek star John Cho has signed on to appear as a series regular in the second season of The Exorcist, where he will join the returning Alfonso Herrera, Kurt Egyiawan and Ben Daniels. The second season of the show will explore a new possession case, with […]
Jennifer Morrison leaving Once Upon A Time after season 6
While the fate of Once Upon A Time is still up in the air, we can at least confirm one thing about the show’s future: lead star Jennifer Morrison will not be returning to the series should it be renewed for a seventh season. The actress revealed the decision to leave over her Instagram account, but […]
Benicio Del Toro and Patricia Arquette to star in Ben Stiller’s Showtime prison drama
Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette are being lined up to star in a new Showtime prison drama to be directed by Ben Stiller. Helming all eight episodes, Stiller is teaming with Showtime for a new true-crime limited series based on a 2015 prison escape. The series will be named after the prison in question, Escape […]
SyFy adapting George R.R. Martin novella Nightflyers
More of George R.R. Martin’s work will be coming to television, but this time its not connected to the A Song of Ice and Fire saga or the potential four spin-offs of Game of Thrones as SyFy has announced that it will develop Martin’s novella Nightflyers with Jacob’s Ladder‘s Jeff Buhler writing and executive producing the series. Written in 1980, Nightflyers is set […]
Tim Blake Nelson headlining The True Don Quixote
Variety is reporting that production has got underway on The True Don Quixote, a modern-day version of Miguel de Carvantes classic novel, with Chris Poche (Over the Hedge) directing a cast that includes Tim Blake Nelson (Fantastic Four) as Don Quixote and Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Sancho Panza. According to the site, the story […]
Amazon greenlights neo-Victorian fantasy noir Carnival Row
Amid a raft of cancellations across the various US TV networks, streaming service Amazon has announced that it has given an eight-episode series order to Carnival Row, a fantasy drama from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The one hour drama series is described as a “fantasy-noir” […]
Richie Mehta to direct Jay Baruchel in Baseballissimo
According to THR, Richie Mehta (Siddharth, Amal) has signed on to direct Jay Baruchel (Goon: Last of the Enforcers) in Baseballissimo, an indie drama about a minor-league pitcher on an Italian baseball team. The film has been written by Baruchel and his wiring partner Jesse Chabot (Random Acts of Violence) and originally had Jacob Tierney […]
