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Jon Favreau still keen on making a new Star Wars Holiday Special

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In the run up to the premiere of The Mandalorian, creator Jon Favreau joked that he’d like to develop a new Star Wars Holiday Special – referring to the infamous variety show abomination which aired back on CBS in 1978 – only it seems he wasn’t joking after all! “Oh I would definitely be interested […]

David Harbour originally thought Stranger Things would be a “complete disaster”

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Stranger Things star David Harbour, who plays Chief Hopper, has admitted that he originally thought the Netflix show was going to be a “complete disaster and a big failure” before its initial debut. “I was sure it was gonna be a complete disaster and a big failure, because, before it came out — I remember when […]

Vikings sequel series Valhalla picked up by Netflix

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As the sixth and final season of History Channel’s Vikings approaches, word has come that a sequel series has officially received the green light. According to Variety, Netflix has picked up Vikings: Valhalla in a story that will be set 100 years after the conclusion of Vikings. The series comes from Vikings creator Michael Hirst with screenwriter Jeb Stuart serving as […]

Lizzie McGuire Disney+ revival will see Adam Lamberg returning as Gordo

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With Disney+ in full swing, the streaming service is getting production amped up for its Lizzie McGuire revival series with Hillary Duff reprising the role. Today Disney+ announced another original star will return for the revival with Adam Lamberg reprising his role as Lizzie’s best friend David ‘Gordo’ Gordon. Duff and Lamberg made the announcement in a […]

Better Call Saul season 5 gets new trailer, promo images and premiere date

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After a very long wait, AMC has announced Better Call Saul is set to return for its fifth season in February 2020. The series is a prequel to AMC’s hit Breaking Bad which follows conman Jimmy McGill as he transforms into ‘criminal’ lawyer Saul Goodman in the years before he met Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Watch the teaser […]

The BBC fills out the cast of Discworld series The Watch

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BBC Studios has announced that Anna Chancellor (Pennyworth), James Fleet (Outlander), Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who), Ruth Madeley (Years and Years), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Deep State) and Bianca Simone Mannie (Homeland) have joined the cast of The Watch, an upcoming series inspired by Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld novels. The official synopsis for The Watch reads: Set in […]

Promo images for Supergirl Season 5 Episode 8 – ‘The Wrath of Rama Khan’

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The CW has released a batch of promo images for the eighth episode of Supergirl season 5, entitled ‘The Wrath of Rama Khan’; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Promo for Supergirl Season 5 Episode 8 – ‘The Wrath of Rama Khan’ MID-SEASON FINALE – Supergirl’s (Melissa Benoist) struggle against Leviathan reaches a boiling point […]

Project Blue Book gets a season 2 trailer from History

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History has released a trailer for the second season of Project Blue Book, which reveals that the Robert Zemeckis-produced mystery drama series is set to return on January 21st; watch it here… “’Project Blue Book’ follows Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a brilliant college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force to spearhead this clandestine operation […]

Arrow Season 8 Episode 5 Review – ‘Prochnost’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of Arrow season 8… In Russian, prochnost means “strength.” Typically, on Arrow, that would indicate Oliver’s fighting prowess, but tonight. As the team splits on important missions, Oliver takes Laurel and his children to Russia and when he’s there, he learns a new lesson in strength: keeping your family […]