Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Orville season 2…There is a sense of closure which comes out of left field this week with The Orville. Often when principal players want to move on from an established series creative differences are cited, which translates into money wrangles, on set behavioural issues or worse. Instead […]
Watch Stan Lee’s final animated cameo in Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest
It’ll be a bittersweet moment for Marvel fans tonight with Disney XD airing the latest episode of Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest, ‘T’Chanda’, which features the final appearance in animation from the late, great Stan Lee. And, rather fittingly, his role sees his character – an Army general – delivering a powerful speech about hate […]
Kim Delaney and Bill Brochtrup returning for NYPD Blue revival
Back in October it was announced that ABC had ordered a pilot for a revival of the classic 90s police procedural drama NYPD Blue, and now we have word on two original cast members who are set to return.As revealed by TV Line, both Kim Delaney (Diane Russell) and Bill Brochtrup (John Irvin) have signed […]
Netflix announces fantasy series Shadow and Bone
Netflix has placed an eight episode series order for the fantasy Shadow and Bone, which is based upon author Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Grishaverse‘ book series and has Arrival and Bird Box writer Eric Heisserer attached to serve as writer and showrunner.As per THR, Shadow and Bone takes place “in a world divided in two by a […]
The Sopranos creator discusses prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark
Last year it was reported that David Chase is returning to the world of The Sopranos with a prequel movie entitled The Many Saints of Newark, and during an interview with Deadline to mark the celebrated crime drama’s 20th anniversary, Chase has offered up a few details on what fans can expect with the big […]
Marvel may be developing a Lady Sif series for Disney+
After sitting out Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War – and, according to the Russo brothers, turning to dust during ‘The Decimation’ – it seems that Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif may be set for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the upcoming Disney+ streaming service.According to Discussing Film, Marvel is currently developing a […]
Criminal Minds to end with shortened season 15
CBS has announced that its long-running procedural series Criminal Minds is set to come to a close with a fifteenth and final season of ten episodes, which will shoot back-to-back with the remaining episodes of season fourteen.The news of the show’s ending was confirmed by the official Criminal Minds Twitter account, with the following post: […]
Gotham Season 5 Episode 2 Review – ‘Trespassers’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Gotham season 5… What a difference a day makes or in this case seven. After that sense of lethargy and stasis which came with forty minutes of exposition and no narrative progress, episode two feels like a a different beast. Darkness in tone, darkness in motivation and obviously inky […]
Legion season 3 adds Lauren Tsai as the mutant Switch
FX’s X-Men series Legion has cast model and artist Lauren Tsai in the role of Switch, who Variety describes as “a young mutant whose secret ability serves as the key to executing David Haller’s plan.”The news was first reported by Variety, before being confirmed by the official Legion Twitter account: Flip the switch. Welcome, @LaLaChuu. […]
Al Pacino joins Jordan Peele’s Nazi-hunting drama The Hunt
According to Deadline, Al Pacino is set to join The Hunt, the upcoming direct-to-series Nazi-hunting drama from Jordan Peele (Get Out), which is set up at Amazon.The series takes place in New York City in 1977 and follows Jonah Heidelbaum, played by Logan Lerman (Fury, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), who finds himself swept […]
