We may have to wait until 2019 to see the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones – April 2019 in fact, according to Maisie Williams – but with filming now underway we do have some set photos from the epic fantasy series both to tide us over, and tease what is in store […]
J.J. Abrams sci-fi Demimonde gets straight-to-series pickup from HBO
Despite the fact he’s currently knee-deep in rewrites for Star Wars: Episode IX ahead of filming later this year, J.J. Abrams has found the time to pen a new sci-fi TV drama entitled Demimonde, which has been given a straight-to-series order from HBO. According to THR, the series is described by HBO as “an epic […]
Disney-Pixar’s Coco dominates the 2018 Annie Awards
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated masterpiece Coco warmed up for the Oscars last night by dominating proceedings at the 45 annual Annie Awards, which celebrating the very best in animation over the past twelve months. Coco was successful in 11 of the 13 categories it found itself nominated in, including the top prize, Best Animated Feature – […]
Guillermo del Toro wins the DGA Award for The Shape of Water
Having enjoyed success at the Golden Globes and PGA Awards, Guillermo del Toro added the Directors Guild of America’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award to his mantelpiece last night at the DGA Awards, putting the filmmaker firmly in the driving seat for Best Director at the Oscars with his fantasy romance The Shape […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘Past Life’
Danny Hale reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… Well, that was emotional. The decision to open ‘Past Life’ with Kasius finding Sinara’s body was a great move; it ignited the episode with a further blow to Kasius, building on where we left him last week. The Kree is being pushed […]
Gone Baby Gone TV pilot ordered by Fox
According to Variety, Fox has placed a pilot order for a TV adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Gone Baby Gone, which was previously adapted for the big screen by Ben Affleck in 2007. The pilot, penned by Robert Levine, will follow “a pair of private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who are armed with […]
CBS gives pilot order to L.A. Confidential TV series
Back in September of last year it was announced that CBS had tapped Jordan Harper (The Mentalist) to develop a TV adaptation of James Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential, and now comes word from Variety that the project has officially received a pilot order. Described as a modern take on the novel, which was previously adapted for […]
Arrow Season 6 Episode 12 Review – ‘All or Nothing’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of Arrow season 6… Hey Guys; so besides having a full time job, 2 children and a wife, it’s a bit hard to watch Arrow some weeks in a timely fashion; I did get a chance to this week but man, I’ve been struggling with the narrative in this […]
Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey follow-up The Gilded Age heading to NBC
U.S. TV network NBC has announced that it has given a ten-episode series order to The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ follow-up to Downton Abbey, which will take place in New York in the 1880s. The official description for the series reads: “The Gilded Age in 1880s New York City was a period of immense social […]
Suits renewed for eighth season, Katherine Heigl joins as series regular
USA Network has announced that it has renewed the legal drama Suits for an eighth season, set to premiere later this year. Series creator Aaron Korsh alongside stars Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman and new series regular Dule Hill, while both Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle will be departing the show at the end […]