According to TV Line, Shadowhunters actress Katherine McNamara has joined the cast of The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow for its upcoming seventh season. McNamara is set for what is described as “a pivotal recurring role” in the first half of the season, where she will portray Maya, a scrappy street fighter and thief from Star […]
Star Trek’s Short Treks gets a teaser trailer, synopses and premiere date
Back in July during the San Diego Comic-Con International, CBS All Access announced that it would be producing a series of Star Trek: Discovery spinoff shorts under the banner Short Treks, and now the streaming service has revealed that the four episodes will begin airing monthly starting on October 4th and running through to the […]
An Expanding Universe: The MCU spills onto the small screen with Disney’s streaming service
Allen Christian on the expansion of the MCU on Disney’s upcoming streaming service… More than a year ago at this point, Disney announced the coming of its own streaming service. Little is known about the service apart from some vague ideas of planned programming based on current Disney properties (including a host of baffling film […]
Jordan Peele to host The Twilight Zone reboot, first teaser released
Back in December of last year it was announced that CBS All Access is teaming with Jordan Peele (Get Out) to produce a reboot of the classic anthology series The Twilight Zone, and now we have a first trailer for the latest iteration of the iconic show, which reveals that Peele will also be taking […]
Disney renews DuckTales for a third season
Disney scored a resounding critical success last year with its reboot of the beloved 80s animated TV series DuckTales, with the revival scoring a perfect 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The show is set to make its return for a second season next month, and it seems that Disney is confident of repeating that […]
Kristen Bell confirms Veronica Mars revival at Hulu
Last month it was announced that a Veronica Mars revival was being eyed by Hulu, and now actress Kristen Bell has confirmed that she will be reprising the role of the title character for the new eight-episode season. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn8_0ijBesB/?utm_source=ig_embed Variety reports that the new season sees “spring breakers getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating […]
Netflix adapting Diablo video game as an animated series
Having scored a success with its Castlevania series, it seems that Netflix is looking to bring another video game franchise to the small screen, with Boom! Studios founder Andrew Cosby tweeting that he is in final talks with the streaming service and Activision to develop an animated adaptation of Diablo. Created by Blizzard, the Diablo […]
Netflix taps Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin for sitcom No Good Nick
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has given a 20-episode order to No Good Nick, a new multi-camera family sitcom which will be headlined by Melissa Joan Hart (Melissa & Joey) and Sean Astin (Stranger Things). The comedy has been created by David H. Steinberg and Keetgi Kogan (Miss Dial), and will see Hart and Astin […]
A live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series is coming to Netflix
Streaming giant Netflix is teaming with Nickelodeon to develop a live-action series based upon the beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Deadline has revealed. Premiering in 2005 and running for 61 episodes across three seasons, Avatar follows Aang and his friends as they battle to save the world by defeating the Fire Lord Ozai, […]
Chris Evans to lead Apple’s Defending Jacob TV series
Captain America star Chris Evans is set to executive produce and star in Defending Jacob, a limited series from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content which is set up at Apple and follows a father whose teenage son is accused of murder. The Amazon description for the book reads: Andy Barber’s job is to put killers […]
