According to THR, Emmy Award-nominated The Assassination of Gianni Versace star Edgar Ramirez is in line for a return to the small screen (and another ‘American Crime Story‘), with the actor in talks to join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming comic book adaptation The Last Days of American Crime. Based on the Radical Studios comic […]
Avengers: Infinity War directors team with Amazon for international event series
Amazon Studios has announced that it is teaming with Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo’s AGBO Studios on what is being described as “a large-scope international event series”. Details on the project are being kept tightly under wraps, but Deadline reports that Amazon has described the series as “a groundbreaking global television franchise”, […]
Wu Assassins adds Katheryn Winnick, Lewis Tan and more
Last month it was announced that Iko Uwais (The Raid) and Byron Mann (Altered Carbon) will be starring in Wu Assassins, a new martial arts sci-fi series set up at Netflix, and now we have word on more additions to the cast in Katheryn Winnick (Vikings), Lewis Tan (Into the Badlands), Tommy Flanagan (Sons of […]
Shane Black would like to direct an episode of Supergirl or The Flash
Having dipped his toes into the Marvel universe with 2013’s Iron Man 3 (which proved enormously successful at the box office with $1.215 billion in the bank), director Shane Black has revealed to Collider that he’s keen to turn his hand to DC – and in particular, The CW’s Supergirl and The Flash TV shows. […]
Kevin Smith teases his biggest project ever
Kevin Smith is known across geek communities to be one of the biggest fans of comic book and sci-fi related properties in the business. The director, actor and writer has shown his love for these types of movies and TV shows in his previous work, even directing episodes of The Flash and Supergirl. His relationship with DC in […]
Star Trek 4 writers to develop Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Amazon has made some headway on its Lord of the Rings television series by hiring JD Payne and Patrick McKay to develop the hotly-anticipated show. Payne and McKay most recently wrote a script for Star Trek 4, and Disney’s Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. “The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and […]
Supergirl season 4 adds Rhona Mitra as Mercy Graves and Robert Baker as Otis
Supergirl will be facing off against a fan-favourite villain in the form of Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor’s loyal bodyguard, in the upcoming fourth season of the DC show. Deadline has revaled that the series has cast Rhona Mitra (Strike Back) to portray Mercy while Robert Baker (Grey’s Anatomy) has been cast as her brother and […]
Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits is heading to the small screen courtesy of Apple
Terry Gilliam’s cult favourite fantasy film Time Bandits is heading to the small screen, with Apple closing a deal for a TV series adaptation from Anonymous Content, Paramount Television and Media Rights Capital. Released in 1981, Time Bandits follows an eleven-year-old boy called Kevin who finds himself whisked away from his bedroom by a band […]
AMC renews Better Call Saul and Fear the Walking Dead for fifth seasons
During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, AMC has announced that it has renewed both Better Call Saul and Fear the Walking Dead for fifth seasons. “In an environment where viewer choice is almost unlimited, the success of these shows is especially meaningful, with characters and stories that our viewers connect with and return to season […]
Castle Rock Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Local Color’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Castle Rock… Real estate agents are known for being unscrupulous but to disconnect someone from their respirator takes a degree of self-interest even property peddlers might blanch at. Teenager crushes similarly pass with time, mellow with age, or diminish with reality, yet Molly Strand played by Melanie Lynskey […]
