Despite mixed reviews, FX is celebrating bumper ratings for Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC, with last week’s series premiere setting a number of records. According to THR, the series premiere averaged 6.8 million viewers, topping the original Sons of Anarchy premiere by 46% and scoring the biggest cable series premiere of 2018, […]
Poldark to end with series 5… for now
The BBC has announced that filming is now underway on the upcoming fifth series of Poldark, and it will also be the show’s last – for the time being at least. “This will be the last series in the Poldark chronicle… for now,” said Karen Thrussell, executive producer. “Who knows what the future may bring.” […]
Barry and Nora suit up in new image from The Flash season 5
With less than a month to go until its season 5 premiere, a new image has arrived online for The CW’s DC superhero series The Flash featuring Barry (Grant Gustin) and Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) suited up; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Flash Season 5 “After outthinking The Thinker, […]
Starz releases new Outlander season 4 trailer
A new trailer has been released for the fourth season of Starz’s acclaimed time travel historical drama series Outlander which sees a reunited Claire and Jamie start a home in the new world; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Outlander renewed for two additional seasons STARZ and Sony Pictures Television have partnered to create Outlander, an original series adapted […]
First teaser trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
The first teaser trailer has debuted for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming reboot of the classic 80s cartoon series; watch it here… SEE ALSO: First look images from Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power DreamWorks She-Ra and the Princesses of Power tells the story of an orphan named Adora, who leaves behind her […]
DC Universe’s Swamp Thing TV series will use a physical costume, aiming for “hard R rating” with graphic violence
With the cast of DC Universe’s live-action Swamp Thing starting to come together ahead of filming on the pilot later this year, screenwriter Gary Dauberman has been chatting to SlashFilm about the series, revealing that it will employ “a physical costume” for the titular creature. “Swamp Thing himself looks incredible,” said Dauberman, referring to the […]
Maria Sten joins DC’s Swamp Thing as Liz Tremayne
Deadline is reporting that Maria Sten (Channel Zero, Straight Outta Compton) has joined DC Universe’s upcoming live-action Swamp Thing series and will portray the character of Liz Tremayne. Swamp Thing follows Abby Arcane (Crystal Reed), who investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but soon discovers that the swamp […]
Dave Gibbons gives HBO’s Watchmen series his seal of approval
It’s never going to get the blessing of Alan Moore, let’s face it, but Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons has given HBO and Damon Lindelof’s upcoming TV adaptation of the seminal graphic novel his seal of approval during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I do know a little about it,” said Gibbons. “I’ve had conversations with […]
Supergirl actress Sofia Vassilieva to play Looker in Black Lightning season 2
TV Line is reporting that Sofia Vassilieva (Medium) has been cast in the upcoming second season of The CW’s Black Lightning, where she’ll play the DC Comics superhero Looker. Created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo, Looker made her comic book debut in Batman and the Outsiders #25 in 1985, and – like Jefferson Pierce […]
The Jim Henson Company developing The Witchlands as live-action series
Deadline is reporting that The Jim Henson Company has acquired the rights to Susan Dennard’s The Witchlands books, and is developing a live-action TV adaptation. The books take place on a distant continent, in which some are born with a “witchery,” a magical skill that sets them apart from others, and ” follows best friends […]
