The BBC is teaming up with Harry Potter producer David Heyman’s Heyday Television for a new miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novella The Birds, famously adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. According to Digital Spy, the TV adaptation will remain true to du Maurier’s novel and is set in […]
Marvel’s The Defenders Teaches Us That Less Is More
Samuel Brace on Marvel’s The Defenders… Less is more. This is never truer than when it comes to TV content. Too much of something, even a good thing, can become damaging. Netflix has unfortunately ignored or just failed to understand this concept when it comes to its Marvel properties. However, with their latest series, The […]
Game of Thrones season 8 to begin production in October
We still don’t know exactly when the final season of Game of Thrones will air – with HBO hinting that we may have to wait until 2019 – but we do now know when filming on season eight is set to get underway thanks to Jaime Lannister himself. During an interview with Collider, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau […]
Marvel’s The Defenders Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Worst Behavior’
Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Marvel’s The Defenders… The third episode of The Defenders takes it biggest leap yet in assembling the team as all four of them come together for the climactic fight scene. It was an entertaining episode that highlighted each hero’s differences in their personalities and how they operate. There […]
Frances O’Connor joins Hulu’s Locke & Key
Frances O’Connor (The Conjuring 2) has signed on for the lead role in Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key comic book from IDW Publishing. Locke & Key “revolves around three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Maine with their […]
Fox orders pilot script for animated comedy from Amy Poehler and Mike Scully
Fox has ordered a script and pilot presentation for an as-yet-untitled animated comedy series from Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and The Simpsons veterans Mike Scully and Julie Scully. Deadline reports that the comedy series would follow “he family and friends of 15-year-old Duncan Harris, an average kid with dreams of being a UFC fighter, […]
Barbara Hershey joins The X-Files for season 11
Oscar-nominated actress Barbara Hershey (The Portrait of a Lady, Black Swan) has signed on for a recurring role in the upcoming eleventh season of Fox’s paranormal drama series The X-Files. Hershey is set to play Erika Price , “a powerful figure who represents a mysterious organization”. The actress’ recent small screen credits include A&E’s Damien […]
The Jetsons live-action series ordered by ABC
There’s been talk of a live-action Jetsons for about as long as I can remember, and now it finally looks like it’s set to become a reality. EW is reporting that ABC has placed a put pilot order for a live-action TV adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon, which is being written by Gary Janetti, who […]
‘Kiefer Is Back’ in a new teaser promo for Designated Survivor Season 2
With Designated Survivor set to return next month, ABC has released a teaser promo for the upcoming second season of the political drama series which you can check out here… Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the […]
The Week in Spandex – Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders, The Punisher, Justice League, Wonder Woman 2, Deadpool 2, Batman and Harley Quinn sex scene
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Silver & Black, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Defenders, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Inhumans, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Fantastic Four, The Gifted, Justice League, The Batman, […]