A couple weeks after Netflix cast Ellen Page (Flatliners) in the lead role of The Umbrella Academy adaptation, the streaming service has now rounded out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes in the Hargreeve family. Joining Page in the series are Tom Hopper (Black Sails) as Luther, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Broadway’s Hamilton) as Allison, David Castañeda (Soldado) as […]
Netflix to adapt Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy
Netflix has acquired yet another series; the streaming service will adapt Gerard Way’s comic title The Umbrella Academy for a 10-episode run to premiere in 2018. The Umbrella Academy follows a dysfunctional family of superheroes that come together in order to solve their father’s possible murder. Fargo’s Steve Blackman will executive producer and showrun the series while The Exorcist’s Jeremy Slater has […]
Jyn Erso featured in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – ‘The Stranger’
Disney and Lucasfilm have unveiled the latest Star Wars: Forces of Destiny animated short; entitled ‘The Stranger’, it sees Rogue One: A Star Wars Story heroine Jyn Erso coming to the aid of a young girl who is being bullied by Stormtroopers; take a look at the short here… Be sure to check out the […]
Game of Thrones season 7 premiere shatters ratings records
Game of Thrones made its hotly-anticipated return this past Sunday night, with the season seven premiere ‘Dragonstone’ shattering a number of ratings records for HBO. The episode pulled in a whopping 16.1 million viewers across all HBO platforms, including repeats, streaming and DVR, up 50% from the season six opener from 2016. In overnight ratings, […]
Watch Star Wars: Forces of Destiny ‘Beasts of Echo Base’
Disney and Lucasfilm have unveiled the latest episode of the animated shorts series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. Taking place during The Empire Strikes Back period, the short – entitled ‘Beasts of Echo Base’ – sees Leia and R2-D2 having to free a captured Chewbacca from a Wampa. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the […]
South Park to ditch the politics in season 21
Having spent much of the 20th season satirising Donald Trump, South Park co-creator Trey Parker has revealed to The Los Angeles Times that the animated series will be ditching the politics for its 21st season and going back to basics. “We fell into the same trap that Saturday Night Live fell into, where it was […]
Once Upon a Time adds new cast members for season 7
ABC’s fantasy series Once Upon a Time has added several new cast members for its upcoming seventh season, with Deadline reporting that Dania Ramirez (Devious Maids) and Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice) have signed on as series regulars and Mekia Cox (Chicago Med), Rose Reynolds (Wasted) and Adelaide Kane (Reign) will appear in recurring roles. The […]
Selma Blair joins Heathers TV series
Selma Blair has taken to Instagram to reveal that she will be appearing in a recurring role in Paramount Network’s upcoming Heathers TV series, with Blair posting the following image complete with the caption “Do I look like step Mother Theresa?”… According to Deadline, Blair will play Jade, “a stripper, menthol smoker, who is rough […]
John Carpenter developing Tales for a Halloween Night and Nightside for TV
Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter is teaming up with Universal Cable Productions to develop the new TV project Tales for a Halloween Night, a scripted horror anthology series for Syfy based upon his award-winning graphic novel. In addition, Carpenter and UCP are also working on an adaptation of Simon R. Green’s Nightside, a series of books […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Cersei Lannister
Tony Black counts down to season 7 of Game of Thrones… There’s an argument that for all the tragedy floating around the world of Game of Thrones, the path Cersei Lannister has walked has them all beat. By now seemingly one of the true villains of the piece, having murdered, betrayed and cajoled her way […]
