Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – ‘Double Agent Droid’… R2-D2 and C-3P0 are the most recognisable droids in Star Wars. They’re antagonistic but ultimately deeply caring relationship is told over decades and shows no sign of stopping. Personally though, I find the golden half of the pair rather annoying. Not Jar Jar levels, but […]
Mondasian Cyberman returning to Doctor Who for series 10 finale
Peter Capaldi’s Doctor is going to find himself going up against one of his oldest foes in the upcoming tenth series of Doctor Who, with the BBC announcing that the original Mondasian Cybermen are returning to the show for an appearance in the two-part series finale. The Mondasian Cybermen made their debut in ‘The Tenth […]
Marvel’s New Warriors gets straight-to-series order from Freeform
Back in August it was reported that Marvel and ABC Studios were developing a New Warriors half-hour comedy series with Squirrel Girl taking centre stage. Well, now it has been announced that Freeform has given the show a ten-episode straight-to-series order, becoming the network’s second Marvel property after the currently in production Cloak & Dagger. “Freeform’s […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 17 Review – ‘Secret Cargo’
Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – ‘Secret Cargo’… From a story sense Secret Cargo is a very simple episode of Star Wars Rebels. In fact if you stripped everything away and really got down to what happens, you’d be a left with only two or three bullet points. The story is quickly setup, before […]
Marvel rounds out Inhumans cast with five new additions – and Lockjaw!
The official Marvel site has announced five new additions to the cast of ABC and IMAX’s upcoming Inhumans TV series in Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Mike Moh, Sonya Balmores, and Ellen Woglom. Eme Ikwuakor (Concussion, Extant) as Gorgon – Cousin of Black Bolt (Anson Mount), member of the Royal family, and leader of Attilan’s military. […]
SDCC: Legion’s Noah Hawley is developing a Doctor Doom movie at Fox
As the San Diego Comic-Con panel for FX’s X-Men series Legion was winding down, showrunner Noah Hawley dropped a massive bombshell that seems to indicate he won’t just be sticking to the small screen to tell stories about comic book characters. Hawley began teasing fans about a movie that he was developing at Fox, and it didn’t […]
Ken Leung to play Karnak in Marvel’s Inhumans
Casting for Marvel’s Inhumans TV series is in full swing, and we have word today that Ken Leung (Lost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) has signed on for the role of Karnak. The cousin of Black Bolt, Karnak possesses the ability to see the fault in all things – people, plans, structures, everything – and […]
The Big Bang Theory spinoff casts young Sheldon Cooper
The spinoff series to TV’s biggest sitcom has cast its lead character, a young Sheldon Cooper. Spinoffs are of course all the rage these days and what popular sitcom hasn’t had a successor series at some point. From Cheers, M*A*S*H, Friends and more, The Big Bang Theory is moving into familiar sitcom territory. The show is […]
Alexander Siddig cast as Ra’s al Ghul in Gotham
Ra’s al Ghul is coming to Gotham City, with Fox announcing that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones star Alexander Siddig has been cast as The Demon in the Batman prequel series Gotham. Gotham is currently on a break until April, and Siddig is expected to make his on screen debut soon […]
Supergirl casts iZombie’s Rahul Kohli as Biomax
Supergirl has announced a casting choice for its 18th episode, ‘Ace Reporter’ with Rahul Kohli guest starring. Kohli also stars in The CW’s iZombie, and in Supergirl he will play Jack Sphere, better known as the villain Biomax. As the CEO of Biosphere Technologies, Sphere comes to National City to present his latest technology to the world. Kara […]