George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]
4 Great British Political Dramas (To Keep You Entertained on Election Night)
Graeme Robertson with 4 great British political dramas to keep you entertained on election night… Election fever has gripped the British people once more, with the country going to the polls to decide who will walk into Number 10. Will it be “strong and stable” leadership of the incumbent Conservative leader and u-turn master Theresa […]
Netflix cancels Sense8 after two seasons
Just a day after Netflix announced they wanted their original shows to “take more risks” while having a “higher cancel rate”, the streaming service have announced that they have pulled the plug on Sense8 after two seasons. The series came from Lana and Lily Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski. Sense8 centered around eight characters from different parts of the world, who experience […]
Episode titles, casts and teaser trailer for Black Mirror season 4
Today at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Netflix has announced the episodes titles and casts for the fourth season of the acclaimed anthology series Black Mirror, along with a brief teaser. Check them out here… “Arkangel” Cast: Rosemarie Dewitt (La La Land, Mad Men), Brenna Harding (A Place to Call Home), Owen Teague (Bloodline) Director: […]
Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as competition
Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as a rival company, according to CCO Ted Sarandos. Netflix and Amazon are two of the biggest players in the TV and movie streaming space, both making great strides in recent years to develop their own original content. One could think that they were rivals in some sense, considering Netflix and […]
Chris Chibnall says fourth series of Broadchurch is very unlikely
Following the broadcast of the series three finale on BBC America last night, Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that it’s highly unlikely we’ll see David Tennant and Olivia Colman reuniting for a fourth series. “I don’t have any other series for this world,” said Chibnall. “There were these three stories. I […]
Karl Urban in talks about returning as Dredd in Judge Dredd: Mega-City One
Back in May of this year, it was announced that IM Global and Rebellion are working on a TV series entitled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, with producer Brian Jenkins revealing that the door would be open for Karl Urban to reprise his role as the iconic lawman from 2012’s cult movie Dredd. Well, speaking at a […]
TNT could revisit Tales from the Crypt if and when the rights issues are sorted
Back in 2016, TNT announced that it was teaming up with M. Night Shyamalan for a new horror-themed program block, with a reboot of the classic anthology series Tales from the Crypt as its centrepiece. Unfortunately, the network hadn’t counted on a rather complex scenario with regards to the rights, leading to several delays before […]
The CW releases Where Heroes Are Born trailer for its DC superhero shows
The CW has released a promo for their superhero shows Arrow, The Flash, DC ‘s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, and Black Lightning, highlighting the transitions they’ve made from the pages of comics books to the small screen; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dM8dI_-P9o Supergirl returns to The CW on Monday, October 9th, followed by The Flash and […]
The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising
Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising… Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was ‘toyetic.’ That shift, all those years ago, has led us on a journey of courtship between movies and merchandising, […]
