The Naomi Watts-headlined psychological thriller series Gypsy has been cancelled by Netflix, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service has opted against a second season. The cancellation comes as somewhat of a surprise given that Netflix has been in talks with the producers about a second run of episodes for some time, and a writers […]
Danny DeVito and Jeff Goldblum to star in untitled Amazon comedy series
Amazon Studios has just acquired another comedy series starring some high-profile talent. The untitled series comes from ImagineTV and is created by The Simpsons‘ Tim Long, and will star It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Danny DeVito and Thor: Ragnarok‘s Jeff Goldblum. Goldblum and DeVito will star as an aging and iconic music duo Matt Downey and Arlo Finkelman respectively, […]
Stranger Things season 2 to show restraint with its monsters
Stranger Things will have a restrained approach towards handling its monsters in season two. One of last year’s surprise hits is due to return this Halloween for a second season, and the two men behind the show, the Duffer Brothers, have spoken about the direction and approach that will be shown towards next season’s monsters. […]
Powerless Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Cold Season’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fifth episode of Powerless… It’s Cold Season in Charm City, that time of year when warm weather requires winter coats because freezing supervillains are in town. Emily arrives at work with the notion that living in the Midwest has prepared her for snowy conditions. Instead she’s unsure what to wear, drinking warm soda Teddy […]
Helen Mirren joins HBO’s Catherine the Great miniseries
Helen Mirren will be playing royalty soon once again as the actress has joined HBO and Sky’s Catherine the Great miniseries as the titular 18th century Russian ruler. Catherine the Great delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of […]
Jessica Henwick has started her training for season 2 of Marvel’s Iron Fist
One of the stars of Iron Fist, Jessica Henwick, has begun her training for the show’s second season. Iron Fist might not be red-hot prospect Netflix had hoped it would be, but the show is still a key part of their original programming plans and is of course heavily tied in with their other Marvel […]
Watch the trailer for David Fincher’s Mindhunter from Netflix
Newflix has released a new trailer for David Fincher’s upcoming crime drama series Mindhunter. The Netflix Original Series is based on the non-fiction book Mind Hunter: Inside FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker and features a cast that includes Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross. Watch the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gZCfRD_zWE […]
Twin Peaks premieres to low ratings, but Showtime isn’t concerned
Twin Peaks made its long-awaited return to the small screen this past Sunday more than 25 years after the conclusion of its second season, but – despite plenty of anticipation for the revival – David Lynch and Mark Frost’s cult show found itself really struggling in the ratings. According to Nielsen, the two-part premiere pulled in […]
Hanna TV series coming from Amazon
Amazon is developing a series based on the 2011 action thriller Hanna, which was directed by Joe Wright and starred Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana, and have given it a straight-to-series order. Hanna is described as “a high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama which follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit […]
The Walking Dead season 8 resumes production following stuntman’s death
The production for season eight of The Walking Dead has now resumed after a stuntman’s death. Following the tragic passing of John Bernecker last week, AMC had shut down production but things have now started back up again. Bernecker was filming a scene which called for the stuntman to fall 20 feet off a balcony […]