“Gandalf, Warner Bros. is moving. Amazon’s forces are massing in the East; their eye is fixed on streaming-service domination” or something along those lines would have been uttered by Elrond when the news broke that an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was being negotiated by the studio and online streaming giant. Forgive us […]
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, that […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Into the Forest I Go’
Alex Moreland reviews the midseason finale of Star Trek: Discovery…You’ve opened a whole new chapter for Discovery.I think it’s fair to say that this was the best episode of Star Trek: Discovery so far.Certainly, it was a better episode to end the series on than last week’s would have been – indeed, I’m surprised that […]
Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Finale Review – ‘…And Finally: Black Bolt’
Martin Carr reviews the season finale of Marvel’s Inhumans…From its inception through to initial release on IMAX screens Inhumans has felt shackled, cumbersome and hard work. Marred by simplistic structuring which won it no easy converts and soon lost anyone else, this expensive exercise in corporate storyboarding did Marvel no favours.Too many cooks have left […]
Watch two clips from tonight’s episode of Supergirl – ‘Midvale’
The CW has released two clips from tonight’s episode of Supergirl season 3, entitled ‘Midvale’; watch them below…SEE ALSO: Promo images for Supergirl Season 3 Episode 6 – ‘Midvale’ESCAPE DOWN MEMORY LANE — Kara (Melissa Benoist) and Alex (Chyler Leigh) head home to Midvale for a little R&R. While there, Kara recalls a painful memory […]
Deadwood movie revival to shoot next year?
In an age in which we’ve had The X-Files, Gilmore Girls, and Twin Peaks revived, there’s one show that continues to threaten a comeback, that sadly never materialises, and arguably none are more deserving than HBO’s spittle and swear word drama, Deadwood.Cancelled in 2006 without closure, and when grown up TV shows fell foul to […]
Promo and clip for The Walking Dead Season 8 Episode 5 – ‘The Big Scary U’
AMC has released a promo and sneak peek clip for next week’s fifth episode of The Walking Dead season 8, entitled ‘The Big Scary U’; check them out below…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urhaft2F4qghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTuEM5rpUYA close look at Negan and the lives of the Saviors during the conflict through a familiar set of eyes.SEE ALSO: Follow all of our coverage of The […]
Promo images for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 8 – ‘threat of eXtinction’
A batch of promo images have arrived online for the eighth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted, entitled ‘threat of eXtinction’; take a look below… More refugees pour into the Mutant Underground, but the group faces a threat when they discover one of them is a spy working for Sentinel Services. Meanwhile, Reed visits his estranged father […]
TNT developing series inspired by female boxer Ann Wolfe
According to Variety, TNT is in development on a new drama series inspired by the life of boxer Ann Wolfe, who recently appeared in Warner Bros.’ DC blockbuster Wonder Woman as the Amazon warrior Artemis.The site reports that the series, titled Beast Mode, “tells the story of a feisty, damaged woman with a ‘kill or […]
Syfy announces cast for Deadly Class TV series
Last month it was announced that Syfy had given a pilot order to Deadly Class, an adaptation of Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s Image Comics series, and now the network has announced details of the cast for the TV series, along with their character descriptions (via Deadline):Benedict Wong is set for the series regular role […]
