Hulu has announced another cast member for its Stephen King-inspired Castle Rock. Melanie Lynskey, who is known for Togetherness, Two and a Half Men and Heavenly Creatures, has been cast as the female lead. Lynskey will portray Molly Strand, a woman who suffers from a rare medical condition and is having a hard time as a real estate agent […]
5 Characters Who Could Feature in Disney’s Streaming Marvel Series
George Chrysostomou with five possible characters for Disney’s new Marvel streaming show… In addition to a live-action Star Wars TV show, Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch a brand new Marvel series. As yet, there’s no details as to what the show might entail, but there are of course a wealth of Marvel properties […]
Kevin Bacon-headlined Tremors TV series gets pilot order at Syfy
Back in November 2015 it was announced that Kevin Bacon was attached to a TV adaptation of the cult 1990 film Tremors, and now comes word that Syfy has placed a pilot order for the potential series. The series is written by Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle) and will see Perfection, NV once again coming […]
Westworld showrunners talk season 2
With production on the second season of Westworld set to begin next month, showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have been chatting to Variety’s Remote Controlled Podcast about what we can expect when the acclaimed drama returns to HBO next year. “I think the sacrifice [Ford] makes at the end of the first season is very […]
Jane Levy and Sissy Spacek join Stephen King’s Castle Rock series
Last month Hulu’s Castle Rock got its first cast member with Moonilight’s Andre Holland, and now we have to more additions in Jane Levy (Suburgatory, Evil Dead) and Sissy Spacek, who starred in the title role of Carrie, the first Stephen King novel to be adapted to film. Levy will play Jackie, the “death-obsessed, self-appointed historian of Castle Rock” while […]
Twin Peaks season 3 is exquisite, but why am I so unenthused by it?
Samuel Brace on Twin Peaks season 3… Twin Peaks season 3 (The Return) had been something fans of the show, and of David Lynch, were dreaming of for years, and its revival has provided television viewers with some truly incredible moments, and some seriously beautiful filmmaking. But there is something about the resurrected series that […]
Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 8 Review
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the eighth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… Who in the world is Ray Monroe (George Griffith) and where did he come from? Bad Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) might not be dead, like episode eight originally suggests, but that doesn’t make Ray’s actions less impressive. He tricked Bob! The gun in the glove […]
Netflix cancels Girlboss after single season
Girlboss has gone the way of The Get Down and Sense8, with Netflix announcing that it has cancelled the comedy series after a single season. “While I’m proud of the work we did, I’m looking forward to controlling my narrative from here on out,” said writer and executive producer Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect). “It was […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Tyrion Lannister
Tony Black counts down to the Game of Thrones season 7 premiere… Imp. The Half Man. Master of Coin. Tyrion Lannister has almost as many titles as the Mother of Dragons he eventually covets, yet there’s an argument that the black sheep of the Lannister family is both Game of Thrones most tragic victim and […]
The Coen Brothers western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to begin production in July
Back in January it was announced that the Coen Brothers are heading to the small screen to write and direct the Western anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and now The Playlist is reporting that production on the miniseries is set to begin next month in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs […]
