Deadline is reporting that Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo are teaming up with comic book creator Rick Remender and Sony Pictures TV for an adaptation of Remender and artist Wes Craig’s Image Comics series Deadly Class. Written by Remender and Miles Feldsott, with Adam Targum (Banshee) serving as showrunner, the TV […]
The BBC announces six-part adaptation of Les Miserables
The BBC and Weinstein TV announced that BAFTA-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (War and Peace) has signed on to adapt Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables as a six-part drama. “Most of us are familiar with the musical version which only offers a fragmentary outline of its story,” states Davis. “I am thrilled to have the […]
SDCC: Universal bringing Neil Gaiman’s InterWorld to the small screen, along with three comic book adaptations
Universal Cable Productions has announced that it is developing a small screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Michael Reeves’ YA fantasy sci-fi book InterWorld, which is being overseen by Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller. Here’s the official description, via THR: “Everyone in the Interworld is a version of Joey, some only a little different, while others […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Little Bill Primm’s Big Green Horseshoe’
Mark Clark reviews the third episode of Ray Donovan season 4… Ray Donovan season four is fast becoming a genre and directorial showcase as Michael Apted takes the chair for episode 3. Not that Apted is particularly known for one genre or another (although he has been to lands of Narnia and 007), and you […]
Dwayne Johnson producing bodybuilding drama Muscle Beach
It looks like the recently announced Pump from Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to have some competition when it comes to the period bodybuilding drama stakes, as Deadline is reporting that Dwayne Johnson is producing the scripted drama series Muscle Beach for USA Network. The logline for Muscle Beach reads: “A colorful tribe of lost souls […]
Chris Wood joins Supergirl as mystery DC character
TV Line is reporting that Chris Wood has joined the cast of Supergirl for its second season, with the containment and The Vampire Diaries star set to portray an as-yet-unrevealed character from the pages of DC Comics. SEE ALSO: Win Supergirl: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray Wood joins an ever-expanding cast of supporting characters […]
The Pre-SDCC Week in Spandex – New Suicide Squad footage, Batman v Superman Blu-ray review, Spider-Man concept art, Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok, Batman rumoured for the Arrowverse, Constantine to return and more
In this special pre-SDCC edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, Supergirl, Constantine, Gotham, Powerless, The LEGO Batman Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: Civil War, Luke Cage and more… With the San Diego Comic-Con International kicking off across the Pond today, we’re expecting the […]
Cartoon Network renews The Powerpuff Girls for second season
The Powerpuff Girls returns to Cartoon Network earlier this year, with the premiere episode of the revived series pulling in a whopping 81 million viewers worldwide across all platforms, and so it’s little surprise that the network has announced that the revival has bagged itself a second season. “The Powerpuff Girls is on a momentous […]
R.I.P. Garry Marshall (1934 – 2016)
Garry Marshall, the creator of the classic U.S. sitcom Happy Days and director of Pretty Woman, has passed away aged 81, his publicist has announced. The legendary writer, producer and director died of pneumonia at a hospital in Burbank, California, after suffering a stroke. Marshall began his career as a TV writer in the late 1950s, and […]
Preacher Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘He Gone’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Preacher… Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. A more dysfunctional version of happy families you are never likely to see. Everyone one here is trying to pretend that everything is fine, nobody has crossed the line and this is just another average day in bible belt […]