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Kevin Smith developing a Buckaroo Banzai TV series

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Following his small screen exploits in Central City with last week’s episode of The Flash, Kevin Smith has announced on his podcast Hollywood Babble-On that he’s working on a new TV series based upon the 1984 cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Here’s Smith’s comments on the subject: “Because I […]

Preacher Adaptation: Not “better” or “worse” but “different”

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Rachel Bellwoar on AMC’s Preacher adaptation… Similar to Martin Carr, who writes the show’s episode reviews, I started Preacher only slightly familiar with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s graphic novels. The question of when to tackle the source material, however, had been tossing around in my head for a while. Usually, with shows like Game of Thrones, I’m a […]

AMC renews Preacher for a second season

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Following strong ratings which has been it as the #2 new series on cable, AMC has announced that it has renewed Preacher for a thirteen-episode second second, which will get underway next year. “Preacher is a special television program and we’re eager to share with fans the rest of this wild first season and, now, an […]

Why television is the superior medium for comic book characters

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Anghus Houvouras on why television is the superior medium for comic book characters… You hear it all the time: television has become a more interesting medium than the movies. It’s one of those trendy uber-hip things to say when you want to engage in a straw man argument over the superior art form. As I […]

Daredevil season 2 will feature a scene like the hallway fight, but “on crack”

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Marvel’s Daredevil drew praise from critics for a number of reasons when it premiered on Netflix last April, but one aspect of the show that nearly all viewers singled out was its extremely well-choreographed fight scenes; in particular, the hallway fight scene, from the show’s second episode “Cut Man,” was hailed as one of the best television […]

Frank Langella set for return to FX’s The Americans

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FX’s hit show The Americans goes from strength to strength, having recently been picked up for a fourth season, and now it has been announced that Frank Langella is set to return to the show as Gabriel, the KGB handler for main protagonists Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell). Executive producers Joel Fields and […]

ABC gives pilot order to Mockingbird TV series Marvel’s Most Wanted

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Back in May it was reported that ABC had scrapped its plans for a spinoff to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that would centre around the characters of Mockingird (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood). However, it seems the network has had a change of heart, as Variety has revealed that a pilot order has […]

Court of Owls confirmed for Gotham

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With the start of Gotham’s second season and the Rise of the Villains subtitle, speculation is rife over what other villains from Batman’s large rogues gallery will be introduced throughout the season. Cameron Monaghan’s Jerome, the character who could become The Joker, has already been given a larger role and Tigress made her introduction in […]