Star Trek: Discovery has added three new cast members to the show: Chris Obi (American Gods), Shazad Latif (Penny Dreadful) and Mary Chieffo (Miss Dial) will all star as Klingons, who, at this point in the Star Trek timeline, are still considered enemies of the Federation. Obi will play T’Kuvma, a Klingon leader seeking to unite the various […]
Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp join Star Trek: Discovery, gay character confirmed
Following on from the casting of Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou of the Starship Shenzhou, CBS has now added two more names to the cast of the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery in Doug Jones (Hellboy) and Anthony Rapp (Road Trip). EW reports that Jones is portraying Lt. Saru, a Science Officer from a new alien species in the […]
Bryan Fuller talks Star Trek: Discovery exit, will not be involved in the series going forward
Last month came the rather surprising announcement that Bryan Fuller would no longer be serving as showrunner on CBS’ upcoming Star Trek: Discovery TV series, passing things over to Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts (Pushing Daisies) to allow him to continue his work on American Gods for Starz and Amazing Stories for NBC. During an interview with Newsweek, Fuller […]
UPDATE: Michelle Yeoh joins Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery has got its first cast member, with news that Marco Polo‘s Michelle Yeoh has joined the show, though it is not yet known which role she is playing. This news comes from Comingsoon.net, who spoke to The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country director Nicholas Meyer. Meyer is serving as a consulting producer on Discovery and told the site […]
Star Trek: Discovery launch date revealed
Over at StarTrek.com the expected release date for Bryan Fuller’s upcoming new Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery has been announced. This new show is expected to arrive in May 2017, when we’ll see the first Star Trek series in ten years warp onto our screens. Star Trek: Discovery to premiere on the paid service CBS All […]
Bryan Fuller no longer serving as showrunner on Star Trek: Discovery
After previously being delayed from January to May 2017, it seems Star Trek: Discovery has yet another slight setback as Variety reports Bryan Fuller is now stepping down as showrunner on the new Star Trek series. Apparently the decision was made late last week and is just being announced now as filming is set to begin in […]
Shailene Woodley not interested in Divergent TV show
Off the back of an underwhelming box office run for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Lionsgate announced back in July that it had scrapped its plans for a theatrical release for the fourth and final chapter, Ascendant, instead opting to go down the television route to finish the YA adaptation with a TV movie (and a […]
Vince Gilligan developing Jim Jones limited series for HBO
Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is set to explore The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ cult and its leader Jim Jones with Raven, a limited series which he will write for HBO. Breaking Bad director Michelle MacLaren will helm the series, as well as executive producing alongside Gilligan […]
UPDATE: Angela Lansbury reportedly set for Game of Thrones season 7
Last week it was announced that Jim Broadbent has joined the cast of Game of Thrones, and now comes word that another British acting legend may have signed on to appear in the seventh season of HBO’s epic fantasy series. According to a report from German news website Bild (via GamesRadar), Murder She Wrote star […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘Goodbye Beautiful’
Mark Clark reviews the ninth episode of Ray Donovan season 4… If this was a movie Ray would be deep in the mire of Act 2 – where everything has gone to hell. As it happens that’s pretty much where he’s going, and he’s not going alone. And apologies to Ray et al, but I’m […]
