Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Commuter”…The latest serving of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, titled “The Commuter”, was originally published way back in 1953 within the Science Fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and is now brought up to date by Jack Thorne (creator of the excellent Fades) and directed by Tom Harper (Peaky […]
Skydance sets showrunners for live-action Sword Art Online series
Having snapped up the live-action rights to the Japanese light novel series Sword Art Online back in 2016, Skydance Television has now set Patrick Massett and John Zinman (Friday Night Lights, The Blacklist) to serve as showrunners, writers and executive producers on the planned series.The pilot episode of Sword Art Online will be penned by Laeta […]
Scott Derrickson announces that filming is underway on Snowpiercer pilot
Sinister and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has taken to Instagram to announce that filming is underway on the pilot episode of Snowpiercer, a TV adaptation of the French graphic novel La Transperceneige and the subsequent film version from Boon Joon-ho. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZflJUjl5aw/ Snowpiercer is set seven years after the Earth has become a frozen wasteland, forcing […]
Pretty Little Liars creators set The Heiresses pilot at ABC
Following on from the news that Freeform has given a pilot order to Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Deadline is reporting that Pretty Little Liars creator I. Marlene King and author Sara Shepard are reuniting for an adaptation of Shepard’s 2014 novel The Heiresses, which has received a put pilot commitment from ABC.The Heiresses will […]
Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Review – ‘Behold… The Inhumans’ and ‘Those Who Would Destroy Us’
Martin Carr reviews the first two episodes of Marvel’s Inhumans…Presented in IMAX cinemas before arriving on television, Inhumans comes with baggage. To begin with there is that Marvel logo which now carries a certain expectation and quality assurance. Coupled with American network ABC it was supposed to mark the first true crossover of a televisual […]
Mia Kirshner cast as Spock’s mother in Star Trek: Discovery
During an interview with TrekMovie, Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg have revealed that Amanda Grayson – Spock’s mother, and the adoptive mother of Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lt. Michael Burnham – will be making an appearance this season.The showrunners revealed that Amanda is set to be portrayed by Canadian actress Mia Kirshner, whose credits […]
The Punisher is haunted by the past in new promo for the Netflix series
With The Punisher expected to arrive on Netflix in a few weeks, a new promo have arrived online for the streaming services latest Marvel series which sees Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle taking a stroll down memory lane; check it out below…https://twitter.com/Tin_Pan_Ali/status/913465449089773568After exacting revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife and children, Frank […]
The Walking Dead could “absolutely” continue without Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes
While we’ve seen countless shock deaths in The Walking Dead over the years, once character who has always seemed safe is Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes. However, writer Robert Kirkman recently revealed that he doesn’t think Rick will make it to the end of the comic book series, and now it seems the TV adaptation could […]
Sanaa Lathan joins The Affair season 4
Shots Fired and American Assassin actress Sanaa Lathan has joined the fourth season of Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning series The Affair in a recurring role.Lathan is set to portray Jenelle, “the tough-as-nails principal of the charter school where Noah teaches, who intrigues him. She’s got a lot to prove to her school’s oppositional administration and faculty, […]
The Gifted showrunner confirms that Polaris is Magneto’s daughter in the show
With Fox and Marvel’s new X-Men show The Gifted set to get underway on Monday, showrunner Matt Nix has been talking to Comic Book Resources about the series, and more specifically the character of Lorna Dane/Polaris, played by Emma Dumont.As comic book readers will know, Polaris is the daughter of Magneto, and Nix has confirmed […]
