Earlier this week Universal Cable Productions announced that it had reached a deal with Dark Horse to adapt the comic book series The Umbrella Academy, Harrow County, Concrete and Back-Up for the small screen, and now it has been announced that UCP has acquired three more properties in the British sci-fi The Machine, IDW Publishing’s […]
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins developing Underground Railroad series for Amazon
Oscar-nominated Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is teaming up with Amazon Studios to write and direct an hourlong drama series based around the Underground Railroad, which will be based upon Colson Whitehead’s bestselling book The Underground Railroad. “Going back to The Intuitionist, Colson’s writing has always defied convention, and The Underground Railroad is no different,” Jenkins […]
Geek Girl Rising TV drama in development at ABC
Live! with Kelly’s Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos have been tapped by ABC Studios to develop a scripted drama series based upon journalists Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens’ upcoming book Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. The book, which is being released by St. Martin’s Press this May, “introduces readers […]
How Breaking Bad Dropped the Ball
Anthony Stokes on how Breaking Bad dropped the ball… Breaking Bad will probably go down in history as the greatest show on television. Thanks to Netflix, around its fourth season it blew up and became one of the highest rated TV shows in history. However, while I like everyone else love Breaking Bad, in my […]
TBS renews American Dad! for two more seasons
TBS has announced that it has renewed Seth MacFarlane’s animated comedy series American Dad! for a further two seasons of 22 episodes each. Having been dropped by Fox, American Dad! made the jump to TBS in 2014 and enjoyed huge success, becoming basic cable’s number one scripted series among adults 18-34 in its Monday at […]
The Knick has been cancelled by Cinemax
The Clive Owen led period medical drama The Knick, set during the 1900s and revolving around a New York hospital, received plenty of top reviews during its two season run, but Cinemax have now decided enough is enough. With every episode directed by Steven Soderbergh, quite the task over two whole seasons, the series had […]
David Boreanaz replaces Jim Caviezel in CBS’ Navy SEALs drama
Deadline is reporting that David Boreanaz (Angel, Bones) has signed on for the lead role in CBS’ upcoming Navy SEALs drama pilot, after the previously cast Jim Caviezel (Person of Interest) parted ways due to creative differences with the network. The potential series “follows the lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan […]
John Leguizamo joins Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch in Waco event series
Back in August it was reported that Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) had joined an event series based around the 1993 Waco standoff, and now Deadline is reporting that John Leguizamo has joined the cast as ATF agent Robert Rodriguez, who was sent into David Koresh’s Mount Carmel to gather evidence […]
Netflix to explore the second coming of Jesus with Messiah series
Deadline is reporting that Netflix is set to explore the second coming of Christ with a present-day Jesus drama series entitled Messiah, which is being produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (The Bible), with Michael Petroni (The Book Thief) scripting. The series is currently in the development stage, and will chronicle the modern world’s […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Blessing of Many Fractures’
Shaun Munro reviews the eighth episode of Iron Fist… At one point in Iron Fist‘s eighth episode, Ward comically laments to Joy, “It’s cliche! It’s pathetic!”, which ironically feels like a frequently apt descriptor for the show’s writing, especially in this tremendously disappointing follow-up to two rather solid entries. “The Blessing of Many Fractures” hits the […]
