British actor Peter Vaughan has passed away aged 93, his agent has revealed today. Vaughan, who was most recently seen as Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, enjoyed a career dating back to the late 1950s, with memorable roles including Harry Grout in Porridge, Charlie Johnson in Citizen Smith, and Felix […]
Sega’s Altered Beast and Streets of Rage being adapted for the screen
Stories International has announced that it has partnered with Circle of Confusion, executive producers of The Walking Dead, Powers, Outcast and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, to develop filmed adaptations of the hit Sega franchises Altered Beast and Streets of Rage, and will explore opportunities for both titles in film and television. Stories is already […]
Exclusive interview with Justin Swain from Marvel’s Luke Cage
Justin Swain can currently be seen as Bailey in Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix. Luke Cage follows the story of Carl Lucas / Luke Cage, a former convict with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who now fights crime. Swain plays Bailey, Misty’s NYPD colleague. The first season premiered on Netflix on September 30th, 2016 and has […]
Hulu developing Four Weddings and a Funeral anthology series from Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is developing a Four Weddings and a Funeral anthology series at Hulu. We learned a couple of weeks ago that Kaling and much of her team from Mindy Project were developing a number of new series with NBC, but now news has broken about a new take on the film Four Weddings and […]
Mindy Kaling is producing and developing two new shows for NBC from the Mindy Project crew
Mindy Kaling is spinning a couple of new plates for NBC, producing two new comedies from the Mindy Project team. Starting in 2012, The Mindy Project has accrued five seasons with its sixth and final outing debuting back in September. Kaling, however, isn’t standing still, and Variety has news of two new shows that she […]
Len Wiseman moving forward with Underworld TV series
If you cast your mind back to 2014, you may recall that Underworld director Len Wiseman revealed that development was underway on a TV series based around the action horror franchise, and now Deadline is reporting that the project is finally moving forward. “The series will be a pretty big departure from the films,” said […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants a Negan origin episode on The Walking Dead
The actor behind the infamous The Walking Dead villain Negan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, would like to be involved with a Negan origin episode. There was a lot of anticipation for Negan’s debut on the show, being well known to fans of the comics and therefore the internet. His landing certainly didn’t disappoint and the character […]
Disney completes Fox acquisition, X-Men and Fantastic Four now available to the MCU
After weeks of rumours and speculation, The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has officially reached a deal with 21st Century Fox to purchase its entertainment assets in a deal which is officially valued at $66.1 billion, and includes $52.4 billion in stock, which leaves Fox investors owning a 25% stake in Disney. The […]
William Forsythe cast as J. Edgar Hoover in The Man in the High Castle
Another historic figure will be appearing in the alternate history of The Man in The High Castle, with Boardwalk Empire’s William Forsythe set to portray infamous FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the show’s third season. Based on the novel by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, The Man in The High Castle imagines a world where the Allies lost […]
Penelope Cruz to play Donatella Versace in Versace: American Crime Story
Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz has signed on to play Donatella Versace in Versace: American Crime Story, the third instalment of producer Ryan Murphy and FX’s anthology crime series. Cruz will be making her first series regular role on TV, and joins a cast that includes Edgar Ramirez as legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace and Darren […]
