Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette are being lined up to star in a new Showtime prison drama to be directed by Ben Stiller. Helming all eight episodes, Stiller is teaming with Showtime for a new true-crime limited series based on a 2015 prison escape. The series will be named after the prison in question, Escape […]
SyFy adapting George R.R. Martin novella Nightflyers
More of George R.R. Martin’s work will be coming to television, but this time its not connected to the A Song of Ice and Fire saga or the potential four spin-offs of Game of Thrones as SyFy has announced that it will develop Martin’s novella Nightflyers with Jacob’s Ladder‘s Jeff Buhler writing and executive producing the series. Written in 1980, Nightflyers is set […]
Amazon greenlights neo-Victorian fantasy noir Carnival Row
Amid a raft of cancellations across the various US TV networks, streaming service Amazon has announced that it has given an eight-episode series order to Carnival Row, a fantasy drama from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The one hour drama series is described as a “fantasy-noir” […]
The LEGO Movie’s Unikitty receiving a spinoff series from Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has announced that The LEGO Movie character Unikitty is to receive her very own animated series from Warner Bros. Animation, which will follow Unikitty and her friends “into a world full of adventure, excitement and dance parties.” As ruler of the kingdom, Unikitty has busy days full of royal responsibilities. Unikitty is most […]
Hulu orders new pilot Crash & Burn
Hulu has ordered a new pilot called Crash and Burn based on a bestselling book. The streaming service, finding success in recent times with their own original content such as The Path and The Handmaids Tale, have now ordered a new pilot based on a 2013 bestseller by Michael Hassan. Created by Aaron Zelman, the […]
House of Cards creator Beau Willimon joins with Hulu for Mars series The First
The creator of the US Netflix adaptation of House of Cards, Beau Willimon, is taking his latest series over to Hulu. Having departed House of Cards after season 4, Willimon is now working on a new project entitled The First which is a drama about the first human mission to Mars. Hulu have given the […]
BBC Studios developing Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth adaptations
Variety is reporting that BBC Studios is working on small screen adaptations of Ken Follett’s World War II novel Jackdaws and Federick Forsyth’s terrorist thriller The Kill List. Jackdaws follows a team of female insurgents in Occupied France in World War II, and was originally developed as a four-part series for the BBC, who ultimately passed […]
NBC gives series orders to Rise and For God & Country
NBC has added to new shows to its slate for next season, with Deadline reporting that the network has granted series orders to Rise and For God & Country. Rise comes from former Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and is based upon the book Drama High, which chronicles the […]
Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier to headline police procedural Carter
Variety is reporting that Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier have signed on to headline Carter, a new police procedural series from Sony Pictures Television Networks. The series will see O’Connell starring as “a detective on a hit American TV show who is forced to return to his hometown after an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood. […]
TriStar developing TV series on Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid
Deadline is reporting that Hillary Clinton’s failed bid to become the first female President of the United States could be heading to the small screen, as TriStar Television has optioned the rights to the book Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign to develop as a limited series. The official description for the book reads: “It was […]
