Well, it looks like Fox has secured Marvel’s agreement to take the X-Men franchise to the small screen, as two X-Men TV pilots have officially been announced today by the studio and Marvel Television, with Hellfire set up at Fox TV and Legion at FX. Hellfire will be set in the late 1960s. The series — […]
Tricia Helfer to play Lucifer’s Mother in season 2
TV Line is reporting that Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) is set to portray Lucifer’s (Tom Ellis) mother in the second season of Fox’s DC / Vertigo TV adaptation Lucifer. Her official character description reads as follows: Trapped in Hell for thousands of years by God (her ex-husband), the Mother of Angels is now free on […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game coming in October
Get ready to return to Sunnydale this October with the release of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game from Jasco Games and Lynnvader Studios. The cooperative board game has players take the role of Buffy and her friends as they defend the town of Sunnydale from an onslaught of vampires and demons. There is […]
Common signs on for Black Samurai TV series
Variety is reporting that Common (Selma, Suicide Squad) has signed on to star in a TV adaptation of Black Samurai, which is being executive produced by RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists). Black Samurai is based on the 70s book series from Marc Olden and “follows the story of Robert Sand (Common) who is […]
Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Episode 1 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the first episode of Orange Is the New Black season 4… Everyone’s favourite criminals are back in the highly anticipated fourth installment of Netflix’s most popular original series from Jenji Kohan. With plenty of plot threads in need of tying up after season 3’s cliffhanger ending, season 4 begins, unlike any of the […]
Cinemax bringing Brian Michael Bendis’ Scarlet to the small screen
Acclaimed comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis has revealed that Cinemax is bringing Scarlet Rue to the small screen, with the network snapping up the rights to the Marvel/Icon comic book series Scarlet from Bendis and co-creator Alex Maleev. “I do a book called Scarlet which is soon to be announced also in our universe […]
Gotham casting Vicki Vale and two new villains for season 3
Yesterday we brought you some news about the new additions to Supergirl for its second season, and now TV Line is reporting details on two newcomers for another DC show in Gotham season three. According to the site, casting is underway for the character of Vicki Vale (played by Kim Basinger in 1989’s Batman), who […]
Marvel Animation developing Ant-Man and Rocket and Groot shorts
In an article over at Variety discucssing French tax breaks for film projects, it is revealed that Marvel Animation is working on a series of TV shorts. According to the site, the directorial duo of Ugo Bienvenunu and Kevin Manach are working on Ant-Man, while Arnaud Delord is helming Rocket and Groot. Details on these […]
Pierce Brosnan returning to the small screen for The Son
Having first rose to fame in the 80s as the star of Remington Steele, Pierce Brosnan is returning to the small screen after a thirty year absence, with Deadline reporting that the former 007 is set to star in AMC’s upcoming drama The Son, which is described as “a multi-generational epic tale of the story […]
Supergirl casting five new supporting characters for season 2, including Lena Luthor
We’ve already heard this week that Melissa Benoist’s Kara Zor-El will be joined by her cousin Superman when Supergirl makes the jump to The CW in the fall, and now TV Line is reporting that the show is casting five new supporting roles for its second season. First up as a series regular is Lex […]