Deadline is reporting that Dancing Ledge Productions and publisher HarperCollins are partnering up for a series of TV adaptations of the novels of legendary British thriller writer Alistair MacLean. The site reports that each project will be structured as a four or six-part even series, beginning with San Andreas, his 1984 book set on board […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Antilles Extraction’
Chris Cooper reviews the third episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Is there anything more Star Wars than an establishing shot of a location with several TIEs zooming across the screen? I’m not sure there is. Well if you like you’re keen on a bit of pew pew action, the third episode of Rebels season three […]
Caitlin Snow’s metahuman powers continue to grow in synopsis for The Flash season 3 episode 5 – ‘Monster’
The CW has released the official synopsis for the fifth season of The Flash season three, which sees Caitlin Snow calling upon her mother to help her with her growing metahuman powers. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Trailer and promo for The Flash Season 3 Episode 3 – ‘Magenta’ CAITLIN CALLS ON HER MOTHER […]
The Rise And Rise Of The Showrunner
This week, Neil Calloway looks at one of the most important jobs in entertainment… This week The Hollywood Reporter announced their list of the most powerful 50 showrunners in television. It’s a feature they’ve been running for a few years and just shows the ascendancy of the small screen when it comes to story telling. […]
MTV renews Scream for shortened third season
MTV has announced that it has renewed Scream: The TV Series for a third season, although it will run for just six episodes, as opposed to ten episodes for the first and thirteen for the second. The network has not revealed whether the third season will be its last, although the show has struggled in […]
Stranger Things adds two new cast members for season 2
Netflix’s hit supernatural series Stranger Things has added two new cast members for its second season, with EW reporting that Dacre Montgomery (Power Rangers) and Sadie Sink (American Odyssey) have signed on for major roles. Sink is set to play Max, “a tough and confident girl whose appearance, behavior and pursuits seem more typical of boys […]
Gareth Edwards shoots down Star Wars Rebels / Rogue One fan theory
Given that they both take place at roughly the same point in time, there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether any characters from the Disney XD animated series Star Wars Rebels could make an appearance in December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. One theory in particular has suggested that the male Rebel […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War update, Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow movie, Spider-Man spinoffs, Justice League images, Agent Carter return
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Blade, Iron Fist, The Punisher, The Defenders, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ghost Rider, Avengers: Secret Wars, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Hulk: Where Monsters […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chestnut’
Tony Black reviews the second episode of Westworld… What you begin to realise while pulling back the curtain on ‘Chestnut’, the second episode of HBO’s new phenomenon Westworld, is that the whole concept brought to new life by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy is a ‘meta’ commentary on not just reality, but the very meaning […]
South Park Season 20 Episode 4 Review – ‘Wieners Out’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fourth episode of South Park season 20… After a brief hiatus last week South Park Season 20 was back underway with ‘Wieners Out’, an episode that as luck would have it, felt all the more important following the Trump tape leaks last weekend. Surprisingly though the show totally avoided the presidential […]