Hand drawn animation company Last Studio Standing has announced that it has picked up the rights to William Gibson’s sci-fi masterpiece Hinterlands and is developing a theatrical film and subsequent 100 episode TV series based upon the property. In Hinterlands, a Russian space mission vanishes in mid-flight to Mars and reappears two years later. When a rescue […]
Freida Pinto has joined The Path for season 3
Freida Pinto has joined the cast of The Path for the show’s third season. The Hulu drama revolves around a mysterious cult headed by Hugh Dancy’s Cal Roberts, and how Eddie, the father of a family wrapped up in its movement, begins to struggle with his faith in what the cult calls Meyerism. Pinto will […]
Netflix orders 90s coming-of-age dramedy Everything Sucks!
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has placed a ten-episode series order for Everything Sucks!, a half-hour coming-of-age dramedy set in the 1990s. The show hails from writers Ben York Jones (Like Crazy) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date) and is described as a quirky, funny coming-of-age story that follows two groups of high school misfits, an […]
David Tennant doesn’t think Olivia Colman is “a serious option” for Doctor Who
With Peter Capaldi’s tenure as The Doctor coming to an end, there’s been intense speculation as to who’ll be the next actor to take on the role of the Time Lord in the long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who. As always when a regeneration is on the horizon, there’s been calls for the BBC to introduce […]
Heather Graham joins Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Variety is reporting that Heather Graham (The Hangover), Elizabeth Reaser (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and Larry Cedar (Mad Men) has signed on to the cast of the upcoming NBC series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, where they will join Edie Falco (The Sopranos), Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County), Anthony Edwards (Top […]
Barry Levinson adapting Wag the Dog as HBO series
THR is reporting that director Barry Levinson is bringing his 1997 political satire Wag the Dog to the small screen as a half-hour scripted comedy series for HBO. Rajiv Joseph (Army of One) is writing the script, and Levinson is set to serve as executive producer, as well as directing should it receive a pilot […]
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles TV series optioned by Paramount and Anonymous Content
Back in November of last year, author Anne Rice revealed that she had regained the screen rights to her book series The Vampire Chronicles, and was looking to develop a TV adaptation, and now comes word that the project has been optioned by Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. Christopher Rice is penning the series, as […]
Promo and images for The Mist Season 1 Episode 2 – ‘The Mist’
Spike has released a promo and images for next week’s second episode of the small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The Mist Season 1 Episode 1 Review As the mist settles in over their small Maine town Eve and Alex Copeland find themselves stranded at the mall. […]
American Horror Story’s Finn Witttrock joins The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Finn Wittrock has moved over from American Horror Story to the next season of American Crime Story. The new anthology season, entitled The Assassination of Gianni Versace, is again being orchestrated by one Ryan Murphy who worked with Wittrock on three seasons of his other FX show, American Horror Story. Wittrock will be playing Jeff Trail, […]
Jason Alexander’s Hit The Road finds its cast, begins production
Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander’s next show, Hit The Road, has rounded out its cast. Alexander co-created the 10-episode half-hour comedy series for AT&T Audience Network alongside Peter Tilden and Dean Craig. Joining him in the show are The Office‘s Amy Pietz, Live Like Line‘s Natalie Sharp, Summer of 8‘s Nick Marini, Fist Fight‘s Tim Johnson Jr. and Hell on Wheels‘ Maddie Dixon-Poirer. Here’s a first […]
