John Travolta is heading back to the small screen for his first recurring role since the late 70s’ Welcome Back, Kotter, signing on for a part in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, where he’ll play The Juice’s lawyer Robert Shapiro. Produced by American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy, the legal drama is set […]
Nicholas Meyer joins writing team for new Star Trek TV series, Tony Todd on casting shortlist
Earlier this month CBS’ new Star Trek TV series found a showrunner in Bryan Fuller, whose early writing credits included Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, and now another Trek veteran has joined the writing team in Nicholas Meyer. “Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan ‘round the Mutara Nebula and ‘round Genesis’ flames, […]
Bryan Fuller signs on as showrunner for Star Trek TV series
Star Trek’s new mission to go boldly where no man has gone before has found its new captain in Bryan Fuller. Fuller is set is showrun CBS’ new Star Trek series, set to air in 2017. The Hannibal and Pushing Daisies producer actually got his start in the television industry writing for Star Trek: Deep […]
Rob Zombie and Mila Kunis producing Starz horror comedy series Trapped
Rob Zombie and Mila Kunis have teamed-up to produce a horror comedy series with Starz. The project, entitled Trapped, will see Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects) not only producing but also sitting in the director’s chair. Trapped centers on a rich family who is attack by a murderous cult. The series, created and written by Joey Slamon (Arrested Development), will […]
Ben Daniels and Alfonso Herrera cast in The Exorcist TV pilot
Following on from the casting of Brianne Howey (Scream Queens), TV Line is reporting that Fox’s pilot for The Exorcist has found two priests, with Ben Daniels (House of Cards) and Alfonso Herrera (Sense8) signing on to potential series. Daniels will play Father Marcus, “the intense holy warrior carrying out an occupation that the church […]
Fox places a pilot order for The Exorcist TV series
The Exorcist could be heading to the small screen, with Variety reporting that Fox has ordered a pilot for a new one-hour drama series which is said to be a “modern reinvention” of William Peter Blatty’s 1971 book, which was of course adapted for the screen two years later with William Friedkin’s horror classic. The […]
Katrina: American Crime story casts Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick has been cast in Katrina: American Crime Story, joining Annette Bening in the second season of the anthology crime series from producers Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson. Broderick, who was last seen in Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply, will portray FEMA Director Michael D. Brown, the man who was in charge […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Chapter 4’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Legion… ‘Chapter 4’ opens with a character we’d never met in person, Dr. Bird’s husband, Oliver (Jemaine Clement), introducing the episode as a “five act play,” like this is Masterpiece Theater. More importantly, Oliver gives us something to look for this episode, a common thread to pull all […]
Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age
Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]
Warner Bros. announces Vixen: The Movie
No, Mari McCabe isn’t joining Nightwing in getting a live-action DC Extended Universe outing, but she is coming to Blu-ray and DVD in animated form, with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announcing Vixen: The Movie for release this May. As you may have guessed from the cover artwork, Vixen: The Movie is actually a home-entertainment release […]
