Deadline is reporting that the acclaimed John Grisham novel The Rainmaker could be heading to the small screen, with CBS placing a pilot commitment for a TV adaptation from Code Black creator Michael Seitzman and executive producer Brett Mahoney. The Rainmaker follows “a young lawyer who thinks he’s about to have it all – a […]
Class Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘For Tonight We Might Die’
Alex Moreland reviews the first episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class… “You can’t seriously expect these juveniles to deal with whatever’s going to come through these tears in space and time?!” Class starts as any typical Doctor Who episode might: someone’s running from a monster in a darkened corridor. In beginning this way, there’s […]
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 […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan cast as Negan in The Walking Dead
Fans of The Walking Dead will either now be going punching the air with a hiss filled “Yes!” or they’ll be looking rather glum whilst whispering “No!” as the news has just broke that the role of one of The Walking Dead’s most nastiest piece’s of work has now been cast: gripping the barb wire […]
UPDATE: Negan cast in The Walking Dead
UPDATE: Garret Dillahunt has now confirmed on social media stating that he hasn’t been cast in the role of Negan, but is simply lobbying for the part. Rumours surrounding who might play Negan in The Walking Dead have floated around the internet for quite some time; Kevin Durand and Jon Hamm have been said to be the alleged […]
MTV bringing The War of the Worlds to the small screen
MTV has tapped Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis and writer Andrew Cochran for a TV adaptation of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds, THR is reporting. Published in 1897, the book is one of the earliest to explore the conflict between humans and extraterrestrials, as Earth is invaded by Martians. It has […]
Dancing Ledge and HarperCollins bringing Alistair MacLean’s novels to TV as event series
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 […]
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 […]
Boom! Studios’ Polarity heading to the small screen
According to The Wrap, Boom! Studios’ comic book series Polarity is heading to the small screen, with Max Winkler and Matt Spicer penning a script for a pilot, which will be directed by Winkler. Created by Max Bemis, lead singer of Say Anything, Polarity follows Timothy Woods, “a bi-polar artist living in Brooklyn who discovers […]
Tawny Cypress joins the cast of Supergirl
Fresh from the news that Emma Caulfield (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is to play Cameron Chase in Supergirl, TV Line is now reporting that Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable) is set for a guest role in the DC series. Cypress is set to play Miranda Crane, “a senator peddling her anti-alien beliefs to garner votes. Senator Crane finds […]
