Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winning drama producer Playground has announced the cast for its upcoming adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women for the BBC and PBS. Emily Watson (Apple Tree Yard, The Theory of Everything, Genius) is set to play Marmee, the iconic matriarch of the March family. The March sisters will […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Batman and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Batman, Green Lantern Corps, Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, Hellboy Rise of the Blood Queen and more…The fourth superhero […]
Katrina Law joins Sean Bean in The Oath
Katrina Law (Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Arrow) is the latest to join The Oath, Crackle’s new series starring former Game of Thrones actor Sean Bean. The series comes from Hawaii Five-O creator Joe Haplin and also stars Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Cory Hardrict (American Sniper) and Arlen Escarpeta (The Magicians). Law will portray Karen Beach, “a police officer, and the sole female […]
Ahsoka and Padme team up in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – ‘The Imposter Inside’
The latest episode of Disney and Lucasfilm’s animated series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny is now online for our viewing pleasure, and sees Ahsoka teaming up with Padme as they battle a shape-shifting bounty hunter; check it out here…Be sure to check out the previous episodes of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – ‘Sands of Jakku’, ‘BB-8 […]
Netflix renews Castlevania for season 2
Coinciding with its arrival on the streaming service yesterday, Netflix has announced that it has renewed the animated video game adaptation Castlevania for a second season of eight episodes.Castlevania is based on the classic video game franchise from Konami and follows the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from […]
Smallville’s Erica Durance joins Supergirl season 3
Supergirl has added another DC veteran to its cast for its upcoming third season, with former Smallville star Erica Durance swapping the role of Lois Lane for Alura Zor-El, which she will take over from Laura Benanti.“Unfortunately Laura, who Greg Berlanti and I have worked with for years going back to Eli Stone, was unable to […]
Promo images for The Mist Season 1 Episode 4 – ‘Pequod’
A batch of images have arrived online for next week’s fourth episode of The Mist, entitled ‘Pequod’; take a look below…SEE ALSO: The Mist Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Show and Tell’Kevin, Mia, Bryan and Adrian leave the sanctity of the church and arrive at an abandoned gas station where they try to reason […]
Watch Star Wars: Forces of Destiny ‘Beasts of Echo Base’
Disney and Lucasfilm have unveiled the latest episode of the animated shorts series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. Taking place during The Empire Strikes Back period, the short – entitled ‘Beasts of Echo Base’ – sees Leia and R2-D2 having to free a captured Chewbacca from a Wampa. Check it out here…SEE ALSO: Watch the previous […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Daenerys Targaryen
Tony Black counts down to season 7 of Game of Thrones… Khaleesi. Mother of Dragons. Breaker of Chains. Queen of the Andals and the First Men. Rightful Heir to the Seven Kingdoms. Daenerys really has more titles than an old fashioned video shop, which speaks to the journey she’s had over the span of Game […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Show and Tell’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Mist…The Mist might just turn out to be a solid gold gem come season end. Tucked away on Spike, focusing on character beats rather than showy special effects and drawing us in week on week, this epitomises economy both through storytelling and restraint. Seeds sown in episode […]
