Amy Richau reviews the eighth and ninth episode of Agent Carter season 2… This is the second week ABC has decided to double up on Agent Carter episodes as the second season comes to its close. Unfortunately episodes eight and nine ‘The Edge of Mystery’ and ‘A Little Song and Dance’ don’t really benefit from […]
Mark Feuerstein joins Prison Break revival, several original cast members in talks to return
Fox’s Prison Break revival is starting to get its cast together, with Deadline revealing that Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) has signed on to appear alongside the returning Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell in the upcoming event series. Feuerstein will play Scott Ness, a Professor of Economics at Cornell; he is described as a “rather anxious […]
Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi and Christina Kirk join DC comedy Powerless
Yesterday it was announced that Vanessa Hudgens (Grease Live) is to play the lead in the upcoming DC workplace comedy Powerless, and now we have word on three more additions to the cast of the NBC pilot in Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Danny Pudi (Community) and Christina Kirk (A to Z). Tudyk is set to play […]
Mr. Robot creator rebooting 1927’s Metropolis as TV miniseries
Mr. Robot creator and showrunner Sam Esmail is adding another science fiction project to his resume, this time an adaptation of the seminal 1927 film Metropolis. According to THR, Esmail has been tapped to turn the expressionist classic as a miniseries for Universal Cable Productions. The size of his role is still being negotiated, as the project is […]
Vikings star Clive Standen to play Bryan Mills in Taken TV series
Back in September it was announced that NBC has given a straight-to-series order for a Taken prequel series, and now the network has found its Bryan Mills. Deadline is reporting that British actor Clive Standen, who plays Rollo in History’s Vikings, is set to bring his particular set of skills to the character portrayed by Liam […]
Vanessa Hudgens to star in DC comedy series Powerless
TV Line is reporting that Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, Grease Live) has signed on to appear as the lead in the upcoming DC Comics single camera comedy pilot Powerless at NBC. Hudgens will play “Emily Locke, a claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people, but who is increasingly exasperated by the […]
South Park Season 20 Episode 10 Review – ‘The End of Serialization As We Know It’
Liam Hoofe reviews the tenth episode of South Park season 20… With the dust having settled to some degree around the surprise US election victory of Donald Trump, the world is now beginning to ask how things could have been had Hillary triumphed in November. Two people who will definitely be doing that are Trey […]
Four Future Options for The Punisher on Netflix
Samuel Brace with four future options for The Punisher on Netflix… A week removed from the thoroughly excellent and thoroughly enjoyable Daredevil season two — otherwise known as Punisher season 0.5 — this is a good a time as any to ponder what delights might be on our horizon when it comes to everyone’s favourite […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 7 – ‘Sing Me a Song’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the seventh episode of The Walking Dead’s season 7… In a nice change of pace for the show, the penultimate episode before this year’s mid-season break was a jam-packed jumbo-sized version of one of the most memorable comic-book entries, featuring a whole bunch of different and varied […]
Paul Bettany to play the Unabomber in Discovery Channel’s Manifesto
Deadline is reporting that Paul Bettany has signed on to play Ted Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber, in The Disney Channel’s upcoming FBI crime drama Manifesto, which is being produced by Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti through their Trigger Street Productions company. Manifesto “explores how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with the first season set […]