Back in 2014 it was reported that a reboot of the cult comedy series The Tick was in the works, with creator Ben Edlund set to reunite with star Patrick Warburton, who played the title character in the short-lived live-action series in 2001. Well, Amazon has now granted the project a pilot order, although Deadline […]
AMC’s Decline Isn’t Complicated, It’s Just Bad TV
Samuel Brace on the decline of AMC… I am old enough to remember when AMC, back in the day — that day being five minutes ago — were at the top of the TV ladder. There was a time when they unequivocally ruled the roost, when all competition bowed before them. After Mad Men‘s debut […]
Joey King joins The Flash as Magenta
Yesterday it was revealed that Ashley Rickards (Awkward) is set to play The Top in the third season of The Flash, and now comes word from Comic Book that the show has cast another DC supervillain, with Fargo star Joey King signing on to play Magenta. The character description for Magenta reads: “A teen with a […]
Clayne Crawford cast as Riggs in Lethal Weapon TV series
Fox has announced that Clayne Crawford (Rectify) has joined its Lethal Weapon TV pilot in the role of Martin Riggs, played by Mel Gibson in the four feature films. Crawford joins a cast that also includes Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids) as Roger Murtaugh, Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious) as LAPD hostage negotiator and […]
Amazon orders Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan TV drama to series
Back in September of last year it was announced that development was underway on a small screen adaptation of Jack Ryan, with Amazon then snapping up the pilot and John Krasinski (The Office) signing on to play Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst. Well, now comes word that the project is officially moving ahead, with Amazon placing […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘4,722 Hours’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 5 – ‘4,722 Hours’… This week we finally got to see what happened to Simmons when she was dragged through the monolith and what an episode it was. This episode was everything I was hoping for while also bringing some unexpected moments to the screen. We […]
Rebels Recon goes inside Star Wars Rebels – ‘Always Two There Are’
Lucasfilm has released the latest instalment of Rebels Recon, which takes us inside last night’s episode of Star Wars Rebels, ‘Always Two There Are’, as well as looking ahead to the next episode ‘Brothers of the Broken Horn’ and featuring some comments from Sarah Michelle Gellar about her role as the Inquisitor known as the Seventh Sister. […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 4 Review – ‘Pet Show’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice. The process rolled on with a sales focus this week, with the teams selecting a trio of products to flog at a busy pet show… Episodes like ‘Pet Show’ are often the highlights of The Apprentice. The first day of these tasks sees the teams select […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 4 Review -‘Beyond Redemption’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourth episode of Arrow season 4… New Headquarters! New Individual Pods! Bio-Fiber Costumes! I am going to make this one brief this week: Reviewers of anything sometimes can’t comment on every detail of whatever it is they are viewing but simply sometimes focus on the important, the guts, the gold they […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Fury of Firestorm’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourth episode of The Flash season 2… The particle accelerator continues to weave stories… Ronnie really is gone, but….well, he’s mostly forgotten too – No offense to Stephen Amell’s equally hunky cousin Robbie (who portrayed Ronnie Raymond) but he was quite stiff and wooden on the show; new better half of […]