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 […]
TBS orders animated comedy Final Space
TBS has given the greenlight to Final Space, an animated comedy series from Olan Rogers, which is described as a serialized intergalactic space saga about an astronaut named Gary and his adorable, planet-destroying friend, Mooncake as they look to unlock the mystery of ‘Final Space’, a.k.a. the end of the universe. Final Space initially started […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda developing film and TV adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle
Lionsgate has announced that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is partnering up with Pat Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle, to adapt the fantasy book trilogy for film and TV, with an additional option of a stage production. Deadline reports that Miranda will serve as producer, as well as composing the music and penning the songs; […]
Syfy developing TV adaptation of Boom! Studios’ The Woods
Deadline is reporting that Syfy is developing an hourlong drama based upon James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas’ Boom! Studios comic book series The Woods, which has Brad Peyton (San Andreas) set to produce and direct from a script by Michael Armbruster (Beautiful Boy). “We’ve always seen this title as having the potential to be […]
Rainn Wilson & Christopher Backus join Cameron Crowe’s Roadies
The forthcoming hour-long comedy series Roadies just picked up a couple more cast members. The Office star Rainn Wilson has officially signed on for a recurring role, as has Christopher Backus. Roadies is the new series, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, expected to air on Showtime in June. The show follows a group of […]
Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Rebecca’
Eric Bay-Andersen reviews the fifth episode of Better Call Saul season 2… Episode five opens with a flashback to Jimmy’s first week at HHM, when he’s invited over to Chuck’s house one evening for dinner. In this scene we discover that in his pre-electrophobe days, Chuck had a wife, the titular Rebecca (some viewers might […]
Jennifer Beals joins Taken TV pilot as female lead
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Beals (The Book of Eli, The L Word) has signed on for the female lead in NBC’s Taken TV prequel, which will star Clive Standen (Vikings) in the Liam Neeson role of Bryan Mills. Beals is set to play “Christina Hart, the Special Deputy Director of National Intelligence who has […]
