Last week it was announced that Kevin Smith is set to direct an episode of The CW’s latest superhero series Supergirl, and the filmmaker has taken to Facebook to announce that the episode will be titled ‘Supergirl Lives’, mirroring the title of his mid-90s screenplay for the ultimately aborted Man of Steel reboot Superman Lives. […]
Ashley Rickards to play supervillain The Top in The Flash season 3
According to E! Online, Awkward star Ashley Rickards has signed on to play the DC supervillain The Top in the upcoming third season of The Flash. Rickards will appear as the character, Rosalind ‘Rosa’ Dillon – as opposed to the male Roscoe Dillon in the comic books – in the fourth episode of season three, […]
Hulu orders pilot for Marvel’s Runaways series from Gossip Girl creators
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading to Hulu, with the streaming service giving the green light to a pilot episode and additional scripts for a new series based upon Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways. The project comes by way of Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and follows a group of […]
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 […]
USA Network renews Mr. Robot for a third season
Despite suffering a decline in ratings, USA Network has announced that is has renewed its acclaimed hacker drama Mr. Robot for a third season, which will air in 2017. “We couldn’t be more proud of Mr. Robot, a series that has pushed boundaries, captured the cultural zeitgeist, and been honored as one of the best […]
Shakespeare-inspired psychological thriller A Midsummer’s Nightmare revived by Lifetime
Deadline is reporting that Lifetime has revived its plans for A Midsummer’s Nightmare, a psychological thriller take on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is being produced by Jeff Kwatinez (Royal Pains) and Josh Barry (Salem) from a script by Anthony Jaswinski (The Shallows). The first season of the anthology series is described as […]
Robert Downey Jr. teaming with True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto for Perry Mason series on HBO
After failing to get a big screen adaptation off the ground a few years back, Robert Downey Jr. is now taking Perry Mason to the small screen, teaming up with HBO and True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto for a reboot of the classic legal drama. According to Variety, the project is eyeing a short run […]
CW Seed announces Freedom Fighters: The Ray, featuring TV’s first gay superhero lead
CW Seed had announced that it is extending its DC animated output beyond Vixen with Freedom Fighters: The Ray, a new series based upon the Grant Morrison version of the character, who will have the honour of becoming the first gay superhero lead on the small screen. Raymond “Ray” Terrill was a reporter who discovered […]
Rocko’s Modern Life returning for TV movie special
Beloved 90s cartoon Rocko’s Modern Life is set to return to the small screen, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Nickelodeon has given the green light to a one-hour TV movie special, which will see the return of creator Joe Murray as director and executive producer. “I’m very happy to be rejoining Rocko and my friends […]
The Week in Spandex – Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Arrowverse, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, The Defenders, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Four 2 and more
Here’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex… It’s been a bit of a busy week behind-the-scenes here at Flickering Myth, so much so that there just hasn’t been time to put together the regular Week in Spandex round-up. I apologise, and hope that normal service will be resumed next weekend. In the meantime, […]
