Earlier this week, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss dismissed talk of a spinoff to HBO’s epic fantasy series as rumour. However, that didn’t stop EW from seeking out the thoughts of A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin, who feels there is plenty of material should the network […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Job’
Kris Wall reviews the third episode of Banshee season 4… One thing is for certain in this final season of Banshee, the show is definitely not hanging around and dragging things out as it rockets towards its endgame. No sooner had we caught a glimpse of Job being alive last week, held in a secret […]
John C. McGinley to star in horror comedy Stan Against Evil
Former Scrubs star John C. McGinley has signed on for the lead in Stan Against Evil, a new horror comedy series from writer-producer Dana Gould (The Simpsons). McGinley will be joined in the cast of the eight-episode series by Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra). The show, which will air on IFC, sees McGinley as […]
Kevin Bacon joins Jill Soloway’s Amazon pilot I Love Dick
Deadline is reporting that Kevin Bacon has signed on to star alongside Kathryn Hahn in I Love Dick, the new Amazon comedy pilot from Jill Soloway (Transparent). I Love Dick is set in an academy community in Marfa, Texas and “centers on a struggling married couple, failing wife and independent filmmaker Chris (Hahn) and Sylvere, and […]
Game of Thrones: A Hard Won Battle in Two Short, Final Seasons
Tony Black on talk that Game of Thrones may only run for a further two truncated seasons… On the eve of Game of Thrones returning, HBO and its show runners have been quite vocal about the show’s future this week, recently suggesting there will be no spin-offs or prequels to the series for the time […]
Two new additions to the cast of Marvel’s Iron Fist
Marvel and Netflix are moving full steam ahead with casting on Iron Fist, with Variety reporting that Jessica Stroup (90210) and Tom Pelphrey (Banshee) have signed on to the superhero series as brother and sister Joy and Ward Meachum the children of Harold Meachum (David Wenham). The site states that, “Joy and Ward have spent […]
Crispin Glover and Jonathan Tucker join American Gods
Casting continues on Starz’s upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, with TV Line reporting that Crispin Glover (Texas Rising) and Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom) signing on to the show. Keeping it as spoiler free as possible, Tucker is playing Low-Key Lyesmith, who is described as a “wiry and fast-talking, with an offbeat sense of humor [who] has a theory […]
Neil Gaiman adapting Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens as six-part TV series
Neil Gaiman has revealed that he’s set to bring his Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens to the small screen with a six-episode miniseries based upon the 1990 fantasy novel. Gaiman had previously resisted the idea of adapting the book following Pratchett’s passing last year of Alzheimer’s, but he revealed this week that he has changed his […]
Rumours suggest at least two new seasons of Twin Peaks
Back in 2014, it was confirmed that David Lynch and Mark Frost would be heading back to Twin Peaks courtesy of Showtime, for what was initially announced as a nine episode limited series. That number was extended to an unspecified amount of episodes back in May of last year, and now after a mammoth 140-day […]
Spike TV gives series order to Stephen King adaptation The Mist
Back in February it was announced that Spike TV had given the go ahead to a pilot for a new small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, and now Deadline is reporting that the network has been impressed enough by to place a straight to series order. “From the brilliant mind of Stephen King and the incredible production […]
