France’s Atlantique Productions and Italy’s Cattleya have announced that they have signed a co-development and co-production deal to bring two cult Italian movies to the small screen in Sergio Cobucci’s spaghetti western Django and Dario Argento’s horror Suspiria. First up will be a retelling of Django, “with the grit and edginess of modern television dramas”, […]
Fox developing a Rocky Horror Picture Show remake with High School Musical director
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the movie adaptation, Fox has announced that it is remaking the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a two-hour taped event special, which is being developed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It). Deadline reports that the tentatively titled The Rocky Horror Picture […]
Four more join Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show TV remake
Fox is filling out the cast of its upcoming TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Victoria Justice (Zoey 101), Ryan McCartan (Liv and Maddie), Reeve Carney (Penny Dreadful) and model Staz Nair all signing on to appear. Justice and McCartan are set to portray Janet and Brad, played by Susan Sarandon and […]
Sony picks up adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
It looks like Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s long-gestating and highly ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower may yet see the light of day, with Sony and MRC teaming up to co-finance and produce what they hope will be an epic franchise spanning both movies and television. “There are few […]
Dominic Cooper set to star in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Preacher
After news broke last night that actress Lucy Griffiths was set to join the cast of AMC’s Preacher, it was quickly followed with more news that young Howard Stark himself Dominic Cooper is close to a deal to star as Jesse Custer in the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced-pilot. Cooper, who has recently featured […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 3 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the third episode of Bloodline… Around the age of 9 or 10 I owned a whole bunch of magazines wherein you built a boat, plane or railway set with the parts included in each edition. The thing is, after issue #1 and the first 4 or 5 segments, I’d either forget or […]
Lucy Griffiths joins AMC’s Preacher pilot
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Lucy Griffiths, who has featured in Constantine and True Blood recently, has join the cast of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Preacher pilot, and is set to play Emily Woodrow, a character that doesn’t feature in the original books. Preacher was first published in 1995, and told the story […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 16 Review – ‘Afterlife’
Danny Hale reviews the sixteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.season 2… Wow. So once more Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. propels itself forwards. It’s great to know that there are still six episodes yet to air of season 2 and I’ve no idea where our characters are going to be when the dust settles. Unlike last season […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff in the works at ABC, third season looking highly likely
Well, this is pretty big news, if a little vague… According to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is all but assured a third season renewal from ABC, while the network is also quietly developing a spinoff show with S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and writer Paul Zbyszekski. At this point, details are scarce, but […]
Could Hawkgirl be set to appear in The Flash?
Last week it was revealed that Ciara Renee (Law & Order: SVU) is set to take on the role of Kendra Saunders – a.k.a. Hawkgirl – in The CW’s upcoming Arrow/Flash spin-off series, but it seems we might not have to wait that long to see her in action as the actress has tweeted out […]
