American writer, director producer Sam Simon has passed away aged 59, having lost his battle with colon cancer on Sunday evening. Best known as co-creator and producer of The Simpsons, Simon’s credits include the likes of Taxi (where he served as showrunner), Cheers, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, The Tracey Ullman Show, The George Carlin Show, […]
Hannibal season 3 to premiere on June 4th
After pushing the third season back to this summer, NBC has now announced that Hannibal will return to the network for its latest run of episodes on Thursday, June 4th… Hannibal season three features Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal Lecter), Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford), Hugh Dancy (Will Graham), Caroline Dhavernas (Alana Bloom), Gillian Anderson (Bedelia Du Maurier), […]
House of Cards Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘Chapter 30’
Jackson Ball reviews the fourth episode of House of Cards Season 3 … If there’s one aspect you can criticise about the early episodes we’ve seen so far in season three, it’s that they are not playing to the show’s strengths. Episode four hopes to change that though… Warning! Spoilers Ahead – You have been […]
Aaron Paul hoping for Jesse Pinkman cameo in Better Call Saul
During an interview with Variety, Aaron Paul was asked for his thoughts on Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, and whether he had any interest in reprising the role of Jesse Pinkman for a cameo appearance. “I love it. It’s a little weird because it kind of looks like Breaking Bad. It has […]
Faran Tahir to play The Commander in Supergirl
According to ComicBook, actor Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek) has signed on to the cast of the currently-in-production Supergirl pilot, where he’s set to play The Commander, “an alien military expert leading the forces alligned against Supergirl.” The Supergirl pilot is filming now, with Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside […]
Better Call Saul Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Alpine Shepherd Boy’
Jackson Ball reviews the fifth episode of Better Call Saul… As we move into episode five of Better Call Saul, titled ‘Alpine Shepherd Boy, the series enters that crucial point: the difficult mid-season. Even the best television shows – including its predecessor Breaking Bad – tend to suffer a lull towards the season’s halfway point. […]
The Expendables heading to the small screen for event series
It looks like The Expendables franchise is branching out, with Deadline reporting that Sylvester Stallone is bringing the action to the small screen with a new event series at Fox. The series will be executive produced by Stallone and Avi Lerner, with Shane Brennan (NCIS) serving as showrunner and writing alongside Greg Coolide and Kirk […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘Aftershocks’
Matthew Spencer-Skeen reviews the eleventh episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2… Following a very good first half to season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., especially the explosive midseason finale, I have to say I have been excited for the resuming of this oft derided series. This became even more so following the intermission series […]
Production underway on Supergirl pilot
Arrow and The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has taken to Twitter to reveal that production has kicked off on the pilot for the latest potential DC series in CBS’ Supergirl… Supergirl sees Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) as Alexandra Danvers, Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) as […]
Zachary Quinto joins season 3 of Hannibal
Zachary Quinto has joined the cast of Hannibal, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that the Star Trek star will appear in at least one episode of the third season as a patient of Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson). The third season has also seen Richard Armitage joining the cast as Francis Dolarhyde, a.k.a.The Tooth Fairy […]
