It seems we may finally have a title for The CW’s untitled spinoff from Arrow and The Flash, with Variety referring to the project as Legends of Tomorrow during an article on the upcoming pilot season. The title is unconfirmed at present, although The Flash star John Wesley Shipp was quoted as referring to the […]
20 Years On: The Legacy of Father Ted
Tom Jolliffe on the legacy of Father Ted… So 20 years ago this week a sitcom debuted on Channel 4. Set in the fictional Craggy Island this focused on a parochial house of three priests and their house keeper. Father Ted ran for three seasons before the untimely death of Dermot Morgan who played the […]
Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood to lead Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff
Earlier this month it was announced that ABC is developing a spinoff from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now Deadline has revealed that Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird) and Nick Blood (Lance Hunter) are in talks to topline the project. The spinoff has been developed by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and co-executive producer […]
Elizabeth Perkins joins AMC’s Preacher pilot
Following on from the news that Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) has officially signed on as Rev. Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher adaptation, it has now been announced that Elizabeth Perkins (Big, Weeds) has secured a co-starring role in the pilot. According to Deadline, Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, “a genteel but formidable businesswoman who owns […]
Dominic Cooper confirmed as Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher
After reports last week that he’d entered final talks with AMC, it has now been confirmed that Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) is set for the lead role of Rev. Jesse Custer in the Preacher TV adaptation, with writer and executive producer Seth Rogen breaking the news on Twitter. Here’s the official character breakdown, via The […]
The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Civil War, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, The Incredibles 2 and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Constantine, Batman vs. Robin, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Widow, The Incredible Hulk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, A.K.A. […]
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘New Business’
Martin Burgoyne reviews the ninth episode of Mad Men season 7… ‘New business’ is the very apt title for this latest episode of Mad Men. Whereas the previous episode was trying very hard to cover all bases on the goings on at Madison Avenue, this episode seems to focus primarily on three main storylines… Firstly we have Don and his […]
Six British Movies & TV Shows to Get You in the Mood for the General Election
Kirsty Capes with six British movies and TV shows to get you in the mood for the General Election… Despite being a lover of all things available on the big and small screens, Jeremy Paxman and Dimbleby don’t really do it for me as entertaining television. Many of us are sick to the back teeth of […]
Marvel and ABC developing new superhero TV series with Oscar-winning producer John Ridley
It looks like the proposed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff isn’t the only Marvel TV project in development at ABC, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that Oscar-winning producer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) for a mystery project, which “involves reinventing an existing Marvel superhero character or property for ABC.” Should it and the S.H.I.E.L.D. […]
Daredevil Episode 10: “Nelson v Murdock” – Review
Luke Owen reviews the tenth episode of Daredevil… Forget Batman v Superman, this is the comic book moment we’ve been waiting for. Okay that’s a lie, but this is still a really great episode. At the end of the last episode, we got the shocking twist that Foggy Nelson had discovered a beaten and bloody Daredevil […]
