Netflix has announced that nine-time Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige has become the latest addition to the cast of The Umbrella Academy, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of the Eisner Award-winning comic book from My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way.THR reports that Blige is set to play Cha-Cha, “a ruthless and unorthodox hit-woman who travels through time […]
Ryan Murphy signs exclusive deal with Netflix
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ryan Murphy has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Netflix to produce new TV series and feature films for the streaming giant, with the deal set to get underway on July 1st of this year.“Ryan Murphy’s series have influenced the global cultural zeitgeist, reinvented genres […]
Netflix cancels Disjointed after one season
The Kathy Bates-headlined cannabis comedy Disjointed has been cancelled by Netflix, with the streaming service opting not to renew the workplace sitcom for a second season.The show sees Bates starring as a lifelong advocate for the legalisation of cannabis who is finally living her dream as the owner of a Los Angeles pot dispensary. Also […]
Justice League’s Ray Fisher joins True Detective Season 3
True Detective season 3 continues to flesh out its already impressive cast with some new additions, most notably Justice League‘s Ray Fisher, who’ll play the son of Mahershala Ali’s Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas who’s investigating the decades spanning case of two missing children in the heart of the Ozarks.Also joining […]
Voltron Legendary Defender season 5 gets a trailer and images
With a little over two weeks to go until it arrives on Netflix, a new trailer and batch of images have arrived online for the fifth season of DreamWorks’ animated series Voltron Legendary Defender; take a look below…“Shocked by Prince Lotor coming to their rescue in the fight against the evil witch Haggar, the Paladins struggle […]
Netflix officially announces The Highwaymen with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson
Last year it was reported that Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner were in talks to star in the Netflix event series The Highwaymen, and now the streaming service has officially announced the project.Directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder) from a script by John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo), The Highwaymen will tell […]
Filming underway on Preacher season 3, new cast members announced
AMC has announced that filming on the third season of its comic book adaptation Preacher, with the show also adding four new additions to the cast in Betty Buckley (Split), Colin Cunningham (Falling Skies), Jeremy Childs (Nashville) and Liz McGeever (Homeland).Per AMC, here are the official character descriptions for the new additions:Betty Buckley joins the […]
Vikings creator teaming with Martin Scorsese for The Caesars
Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst has revealed to The Guardian that he is set to team with filmmaker Martin Scorsese for a new series entitled The Caesars, with a plan to tell the story of the early rulers of Rome across several seasons, beginning with the rise of Julius Caesar.“In the movies he […]
Promo images for The Flash Season 4 Episode 14 – ‘Subject 9’
The CW has released a batch of promo images for the fourteenth episode of The Flash season 4, entitled ‘Subject 9’; take a look at the images here…SEE ALSO: Trailer for The Flash Season 4 Episode 14 – ‘Subject 9’SEE ALSO: Follow all of our coverage of The Flash hereBarry (Grant Gustin) meets a powerful woman whose […]
Watch a sneak peek clip from the Heathers TV reboot
With just three weeks to go until the season premiere of Heathers, Paramount Network has released a sneak peek clip from the small screen reboot of the 1988 cult classic, entitled ‘It’s Either Us… or Him’ which sees Heather Chandler (Melanie Field) giving Heather Duke (Brendan Scannell) an ultimatum; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Watch the […]
