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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series casts Walker Scobell in the lead role

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After spending almost two years in development, the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ TV series, based on author Rick Riordan’s best-selling series of novels, has found its lead actor. Per Variety, the Disney+ series has cast Walker Scobell as the titular character, Percy Jackson. Scobell recently made his feature film debut in the […]

Justin Bartha returning as Riley Poole in National Treasure Disney+ TV series

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Disney+ has announced that the fan-favourite character Riley Poole from the National Treasure film series is set to make a guest appearance in the upcoming original series of the same name with Justin Bartha reprising the role. Bartha will star alongside lead actor Lisette Alexis, Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Zuri Reed (Flatbush Misdemeanors), Jake Austin Walker (12 Mighty Orphans), Antonio Cipriano (Jagged Little Pill), […]

Marvel’s Ironheart Disney+ series has found its directors

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The upcoming Disney+ Marvel series Ironheart has found its directors with the Emmy-nominated co-creator of Brown Girls, Sam Bailey, and Mythic Quest and Blindspotting director Angela Barnes have signed on to the series. In addition to the series finding its directors, Deadline is also reporting that Ryan Coogler’s production company, Proximity, has boarded on as producers. The six episode live-action series […]

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul to guest star in Better Call Saul final season

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To quote one of Breaking Bad‘s famous catchphrases, “Yeah bitch!” In the final season of AMC’s Better Call Saul, co-creator Peter Gould has announced that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will guest star as their iconic Breaking Bad characters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. The news was announced at PaleyFest during the festival’s Better Call Saul panel. Gould […]

Aqualad graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean in development as HBO Max series

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HBO Max looks like it’s adding another DC television project to its upcoming slate, with Variety reporting that development is underway on a live-action adaptation of the Aqualad YA graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean. The one-hour dramedy series, which counts Charlize Theron among its producers, will explore the life of Jackson ‘Jake’ Hyde, […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds character posters showcase the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise

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Having introduced the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise through a series of character promos [check them out here], Paramount+ has now unveiled eight posters for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds showcasing Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley, Ethan Peck as Spock, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien Singh, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. […]

The Duffer Brothers confirm that every Stranger Things 4 episode is over an hour long

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Stranger Things 4 is about to have a jam-packed season. Not only is is being split into two volumes, but fans are getting expansive episodes each time. Going the route of many other prestige shows, Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 will feature episodes that run over an hour each. Matt, one of the creative minds […]

Jason Momoa is Apple TV+’s Chief of War

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In addition to an upcoming third season of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama See, Aquaman star Jason Momoa is set to reunite with Apple TV+ for the limited series Chief of War, which has been given a straight-to-series order from the streamer. Created by Momoa and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, with Momoa writing, executive producing and starring, […]

Animal Kingdom gets a final season trailer and premiere date

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Mark your calendars for the sixth and final season of Animal Kingdom, as TNT has announced that the acclaimed crime drama series will return for the last time with its season six premiere this June. Check out the season six trailer here… In the final season of TNT’s adrenaline-fueled family crime drama, the Cody boys […]