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Leonardo DiCaprio producing Aldous Huxley adaptation Island

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Variety is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce a TV series adaptation of Island, the final book from Brave New World author Aldous Huxley. Published in 1962, Island follows a cynical journalist who finds himself shipwrecked on a Utopian island in the Indian Ocean. Having originally been tasked with exploiting the island’s natural […]

John Wick creator developing Splinter Cell anime series

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While it seems we’re no closer towards that long-planned Tom Hardy feature film adaptation, it seems that Sam Fisher will be heading to the screen soon as Netflix and Ubisoft have teamed up to produce an anime series based upon the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell video game franchise. As reported by Variety, John Wick creator […]

Michael Shannon and director Jonathan Levine join Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers

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The cast of Hulu’s Liane Moriarty adaptation Nine Perfect Strangers continues to take shape, with The Shape of Water and Knives Out’s Michael Shannon becoming the latest addition to the limited series. Shannon is set to portray the character of Napoleon, one of the titular strangers, and joins a cast that includes Nicole Kidman (Big […]

Bryan Fuller recalls NBC originally wanting Hugh Grant or John Cusack as Hannibal instead of Mads Mikkelsen

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Although Anthony Hopkins gave an iconic and award-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Mads Mikkelsen reinvented the character for a whole new generation in NBC’s Hannibal. However, in a recent interview with Collider, Bryan Fuller, the creator of the TV series Hannibal, recalled the network’s original resistance to casting Mikkelsen in the […]

Netflix Review – Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege… After a few lighter TV series over the past several years, the Transformers franchise returns to a darker and more serious vision in Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege. While the latest animated series from Netflix and Red vs Blue creator Rooster Teeth doesn’t stray too far from […]

The Sopranos and Goodfellas writers teaming for new mob drama series

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THR is reporting that The Sopranos writer and executive produce and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter is teaming with Goodfellas and Casino screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi for a new mob drama series for Showtime. As per the trade, Winter will write the as-yet-untitled series, “which is based on Pileggi’s in-depth chronology of organized crime in America, […]

The Last of Us TV series will expand and enhance the game’s story, says co-writer Craig Mazin

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Earlier this year, it was revealed HBO and PlayStation Productions were adapting the hit PlayStation video game The Last of Us into a television series with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and The Last of Us video game creative director Neil Druckmann co-writing the project. During an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Chernobyl Special (via IGN), Mazin explained that the series […]

Chernobyl leads winners of BAFTA’s 2020 British Academy Television Awards

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The winners of the 2020 British Academy Television Awards were presented virtually last night, with Sky and HBO’s acclaimed limited series Chernobyl picking up the awards for Best Mini-Series and Best Actor (Jared Harris) to add to the seven BAFTA TV Craft Awards it picked up earlier in the month. Other big winners included The […]