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Chucky TV series delays production until 2021

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Earlier this year, it was confirmed Child’s Play creator Don Mancini is developing a TV series for Syfy, and now, its been reported the production start date has been pushed back until next year. According to Deadline, the series was originally planned to begin shooting at the end of this year in Toronto but due […]

Kit Harrington stars in trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Criminal

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Netflix has released a trailer for the second season of its police procedural anthology series Criminal. The upcoming season sees Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harrington as a suspect in a new set of mysteries. Watch the trailer below… Criminal follows a new take on the police procedural formula as it focuses entirely on the interrogation process between the investigators […]

The Haunting of Bly Manor creator explains why it isn’t a direct adaptation of the source material

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Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Bly Manor, has explained why the isn’t a direct adaptation of the source material. The Haunting of Bly Manor – the follow up to Netflix’s successful horror series The Haunting of Hill House – is coming our way this October and fans are hoping for another scare-fest. […]

Star Trek: Discovery casts non-binary and trans actors Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander

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CBS All Access has announced two new additions to the cast of Star Trek: Discovery that makes franchise history as the series has added non-binary actor Blu del Barrio and trans actor Ian Alexander (The OA) who will play Star Trek‘s first non-binary and trans characters in the upcoming third season. Del Barrio will play the non-binary […]

The BBC orders animated versions of two lost Doctor Who serials

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Doctor Who fans longing to one day have the complete adventures of the Time Lord at their disposal will be delighted to hear that the BBC has reportedly ordered animated versions of two “lost” Doctor Who serials featuring Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor. According to a report in the Daily Mirror, the Beeb has commissioned animated […]

The Big Show Show cancelled by Netflix, will end with Christmas Special

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Netflix has announced that it has cancelled its multi-camera comedy series The Big Show Show starring Paul Wight – a.ka. WWE Supertar The Big Show – along with fellow sitcom Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love. Both series lasted for just a single season, and will conclude this December with Christmas Special episodes which were already […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger heading to the small screen for spy adventure series

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading to the small screen for his first major scripted TV role, with the action icon set to executive produce and star in a spy adventure series from Skydance Television. Created by Nick Santora (Scorpion), the series is described as “a global spy adventure” with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter at the […]

AMC cancels NOS4A2 after two seasons

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AMC has driven a stake through the heart of its vampire series NOS4A2, with the cable network cancelling the TV adaptation of the Joe Hill novel after two seasons. “Christmasland may live forever, but NOS4A2 will come to an end with the conclusion of season two,” read a statement from AMC. “We are so thankful to Jami […]

The Mandalorian season 2 will premiere on Disney+ this October

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Disney+ has announced that the second season of the acclaimed live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian is set to premiere on the streaming service on October 30th, with episodes once again arriving on a weekly basis. The series, created by Jon Favreau, follows the titular Mandalorian, bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in the years […]