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Danny Trejo stars in trailer for sci-fi action series Paragon: The Shadow Wars

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A trailer and images have arrived online for the sci-fi action drama Paragon: The Shadow Wars. The series follows the different factions of society as they deal with Heaven’s destruction and features a cast that includes Danny Trejo, Amin Joseph, Franziska Schissler, Dilan Gwyn, Khu, and Justin Price; check them out here… In a world […]

Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Whitey’s On The Moon’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country… That showrunner Misha Green has already sampled playwright and novelist James Baldwin should be some indication of her intentions. This time by baiting certain American sensibilities through the inclusion of spoken word poem Whitey’s On The Moon, Green has thrown down the gauntlet and done […]

Blindspotting producers developing Firewatch adaptation

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Snoot Entertainment, the production company behind Blindspotting and Little Monsters, is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo for a feature adaptation of the latter’s 2016 title Firewatch. The critically acclaimed game, which has sold over 2.5 million copies, is a first-person mystery taking place in 1989 and follows a fire lookout called Henry, […]

Kevin Conroy comments on his Bruce Wayne appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths and fan backlash to the character

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After almost thirty years of voicing the character through numerous animated and video game incarnations, Kevin Conroy finally got to portray Batman (or rather his alter-ego Bruce Wayne) in live-action form as part of last year’s CW crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths. However, while Conroy’s Batman is frequently cited by many fans as the […]

Rachel Weisz set for TV reimagining of David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers

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Deadline is reporting that Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) is heading to the small screen for her first major TV role, with the Oscar-winning actress set to executive produce and star in a television reimagining of David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers. Written by Alice Birch (Normal People), Dead Ringers will see Weisz taking on dual roles as […]

David Tennant is serial killer Dennis Nilsen in trailer for Des

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ITV has released a trailer for Des, the three-part drama series which stars David Tennant (Good Omens) as the infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, and chart the arrest and trial of the murder through the eyes of Nilsen, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay (Daniel Mays), and biographer Brian Masters (Jason Watkins); watch it here… […]

The Boys gets twelve season 2 character posters

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Amazon has released a batch of character posters for season two of its hit superhero series The Boys featuring Billy (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), The Female (Karen Fukuhara), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), Homelander (Antony Starr), Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Stormfront (Aya Cash), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), The Deep […]

Jon Favreau reveals why The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda was kept a secret

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Jon Favreau, the creator of The Mandalorian, reveals why the Star Wars show decided to keep Baby Yoda a secret. When it comes to marketing a TV show or film, it makes sense to show off your most exciting hook to get fans excited before the premiere. However, this wasn’t the tactic that The Mandalorian […]

Ozark cinematographer explains why season 3 wasn’t as visually dark as other seasons

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Armando Salas, the cinematographer for Ozark, has explained why season three felt brighter visually than the first two seasons. Ozark will finish up its run with a fourth and final season on Netflix, set to begin shooting this November. Season three was another acclaimed entry in the crime series but there was a noticeable difference […]