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Animaniacs revival gets premiere date on Hulu

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Hulu has announced that the beloved animated series Animaniacs will be making its return this November as a new series launches twenty-two years on from the end of the show’s original run. The new Animaniacs is once again produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and features the return of original voice actors Rob Paulse, Jess […]

Paul W.S. Anderson to direct Mimic TV pilot

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Having completed work on his Monster Hunter movie ahead of its postponed release next year, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) has signed on to direct the pilot for a proposed TV adaptation of the cult 1997 sci-fi horror Mimic for Miramax TV. Based on a short story by Donald A. Wollheim, Mimic revolves around genetically […]

Exclusive Interview – VFX Supervisor Doug Larmour discusses The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

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Doug Larmour is an award winning VFX veteran who has collaborated with numerous industry A-listers. Past projects include The Revenant, Guardians of the Galaxy and Mission Impossible: Fallout to name but a few. He has only ventured into television a handful of times in his career one of which was for The Alienist, which garnered […]

Exclusive Interview – Showrunner Stuart Carolan discusses The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

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Stuart Carolan is a playwright and primarily known as the creator of Dublin set gangland drama Love/Hate. With The Alienist he was able to indulge his passion for history, build on lessons he had learned spearheading that breakthrough drama, whilst welcoming us into a world of his creation with Angel of Darkness. As season two […]

Selena Gomez joins Steven Martin and Martin Short in Only Murders In the Building

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Back in May it was announced that Steve Martin and Martin Short are teaming up with Hulu for a comedy series entitled Only Murders in the Building, and now comes word that Selena Gomez has also signed on as co-lead, as well as executive producing with the comedy legends. Based on an original idea by […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga to culminate with Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans feature film

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Coinciding with the release of the third chapter Wizards, Netflix has announced that DreamWorks and Guillermo del Toro’s animated Tales of Arcadia saga is set to culminate next year with the feature-length movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. “Team Trollhunters committed, about a decade ago, to try and push the boundaries of 3D CGI animation […]

The Umbrella Academy showrunner hopes the series doesn’t get ahead of the graphic novels

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The showrunner for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, Steve Blackman, hopes the series will never get ahead of the Dark Horse series of comics books from writer Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Ba. In a recent interview with ComicBook, Blackman explained that due to his close relationship with the creators and consistent updates with the direction […]

Thomas Jane to star in crime drama series Troppo

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Thomas Jane (The Expanse) is set to star in and executive produce the new crime drama series Troppo. The series will be an adaptation of Candice Fox’s crime novel Crimson Lake which is set in Queensland, Australia. In Troppo, Jane stars as an ex-cop falsely accused of a disturbing crime who escapes to the tropics of Far […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Series Finale promo and images released

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After seven years, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to conclude next week with the two-part series finale ‘The End is at Hand/What We’re Fighting For’. and we’ve got a promo and batch of images for you here; take a look… “The End is at Hand/What We’re Fighting For” – With their backs against the wall […]