Another cast member joined Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, the upcoming Amazon series based on Clancy’s central hero from many of his political/espionage novels, with Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager) signing on for a villain role. El-Masry will portray Ibrahim, the right-hand man to Ali Suliman’s Islamic terrorist Suleiman. He is described as “the most trusted member […]
Person of Interest’s Greg Plageman joins Taken as new showrunner for season 2
NBC’s prequel adaptation of the Liam Neeson-led film series Taken has just hired a new showrunner for its second season. Person of Interest executive producer and co-showrunner Greg Plageman will take over the reins from former showrunner Alex Carey. The second season of Taken is said to be much more of a procedural series, in the vein of NBC’s hit […]
Production underway on season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage
According to OLV, Marvel Television has begun production on the second season of Netflix’s Luke Cage, with filming said to have commenced today in New York City. Details on the second season of the Marvel show are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Mike Colter’s Power Man will be back alongside showrunner […]
Misfits getting U.S. remake from Freeform, four leads cast
The British show Misfits, about a group of young offenders who gain super powers after a freak electrical storm, is about to get the U.S. remake treatment. Per Deadline, Freeform has ordered a pilot for the remake that comes from Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. iZombie‘s Diane Ruggiero-Wright has already written the pilot and will […]
Gotham Season 3 Finale Review – ‘Destiny Calling’ & ‘Heavydirtysoul’
Martin Carr reviews Gotham’s season 3 finale… An hour and a half of back to back episodes combine with viral mayhem as villains running amok, people get shot or stabbed and Gotham goes to the dogs. Between Fish Mooney, Penguin and Nygma vying for supremacy, while Hugo Strange is arrested, kidnapped or bounced from pillar […]
Donald Glover hopes that Atlanta is “way better” in season 2
Donald Glover has spoken about his hopes for the second season of his critically acclaimed FX series, Atlanta. On Monday night Glover was in attendance in New York for an FX screening of his TV series Atlanta. While there he spoke to Variety about his plans and aspirations for the second season of the show. […]
Tala Ashe cast in season 3 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
A new member is joining the Legends team in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Actress Tala Ashe has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming third season as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, or better known in the comics as her superhero alter-ego Isis. Zari Adrianna Tomaz is a Muslim-American woman from the year 2030 who lives in a […]
Breaking Bad VR project in the works from creator Vince Gilligan
Vince Gilligan is working on a VR project for his critically acclaimed AMC TV series Breaking Bad. This is certainly strange news, but it seems that Vince Gilligan, who is currently executive producer and co-creator of Breaking Bad spin off, Better Call Saul, is pretty taken with the technology behind VR, and believes that he […]
Joel Kinnaman says Suicide Squad 2 aiming to shoot in 2018
With The Batman pushed back from its planned 2018 release date to 2019, it’s been reported that Warner Bros. could be looking to fast track one of its DC Extended Universe movies to accompany Aquaman on next year’s release schedule. Among the rumoured contenders was Suicide Squad 2, but it seems we can scratch the […]
Why this character should have died in Alien: Covenant
SPOILERS ahead. If you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant, stop reading this column now. Actually, if you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant yet consider yourself fortunate… I don’t know if anything could have saved Alien: Covenant, the absolutely wretched latest attempt at reviving the very dead franchise from the foulest bowels of creative limbo. It was spawned […]
