NBC has decided to use Frank Oz’s 1991 feature What About Bob?, starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfus, as the basis for a new comedy series. Rather than follow men, it will instead be led by a female cast and titled What About Barb?, with a pilot order to test the potential of the series. The series […]
Fear in the Found Footage: A look back at some classics
The original Blair Witch Project arguably created the found footage genre when it was released back in 1999. Telling the tale of a bunch of students striding out into the Maryland woodlands, the film offered audiences a new way of experiencing terror from the point of view of those being subjected to it, and they […]
Full list of winners from the 2017 National Television Awards
The stars of the small screen gathered at The O2 in London last night for the 23rd annual National Television Awards, as the general public decided their telly favourites from the past twelve months across a host of categories; check out the full list of winners here via The Telegraph Entertainment Programme: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night […]
Arrow Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘Who Are You?’
Jessie Robertson reviews the tenth episode of Arrow season 5… (Since last December) Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Laurel’s back!!!!!! (Now January) How did I not see this coming??? It’s not really Laurel. But, guess what? It doesn’t really matter because Arrow still makes it into a compelling episode. ‘Who are you?’ is such a great title and I’m […]
Dan Aykroyd remembers Carrie Fisher with touching tribute
Carrie Fisher’s sudden heart attack and tragic death on December 27th prompted many of her closest family members and friends to pen a number of tributes paying respect. The remembrance continues with her very personal friend and Blues Brothers co-star Dan Aykroyd writing up a lengthy piece for Empire that can be read below: “I grew […]
Image launching chilling new serial killer tale Plastic
Image Comics has announced the upcoming launch of the chilling new crime series Plastic from the creative team of writer Doug Wagner and artists Daniel Hillyard and Laura Martin. Here’s a look at the covers to the first two issues… “This book is wrong… in every way,” said Wagner in an interview with Image+ Magazine. […]
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope announces Apocalypse Now video game adaptation
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope has announced that it is in development on a video game adaptation of the classic 1979 Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. “Forty years ago, I set out to make a personal art picture that could hopefully influence generations of viewers for years to come,” said Coppola. “Today, I’m joined by new […]
Episode titles and directors revealed for Marvel’s Iron Fist
With less than two months to go until Netflix unleashes its fourth Marvel series, the British Board of Film Classification has begun rating the episodes for Iron Fist, and in the process we’ve got a look at most of the episodes titles, as well as a list of directors which includes John Dahl, Tom Shankland, […]
Rogue One’s Gary Whitta interested in writing for Star Trek
Fresh off the back of mammoth blockbuster Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, writer Gary Whitta has cast his gaze on another beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Trek. With Rogue One – on which Whitta was credited for the story – doing so well, now would be the time to go after any other dream projects. And […]
Bryan Singer directing X-Men TV pilot
Fox have signed up Bryan Singer to direct the pilot for their untitled X-Men TV series. From 20th Century TV and Marvel Television, the show will centre on two ordinary parents who discover their children are mutants and are then forced to go on the run to protect them. Matt Nix (Burn Notice) is writing […]
