Back in August it was revealed that Antoine Fuqua and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were in development on a TV adaptation of the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, and now it has been announced that CBS has officially placed a pilot order for the project.The pilot has been written by former LAPD officer Will Beall (Gangster […]
Why The 33 soundtrack is a testament to James Horner’s memory
Sean Wilson remembers one of film music’s great dramatists James Horner with his instrumentally varied and beautiful disaster movie score… Chilean mining drama The 33 may have generated mixed reviews, not least for its oddly international cast including Spain’s Antonio Banderas, France’s Juliette Binoche and Ireland’s Gabriel Byrne. However, it’s notable for being one of the […]
Netflix renews Orange Is the New Black for three more seasons
With season four of Orange is the New Black just around the corner (well, July), Netflix have given fans some good news in that the show will be on the streaming service for another three seasons. Here’s the press release: (Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, Calif.) – February 5, 2016 – Netflix and Lionsgate (NYSE: […]
Bryan Singer closes deal to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Back in September Bryan Singer revealed that he has been developing an adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and now it has been announced that the filmmaker has closed his deal with Fox and is moving full steam ahead towards a fall production start.“I’m incredibly excited to be working […]
Fear the Walking Dead casts Dougray Scott for second season
TV Line reports that actor Dougray Scott will be joining the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead, for its second season in a recurring role. Scott’s career has spanned over two and a half decades, and just a few of his movie and TV credits include Deep Impact, Mission: Impossible […]
CBS orders MacGyver pilot, with James Wan directing
Back in October it was announced that CBS was developing a remake of the 80s TV series MacGyver, with James Wan (Fast & Furious 7) and original EP Henry Winkler serving as executive producers, and now comes word from TV Line that the network has officially placed a pilot order, with Wan set to direct […]
The Walking Dead producer bringing Pendergast to Spike TV
Gale Anne Hurd, producer of the ratings juggernaut The Walking Dead, is teaming up with Spike TV to bring Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Relic and Cabinet of Curiosities book series to the small screen, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The series will be titled Pendergast after its protagonist, the FBI special agent Aloysius Xingu […]
Syfy orders Incorporated TV series from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Syfy has order a new drama series entitled Incorporated, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and is set to debut this fall.Entertainment Weekly reports that the thriller series “will follow a young exec who goes undercover in a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves — and he soon […]
Blood Stain Vol.1 arriving in print for the first time from Top Cow
Arriving in mid-March from Top Cow Comics is Linda Sejic’s creator-owned project Blood Stain Vol. 1; yes, this long running web comic is finally coming to print for the very first time! In the same “universe” as Sunstone, Blood Stain comes to print in a series of quarterly original graphic novels! Mad science at its finest. […]
David Tennant starring in R. D. Laing biopic Mad to Be Normal
Fresh from his role as the villainous Kilgrave in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, David Tennant is now in production on Mad to Be Normal, a biopic of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, which sees him starring alongside Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Michael Gambon (Gosford Park) and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects). “I have long been […]
