Six years before Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot teamed up to bring the Amazon Princess to the big screen, producer David E. Kelley tried unsuccessfully to launch a Wonder Woman TV series, with Adrianne Palicki (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Orville) in the lead role as Diana Prince. The show failed to make it past the […]
Adrianne Palicki on the failed Wonder Woman TV pilot
Before Gal Gadot took on the role of the Amazon Princess for the DC Extended Universe, NBC had ambitions of bringing Wonder Woman back to the small screen, tapping David E. Kelly to direct a pilot back in 2011. Future Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Adrianne Palicki signed on to portray Diana in the pilot, which ultimately […]
Wonder Women: The live-action appearances of the Amazon Princess
Gary Collinson looks at the actresses who have portrayed Wonder Woman in live action… With the release of All Star Comics #8 in October 1941, William Moulton Marston and DC Comics introduced the world to Princess Diana of Themyscira, better known as Wonder Woman, who would quickly go on to establish herself as the most iconic female […]
The Wonder Woman They Didn’t Want You To See
This week Neil Calloway looks at the 2011 Wonder Woman pilot… This week sees the return of Wonder Woman to the big screen, the first time she’s appeared in her own live action project since the Lynda Carter fronted TV show ended in 1979. It wasn’t meant to be that way, though. Like other big […]
First trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek spoof The Orville
Fox has released the first trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming sci-fi comedy series The Orville. Directed by Jon Favreau, the show stars MacFarlane alongside Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J. Lee, Halston Sage, Penny Johnson Jerald, Mark Jackson, and Norm Macdonald; check it out below… From Emmy Award-winning executive producer and creator Seth MacFarlane […]
Adrianne Palicki joins Seth MacFarlane’s live-action space comedy
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Adrianne Palicki is heading into space, with Deadline reporting that the actress has joined the cast of Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming live-action sci-fi comedy drama series at Fox, along with American Dad veteran Scott Grimes. The as-yet-untitled show will take place in the 24th century and “chronicles the exploits of the Orville, […]
The ABC’s of Death: Does the network’s cull spell trouble for Marvel?
In one of the biggest TV culls of recent memory, ABC today cut a veritable swathe through some of its most well known and long-running material, cancelling a raft of shows with a built-in pedigree and audience. Castle is one of the most prominent, a Steven J. Cannell-esque procedural detective show that has seen the […]
ABC gives pilot order to Mockingbird TV series Marvel’s Most Wanted
Back in May it was reported that ABC had scrapped its plans for a spinoff to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that would centre around the characters of Mockingird (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood). However, it seems the network has had a change of heart, as Variety has revealed that a pilot order has […]
Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood to lead Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff
Earlier this month it was announced that ABC is developing a spinoff from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now Deadline has revealed that Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird) and Nick Blood (Lance Hunter) are in talks to topline the project. The spinoff has been developed by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and co-executive producer […]
Second Opinion – John Wick (2014)
John Wick, 2014. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: A former hitman comes out of retirement hell bent on revenge for the men who took everything from him. After a few dud movies and […]