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The Last of Us TV series in the works from Chernobyl creator at HBO

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The hit Playstation video game The Last of Us is set to be adapted into a television series at HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will see Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin re-teaming with HBO and Playstation Productions to co-write the adaptation alongside Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann. It will be a co-production between HBO, Sony […]

Mark Ruffalo confirms Parasite TV series rumours, “might be playing the father”

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Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by being the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film. And it didn’t take long for HBO to announce a limited series spin-off based upon the feature film with rumours of Mark Ruffalo in […]

HBO’s alternate history series The Plot Against America gets a new trailer

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Ahead of its premiere on HBO next month, a new trailer has been released for the small-screen adaptation of Phillip Roth’s acclaimed alternate history novel The Plot Against America. The limited series follows the political rise of aviator and xenophobic populist Charles Lindberg through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family and stars John Turturro, […]

Blu-ray Review – Game of Thrones: The Complete Eighth Season

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Game of Thrones Season 8 Starring Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Nathalie Emmanuel, Indira Varma, Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jerome Flynn, Hannah Murray, Joe Dempsie, Kristofer Hivju, Rory McCann, and Iain […]

His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 1 Review

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Matt Rodgers reviews the first episode of the BBC and HBO’s His Dark Materials… The most frustrating aspect about the failure of 2007’s blockbuster adaptation of The Golden Compass, was how those who knew the source material had to accept the fact that one of the richest literary tapestries would remain a personal relationship between […]

War is coming in new Watchmen trailer

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HBO has released the Watchmen trailer shown during the Emmy Awards earlier this week. The new promo showcases Regina King’s Sister Night tracking down the Rorschach-inspired group The Seventh Kalvary as they prep for war. Watch the trailer below… Watchmen takes place in an alternative, contemporary reality in the United States, in which masked vigilantes became outlawed due to […]

Game of Thrones creators leave HBO for $200 million Netflix film and TV deal

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Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are leaving their home of HBO for a new production home. According to Deadline, Benioff & Weiss have signed an exclusive $200 million deal with Netflix to write, produce and direct new TV series and films. “We are thrilled to welcome master storytellers David […]

Joss Whedon’s HBO series The Nevers adds Olivia Williams, Nick Frost, James Norton and more

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Rather than announcing just a couple of names, HBO has instead revealed a dozen actors who have joined Joss Whedon’s sci-fi drama The Nevers. The latest cast members are Olivia Williams (Counterpart), James Norton (Grantchester), Tom Riley (Dark Heart), Ann Skelly (Death and Nightingales), Ben Chaplin (The Children Act), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Zackary Momoh (Seven Seconds), Amy Manson (Torchwood), Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family), Rochelle Neil (Death in Paradise), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark) […]