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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 TV series gets a new trailer from Comic-Con

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On the first day of the San Diego Comic-Con, HBO and BBC released a new trailer for the upcoming fantasy series His Dark Materials. Watch it below… Based on the book series by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials follows a young girl who travels alternate worlds in search of missing children. The series stars Dafne Keen (Logan) […]

David Chase writing The Sopranos prequel feature The Many Saints of Newark

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In this television age of revivals for classic and beloved series, one that has long been clamoured for by fans is HBO’s groundbreaking The Sopranos from David Chase. Now fans of Sopranos have gotten their wish as Deadline reports Chase is returning to the world he created with The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel feature film that he is […]

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 […]