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HBO’s Harry Potter reboot series finds its showrunner and director

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HBO and Warner Bros. have announced that their upcoming Harry Potter TV series has found its writer and director, with Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) set to serve as showrunner and Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) directing multiple episodes.As per the official press release, the series is […]

House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Son for a Son’

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Chris Connor reviews the first episode of House of the Dragon season 2…House of the Dragon’s first season proved a winning return to Westeros, some years before the events of Game of Thrones, cleansing the poor taste many felt towards the ending of the original show. Telling a tighter, more family driven story, it focused […]

Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms releases first image, adds more to cast

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The second season of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon may have just premiered, but that hasn’t stopped HBO from expanding the history of Westeros with the next upcoming prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. The first photo of the series has been released alongside more casting news.The image shows Peter Claffey […]

The Gilded Age season 3 adds Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Victoria Clark and Jordan Donica

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The third season of HBO’s period drama The Gilded Age has added Phylicia Rashad (Creed) Brian Stokes Mitchell (tick tick… BOOM!), Victoria Clark (Almost Family) and Jordan Donica (Charmed).Rashad and Donica will feature in recurring roles while Mitchell and Clark will appear in guest roles.Rashad will portray Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland, “a woman from a prominent family in […]

Meet the Targaryen dragons in House of the Dragon season 2 featurette

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Max has shared a new featurette for the eagerly-anticipated second season of the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, which gives us a beginner’s guide to House Targaryen and their dragons; watch it below….Westeros is on the brink of a bloody civil war with the Green and Black Councils fighting for King […]

House of the Dragon cast discuss season 2 in behind-the-scenes featurette

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With a little over a month to go until House of the Dragon returns, a new behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for the fantasy drama series which sees showrunner Ryan Condal, and stars Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Bethany Antonia, Eve Best, Tom Glynn-Carney, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Steve Toussaint, and Phoebe […]

Defend Your Council in the House of the Dragon season 2 trailer

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With the second season of House of the Dragon less than two months away, HBO is stoking the fire by releasing a brand new trailer for the series’ anticipated return, which asks the cast to defend their council as the rightful heir to the Iron Throne.House of the Dragon takes place nearly 200 years before Game of Thrones and […]

Game of Thrones Jon Snow spin-off series no longer in development at HBO

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While Game of Thrones fans gear up for season two of House of the Dragon, there is some bad news about another potential spin-off, with Kit Harington confirming that the Jon Snow series is no longer in active development at HBO. Harington was promoting his forthcoming crime-thriller Blood For Dust when he was asked by Screen […]

Jonathan Nolan on Westworld: “We’d like to finish the story we started”

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When Westworld was abruptly cancelled after four critically-acclaimed seasons, it was believed it would join the pantheon of great unfinished shows, but co-creator Jonathan Nolan has hinted that there may come a time when the park’s robots are sparked back into life. While on the press tour for his forthcoming adaptation of videogame series Fallout, Nolan […]