It looks as if the days of networked Marvel shows may be numbered with ABC refusing to move forward with Marvel’s Most Wanted, and cancelling Marvel’s Agent Carter. This leaves just Agents of SHIELD flying the Marvel flag on the main networks at a time when the Netflix shows featuring the MCU are becoming increasingly popular. Agent Carter executive Chris […]
Supergirl will be back for a second season of adventures – but on a different channel. The DC Comics show will now appear as part of the CW’s line-up, and will be shot in Vancouver (as predicted here.) Executive producer Ali Adler confirmed the news in a tweet on May 12: “#Supergirl thrilled & grateful to be @theCW home for […]
Orange is the New Black’s Pablo Schreiber will be playing Mad Sweeney in the TV version of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. Sean Harris, who was originally cast in the role and had completed a week’s filming, has had to drop out of the production for personal reasons. Described as a “down on his luck leprechaun, who is having a hard time understanding […]
Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk and Christina Kirk will star in Powerless, described as the first comedy series “set in the univese of DC Comics”, which has been given a […]
Fox has announced the new shows that will be hitting the airwaves later this year, including the reboot of The Exorcist. The official logline for the show is “More than […]
Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston will star in and executive produce Channel 4 and Sony’s new anthology series Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick. Each of the ten episodes will […]
The cast for B7 Media’s dramatic new audio version of Dan Dare has been announced. Ed Stoppard – The Pianist, Joy Division, Brideshead Revisited and Youth – has been cast as the intrepid ‘pilot of the future’ Colonel Dan Dare. He’s joined by Geoff McGivern as Digby (McGivern is best known to science fiction fans as the original Ford Prefect […]
IDW Entertainment has confirmed that series creator Joe Hill will be executive producing a new version of his series Locke & Key for TV. The series follows the titular Locke […]
Crazy Face, a bold new comedy horror series from BAFTA award-winning creator of Misfits Howard Overman, will air on E4 and Netflix. Filled with Overman’s dark humour and unexpected twists, […]
BBC Brand Manager Edward Russell, the force behind the highly successful collection of Target Book art at the Cartoon Museum, has confirmed that “with the kind permission of the loaners”, the run at the London site has been extended. The exhibition will now close on June 5th at the Cartoon Museum at 35 Little Russell Street, WC1A 2HH London. For […]
The BBC has extended Big Finish’s licence to produce Doctor Who and Torchwood audios until 30 June 2025. “We very much look forward to continuing to work with Big Finish over the coming years,” says Jan Paterson, Head of Audio Publishing at BBC Worldwide. “The high standards of their productions — quality scripts, impeccable sound design and music, and impressive […]
With no confirmation yet on a second season for CBS’ Supergirl, it is believed that the high cost of each episode (c. $3 million according to one report) may be the cause for concern. Deadline is reporting that discussions are ongoing with the cast about a relocation to Vancouver, which will bring down the costs, particularly as the show did […]
Alden Ehrenreich will be the new record holder for the Kessel Run. The Hail Caesar! star has been cast as a young Han Solo for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Star […]
US viewers hoping to be able to binge-watch the new Star Trek series on CBS All Access are likely to be out of luck. CBS chair Les Moonves revealed that although the series is being premiered on a streaming service, like Netflix or Amazon, the episodes will be released once a week, rather than all at once. Talking to analysts […]
It’s nearly two decades since the aliens arrived and devastated our planet, only to be fought off by forces led by US President Whitmore and his team. The world has changed during that time – and with that 20th anniversary coming up later this summer, United World News has released a useful short summary of the current state of play. […]
The CW’s comedy horror drama iZombie has finally become available for UK audiences. Netflix has picked up the first two seasons of the show starring Rose McIver as a medical […]
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