Luther creator Neil Cross is writing a six-part series Hard Sun for the BBC. The pre-apocalyptic crime drama set in contemporary London, has been commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, and Polly Hill, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning from the rebooted Euston Films. In addition to Luther, Cross has penned episodes for Doctor Who including Hide (pictured). Detectives […]
After the sneak peek shown during Monday’s episode of Gotham in the US, the full second trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has been released. Starting with a large chunk of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne’s confrontation with Lex Luthor in the middle, it highlights the causes for the battle – and then the reason for them teaming […]
DisneyXD has announced that there will be a third season of Star Wars Rebels. Given that work had already started on the season, and Star Wars fandom is reaching fever pitch over the new movie opening this month, this is perhaps the least surprising renewal news so far this season. “We’re very proud of our incredibly creative Rebels team,” Lucasfilm […]
Steven Moffat is moving away from the Christmas-themed titles for his latest Doctor Who Christmas Special. 2015’s story is entitled The Husbands of River Song. According to the official description, […]
Despite quite a considerable drop-off in ratings its opening weeks, CBS has given a full season order – a further 7 shows – to superhero show Supergirl. Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh and Jeremy Jordan star with David Harewood and Calista Flockhart in the show which has given a welcome positive spin to the Kryptonian adventures on screen, after the dourness […]
Anthony Read, whose genre credits include The Omega Factor and all three series of ITV’s Chocky tales as well as Doctor Who, has died aged 80. Read was script editor […]
With Netflix’s version of Marvel’s Jessica Jones currently receiving plaudits, attention is now turning to the third series, Luke Cage. Sonia Braga will be playing Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario […]
The Tremors franchise took a sharp left turn yesterday with the news that Kevin Bacon will be starring and executive producing a new TV show about the critters attacking Perfection. […]
Steve Rogers’ friendships are put to the test in the first full trailer for Captain America: Civil War, hitting cinemas next May. The trailer sets up the conflict of interests […]
Danny Elfman is composing a new piece to complete his score for Tim Burton’s Alice, which will premiere at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 December. “I felt that something […]
“Before the Avengers, before SHIELD”… Peggy Carter is back dealing with the Marvel Universe bad guys on January 5th in the US – and on Fox on January 17th in the UK. ABC has released the first proper teaser trailer for Peggy’s second season of adventures, as she and Edwin Jarvis deal with perils that could leave California going to […]
Multiple stories have been going the rounds over the years about the reasons for John Hurt joining the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, and showrunner Steven Moffat has finally gone on record with his account of the turbulent preparation of The Day of the Doctor. Talking to Radio Times, Moffat explains how the show morphed from the three 21st Century Doctors […]
Danger Will Robinson! Netflix is working on a new update of the classic 1960s Irwin Allen TV series Lost in Space. The latest reboot is described as “an epic but grounded science fiction saga focusing on a young explorer family from earth lost in an alien universe and the challenges they face in staying together against seemingly insurmountable odds.” It […]
Eve and Humans, the two genre shows about humanoid robots, are in contention for Broadcast Awards 2016. The CBBC series Eve, co-created by Emma Reeves and David Chikwe, has been shortlisted for Best Children’s Programme, while the E4 show Humans, starring former Merlin Colin Morgan, is up for Best Drama Series or Serial. Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror special White Christmas has […]
Fargo’s Noah Hawley is working on an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle for FX, according to a report at Deadline. The novel was originally published in 1963 and tackles […]
It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but ABC Family have commissioned their first horror series, Dead of Summer. The network is rebranding itself as “Freeform” from January 2016, expanding […]
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