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Cliff Curtis starring in Walking Dead spin-off

Missing’s Cliff Curtis has been cast as the divorced teacher at the heart of the new spin-off series to The Walking Dead, AMC has announced. The show, officially untitled but codenamed Cobalt, takes place simultaneously with The Walking Dead in a different location, and focuses on Curtis’ character and a woman guidance counsellor, whose children will be played by Frank […]

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The Preacher goes to pilot at AMC

AMC has picked up Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s take on the cult comic book series Preacher to pilot. Breaking Bad’s Sam Catlin wrote the script, based on the series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and will be showrunner if it goes forward. “Preacher has been our favorite comic since it first came out,” Rogen and Goldberg said. “Garth […]

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Merlin’s Bradley James takes Omen sequel lead

Bradley James is moving from being The Once and Future King to playing the Antichrist himself in Lifetime’s sequel to the Omen films, Damien, according to a report at Deadline. The star of the BBC Merlin series will appear as Damien Thorn in the six episode miniseries, written by Glen Mazzara with the first episode directed by Elizabeth’s Shekar Kapur. The […]

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Scott switches seat for Blade Runner sequel

Ridley Scott won’t be directing the long-awaited sequel to his 1982 film, Blade Runner, according to an interview he gave to Variety to promote his new film Exodus: Gods and Kings. Talking about upcoming films, including the movie of Andy Weir’s The Martian, Scott explained that he and the sequel’s co-screenwriter Hampton Fincher “talked at length about what it could be, […]

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Doctor Who Christmas title & series 9 writer revealed

In a triple hit of Doctor Who news, the BBC revealed on November 25th that the title of this year’s Christmas Special is Last Christmas, hinted at by those in the know the day before who were predicting a rise in George Michael’s sales as a result of the new special. They have also released another poster image, showing Jenna Coleman, […]

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ITV commission new Jekyll & Hyde tale from Charlie Higson

Fast Show and Young Bond writer Charlie Higson is penning a ten-part new version of the classic tale Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for ITV. Set in 1930’s London at a time of Hollywood glamour, aerodynamic cars and monster movies, the drama will “pay homage to the Stevenson novel, and focus on the young, attractive, troubled hero, Robert Jekyll, the […]

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No extended first season for Constantine

There will only be 13 episodes in Constantine‘s first season, a report at Deadline has suggested, although this doesn’t mean that the series is being cancelled. New network shows often receive an order for thirteen episodes, and then further scripts or episodes are commissioned on the strength of the ratings and critical reaction. Because Constantine didn’t premiere until late October, […]

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