Lifetime orders The Lottery
Lifetime has given a 10-episode order to The Lottery, a tale of a dystopian world where the human race is threatened by extinction when women cease giving birth. Directed by […]
Sean Pertwee is Alfred in new Gotham series
Sean Pertwee has been cast as a younger version of Alfred Pennyworth, the Wayne family butler, in the new Fox TV series Gotham, which tells the story of Batman’s home […]
RIP Christopher Barry (updated)
Christopher Barry, who directed Doctor Who stories for the first four incarnations of the Time Lord, has died aged 88, following a fall at home last week. Barry’s first story […]
Southlands’ Ben McKenzie is new James Gordon in Gotham
Southlands and The OC star Ben McKenzie has been signed up to play a young James Gordon in Fox’s pre-Batman drama Gotham. In this version of the Dark Knight’s mythos, […]
Scalzi’s Redshirts beam onto FX
John Scalzi’s Redshirts are, rather appropriately, heading for the small screen in a limited series version for FX. Scalzi will be one of the executive producers on the project, alongside Jon Shestack, Ken Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie. Kwapis will direct the opening episode, although writers have yet to be confirmed. The book, described as a novel with three codas, won […]
Marc Forster leading Red Rising for Universal
Deadline has confirmed that Pierce Brown’s new novel Red Rising is heading for cinema screens, courtesy of World War Z’s Marc Forster and Universal Pictures. The novel, which was only released at the end of last month, is the start of a trilogy of adventures set on Mars, about Darrow, a member of a lower class who manages to masquerade […]
Preacher comes to AMC
It’s going to be a year of darker comic book adaptations for the small screen with confirmation that AMC Pictures and Sony are working on a version of Garth Ennis […]
Syfy enter DC’s DMZ
Former Mad Men executive producers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton have teamed up with Gravity producer David Heyman for an adaptation of DC’s DMZ for the Syfy channel, according to a […]
Marc Forster to lead Red Rising?
According to a report at Deadline, Pierce Brown’s new novel Red Rising is set to head for cinema screens, courtesy of World War Z’s Marc Forster. The novel, which was […]
Stephen King’s miraculous Ayana comes to Universal TV
Stephen King’s short story Ayana looks as if it might be heading to NBC, according to a report at Variety. The tale, which first appeared in the Paris Review in […]
CBS orders pilot about “real-life Professor X”
Scorpion, a drama inspired by the story of Scorpion Computer Services’ boss Walter O’Brien, has received a pilot order from CBS. The pilot is written by Breakout Kings’ Nick Santora […]
CW heralds The Messengers of the apocalypse
The CW has ordered a pilot for its latest foray into the fantasy genre, The Messengers, about a group of unconnected strangers who discover that they are responsible for preventing the upcoming Apocalypse. The script by Teen Wolf’s Eoghan O’Donnell will be produced by Clash of the Titans’ Basil Iwanyk and CBS Studios. The story begins with a mysterious object […]
Hiddleston headlines High-Rise
Kill List director Ben Wheatley has confirmed that his long awaited adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s classic story High-Rise is now in front of the cameras. Thor’sTom Hiddleston will star in the movie, about the degeneration of life in a modern luxury building. Wheatley was signed up for the film in August last year, and has recently been working on the first […]
Mira Sorvino & James Frain join The Intruders
With filming due to start soon, more casting has been revealed for Glen Morgan’s eight-part adaptation of Michael Marshall Smith’s novel The Intruders for BBC America. Mimic and Falling Skies’ Mira Sorvino will play Amy, the wife of John Simm’s ex-cop Jack Whalen; James Frain will play Richards Shepherd, a murderer on a 20-year secret mission who claims to be […]
Fremantle acquire Gaiman’s American Gods
Fremantle Media, whose North America’s scripted television division is responsible for the US version of The Returned, and the CW’s reboot of The Tomorrow People, has finalised a deal for […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman dies
Acclaimed actor and new cast-member of The Hunger Games series of movies Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his New York apartment today (February 2), of a reported […]
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