Beauty and the Beast prequel series for Disney+
A prequel series to Beauty and the Beast is in preparation for Disney+ to shoot in 2022. The eight-episode limited musical series will see Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprise […]
A prequel series to Beauty and the Beast is in preparation for Disney+ to shoot in 2022. The eight-episode limited musical series will see Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprise […]
Roy Dotrice, known best to genre fans as Father in the 1980s version of Beauty and the Beast, has died at the age of 94. The veteran British character actor […]
An early Christmas treat is coming to the Royal Albert Hall, with a screening of the recent Disney Beauty & The Beast complete with live orchestral accompaniment. The live-action musical, […]
The adventures of Vincent and Catherine won’t be continuing for a fifth season, the CW has announced. Production will shortly wrap on the fourth season, which will be the show’s last, according to a report at Deadline. The fourth year was commissioned before the third had aired. The show, a remake of the 1980s classic, stars Kristin Kreuk and Jay […]
Outlander, the time travel series about a nurse sent back to the time of the Jacobite rebellion, has won Favourite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show at the People’s Choice Awards held on January 7th, one of many genre winners at the ceremony. The new series – which is yet to find a UK broadcaster – beat competition from Doctor Who, Game […]
After screening just two episodes, The CW have ordered a full 22-episode run of new superhero show Arrow. Attracting just over four million viewers, the debut episode of the season […]
The CW is putting its faith in genre-related offerings this season, with Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Cult, the DC-based Arrow and the revamp of Beauty and the Beast all receiving series orders. Cult has had a long journey to the screen, originally pitched for the 2005-6 season, before being revamped for 2009-10, and then reworked for the current schedule. The show […]
Australian actor Jay Ryan is going to step into Ron Perlman’s claws for the CW’s update of the classic 1980s series Beauty and the Beast, starring opposite Kristin Kreuk. Ryan […]
Lana Lang is going to the big city, as Smallville star Kristin Kreuk steps into the role of Catherine in the CW’s update of the classic 1980s TV series Beauty […]
Although chances are that not all of these will go to series, the CW has an impressive list of genre shows at the pilot stage, ready for the 2012/13 season. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the CW’s development head Thom Sherman promised that “the overall quality is as high or higher than we’ve ever had.” Shows include their update of Beauty […]
It could get confusing next season, with two rival versions of Beauty and the Beast both now ordered to pilot. CBS recently gave the green light to an updated version of the much loved 1980s TV series, which starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. ABC has now followed suit, and has commisioned a pilot of their fairytale-based version of the story, […]
The CW has added a further three pilots to their slate for 2012, in addition to Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Cult. As expected, the new version of DC’s Green Arrow, simply entitled Arrow, has been picked up, as has the new version of the 1980s series Beauty and the Beast. Described as “loosely based” on the CBS show starring […]
Hot on the heels of the announcement that ABC are working on a fresh version of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale comes news that the CW are looking to […]
Twenty years after the great Beauty and the Beast romance enchanted audiences in the fantasy series with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton, ABC are working on a fresh life-action version […]