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Misfits materialise on Freeform

Howard Overman’s unusual superhero series Misfits is being reworked for American channel Freeform. Ashleigh LaThrop (Sirens), Tre Hall (Rebel), Allie MacDonald (Orphan Black) and Jake Cannavale (Nurse Jackie), son of […]

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Misfits’ Joseph Gilgun joins AMC’s Preacher

Joseph Gilgun, who played the multiple bodied Misfit Rudy in the E4 superhero series, has been cast as Cassidy in AMC’s Preacher. Cassidy is the sidekick to the lead character, Jesse Custer, and is described as “the most wild-ass, bestest ‘bro’ you’d ever want to meet. He may be 100 years dead but no one’s more boisterously alive than Proinsias Cassidy. […]

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Who and Merlin triumph in Virgin Media Awards

Doctor Who has been voted Virgin Media TV Show of the Year for 2011 in the just-announced Virgin Media Awards. Arthur Darvill’s Rory Williams was TV Character of the Year, while the moment the Doctor was shot in the opening episode of the sixth series was hailed as Most Explosive TV Moment. Karen Gillan is officially the Hottest Female of 2011 […]

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Chuck’s Josh Schwartz to remake Misfits for US?

According to a report by Vulture at NYMag.com, Chuck co-creator Josh Schwartz is teaming up with Misfits’ Howard Overman to create an American version of the ASBO-with-superpowers hit series. Vulture says that Schwartz’s Fake Empire has just finalised a deal for the rights and Schwartz and Overman are planning on writing a pilot script for the American version of Misfits on […]

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TV Choice awards genre shows

Karen Gillan’s performance as Amy Pond on Doctor Who was hailed in the TV Choice awards which were presented on September 13 at London’s Savoy Hotel. A 2011 Award also went to Doctor Who for Best Family Drama, while Matt Smith was beaten to the award for Best Actor by his predecessor, David Tennant, for his performance in the series Single […]