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Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff and Sarah Bolger cast in Counterpart

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Starz has cast three actors in their upcoming original series Counterpart: V for Vendetta‘s Stephen Rea, The West Wing‘s Richard Schiff and The Tudors‘ Sarah Bolger. They will appear in recurring roles in the series led by J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). Counterpart is the story of Howard Silk (Simmons), a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, who discovers that the agency […]

Adam McKay to produce corruption drama Crook County

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Deadline is reporting that The Big Short‘s Adam McKay has found a new project to work on. He will produce Crook County, a film based on the true events of Terrance Hake and the FBI’s biggest corruption sting in America’s history. The script has been written by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, who will also direct, with Brooklyn‘s […]

D.J. Caruso’s G.I. Joe 3 would have crossed over with Transformers

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Before he was brought on to direct xXx: Return of Xander Cage, D.J. Caruso was tapped to helm a third G.I. Joe film for Paramount Pictures. While that project ultimately failed to materialise, Caruso has revealed in an interview with Collider that the third film was originally going to set up a shared universe with Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise, leading to […]

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens being produced by Amazon

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There’s only a couple months left until American Gods premieres, but already another of Neil Gaiman’s properties is coming to television. Amazon Studios has announced it has acquired his and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens novel to adapt as a miniseries. It will premiere in 2018 on Prime Video for six episodes and will be released globally and exclusively on Amazon. […]

NBC renews This Is Us for two more seasons

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NBC has really doubled down on the success of This Is Us by ordering not one but two new seasons, with a minimum order of 18 episodes per season. This Is Us premiered to very strong ratings last September and has stayed fairly consistent since. At least 72 million total viewers have watched the first 10 episodes, […]

Will & Grace to return for 10 episodes on NBC

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Its been floated about for a while now, but NBC finally confirmed today that Will & Grace will be returning to television for a 10 episode season with all four of the leads. Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally will once againportray Will, Grace, Jack and Karen respectively while series creators Max Mutchnick and […]

Corey Hawkins talks 24: Legacy and Kiefer Sutherland’s advice

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On the heels of the latest trailer for 24: Legacy, new lead Corey Hawkins spoke at length yesterday at the Television Critics Association about what audiences can expect from the reboot, and how his character Eric Carter will differ from original series hero Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland. While he is not appearing in the series, […]

David S. Goyer will write and produce Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan and John Stewart confirmed

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It seems David S. Goyer will be making a return to Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe as the studio has tapped him to write and produce the Green Lantern Corps film alongside Justin Rhodes. Per Deadline, Geoff Johns and Jon Berg will executive produce the film that is described as ‘Lethal Weapon in space’, focusing on John Stewart’s […]

The X-Files close to receiving Season 11 order

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After more than a decade off the television, The X-Files returned in 2016 to become a ratings success for FOX. The saga of Agents Mulder and Scully was not over however as Season 10 ended on a cliffhanger, hinting there were more stories for creator Chris Carter and leads David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to tell. Word […]