Tony Black on talk that Game of Thrones may only run for a further two truncated seasons… On the eve of Game of Thrones returning, HBO and its show runners have been quite vocal about the show’s future this week, recently suggesting there will be no spin-offs or prequels to the series for the time […]
Two new additions to the cast of Marvel’s Iron Fist
Marvel and Netflix are moving full steam ahead with casting on Iron Fist, with Variety reporting that Jessica Stroup (90210) and Tom Pelphrey (Banshee) have signed on to the superhero series as brother and sister Joy and Ward Meachum the children of Harold Meachum (David Wenham). The site states that, “Joy and Ward have spent […]
Crispin Glover and Jonathan Tucker join American Gods
Casting continues on Starz’s upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, with TV Line reporting that Crispin Glover (Texas Rising) and Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom) signing on to the show. Keeping it as spoiler free as possible, Tucker is playing Low-Key Lyesmith, who is described as a “wiry and fast-talking, with an offbeat sense of humor [who] has a theory […]
Neil Gaiman adapting Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens as six-part TV series
Neil Gaiman has revealed that he’s set to bring his Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens to the small screen with a six-episode miniseries based upon the 1990 fantasy novel. Gaiman had previously resisted the idea of adapting the book following Pratchett’s passing last year of Alzheimer’s, but he revealed this week that he has changed his […]
Rumours suggest at least two new seasons of Twin Peaks
Back in 2014, it was confirmed that David Lynch and Mark Frost would be heading back to Twin Peaks courtesy of Showtime, for what was initially announced as a nine episode limited series. That number was extended to an unspecified amount of episodes back in May of last year, and now after a mammoth 140-day […]
Spike TV gives series order to Stephen King adaptation The Mist
Back in February it was announced that Spike TV had given the go ahead to a pilot for a new small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, and now Deadline is reporting that the network has been impressed enough by to place a straight to series order. “From the brilliant mind of Stephen King and the incredible production […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 19 Review – ‘Myriad’
Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Supergirl… Mass extinction has always been a good subject for drama, because historically people have killed, maimed, destroyed and segregated without compunction. Sparing you the lecture let’s just say cultures have done, will do and continue doing heinous things under the misguided belief that they are right. Supergirl […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 17 Review – ‘Into The Woods’
Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Gotham season 2… Episode seventeen entitled ‘Into The Woods’ has nothing to do Sondheim. There is no warbling, no Meryl Streep and mercifully no Johnny Depp looking shifty amongst the undergrowth. Instead we get gothic melodrama, boatloads of crazy and a showdown which is more Millers Crossing than […]
Game of Thrones may only have thirteen episodes left after season 6
We’ve known for a while now that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have a definitive end point in mind for their acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, with talk of the show running to eight seasons in total. However, in some potentially disappointing […]
Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Nailed’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Better Call Saul season 2… By Christ Odenkirk is one complex actor. Now I don’t mean to blaspheme because such things are unnecessary until provoked and genuine in their delivery, but come on. If anything or anyone manages to blindside you more than Jimmy McGill then I want […]
