Kiefer Sutherland is heading back to the small screen to play the President of the United States in Designated Survivor, a new conspiracy thriller from David Guggenheim (Safe House), which has been given a straight-to-series order from ABC. According to Deadline, Designated Survivor sees “a lower level United States Cabinet member (Sutherland) suddenly appointed President […]
Jeff Lemire’s Essex County being adapted for TV
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that First Generation Films has optioned Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel Essex County and is developing a TV adaptation for Canada’s CBC, with Aaron Martin (Degrassi: The Next Generation) penning the script for the pilot. “Essex County is a vivid and haunting book that has inspired a dedicated and distinguished following.” […]
Xena reboot finds a writer
Back in July, it was reported that NBC is developing a “modern reboot” of Xena: Warrior Princess, and now Entertainment Weekly has revealed that the project has secured a writer. The site is reporting that Javier Grillo-Marxuach has signed on to script the series, having previously written for the likes of Lost, Helix and Medium. […]
Mike Colter talks Luke Cage TV series
With production in full swing on Marvel’s third Netflix series Luke Cage, Power Man himself Mike Colter has shared a few comments on the upcoming show during a red carpet interview for the premiere of Jessica Jones. “It’s nice to walk into something having a little head start and get a chance to warm up,” […]
Mad Max: Fury Road and Fargo lead Critics’ Choice Awards 2016 nominations
The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association have announced the nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards 2016. On the movie front, Mad Max: Fury Road leads the pack with thirteen nominations, while FX’s Fargo racked up the most small screen nods with eight. Here’s a full list of all the nominations… Film […]
Bryan Fuller discusses the American Gods TV show
Back in June it was announced that Starz has given the green light to an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods from Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green’s (Heroes), and Fuller has been speaking to Collider about the upcoming series and how they plan to adapt the source material. SEE ALSO: Bryan Fuller and Neil […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 10 Review – ‘Health Snack’
The final six candidates on The Apprentice took on the bizarre world of healthy snacks in this week’s task. As disastrous tasks go, this was a pretty good one. Last week on The Apprentice was a financial onslaught, with millions of pounds changing hands as the teams sold high-end property in London. The more humble […]
Fox renews Wayward Pines for second season
FOX has announced that M. Night Shyamalan’s hit series Wayward Pines is set to return for a ten-episode second season in 2016. “Wayward Pines was a huge hit for us this past summer,” states President of Entertainment Fox Broadcasting Company David Madden. “We were absolutely blown away by the mysterious and surprising world that Night and […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, The Defenders, Iron Fist, Batman v Superman, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Powers and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Human For a Day’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Supergirl, ‘Human For a Day’… With Charles Halford under loads of latex this week, Supergirl continues to be worth its network weight in gold. Chiefly because it pulls a Superman II on Melissa Benoist. Yes this is clichéd. Yes I saw it coming in the closing moments of episode […]
