Gary McCurry reviews the first episode of The Newsroom season 3… “I’ve loved every minute I’ve spent in television. And I’ve had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I’ve done four shows, and only one of them was The West Wing.” Words spoken by Aaron Sorkin during a recent interview with […]
HBO goes from Westeros to Westworld
Long before Interstellar (2014) sought inspiration from the works of American theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, a former Harvard Medical School graduate made a name for himself by creating scientific thrillers that dealt with illegal organ transplants and the resurrection of extinct species from DNA samples. Not surprisingly Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay for the […]
Fox developing remake of Luther
The BBC detective drama Luther is getting a remake for the US audiences. 20th Century Fox Television is developing the show alongside the creator of the original series, Neil Cross. Star Idris Elba is on board as an executive producer for the show but is not expected to reprise his role for the US version. The […]
Sean Bean set for lead in Frankenstein Chronicles
Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings star Sean Bean has found himself a leading role in the upcoming re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The adaptation is set to span over six episodes taking the form a period crime drama. The ITV original drama has already found its executive producers in Game of Thrones‘ […]
Star Wars Rebels – ‘Empire Day’ Review
Chris Cooper reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars Rebels, ‘Empire Day’… One massive thought jumped out at me through this latest episode. We’re actually rooting for the terrorists! With current events that struck me as a very interesting way to look at it all, adding an extra layer to the story. We find that […]
FX adapting Alan Moore’s From Hell for TV
Deadline is reporting that FX is developing a new drama series based upon the graphic novel From Hell from Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, which is being adapted by David Arata (Children of Men) and executive produced by Don Murphy, who also produced the 2001 movie starring Johnny Depp. The 572-page epic tells the story […]
Peter Capaldi turned down Doctor Who… in 1996
Having been announced to carry on his role as The Doctor in BBC’s popular TV series Doctor Who (the current series of which ends this weekend), Peter Capaldi was part of a Q&A session to promote the DVD release of season eight of the show. While on stage, Capaldi revealed that he actually turned down […]
Easter Egg – TARDIS spotted in Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer?
With the trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron being out for less than a day, here at Flickering Myth we believe we could have spotted the first Easter egg from the hotly-anticipated Marvel sequel. It appears our favourite Time Lord is making a background cameo at 1 minute and 33 seconds into the trailer. […]
Turn – Episode 1 Recap
Megan Applegate recaps the first episode of Turn… In case you were busy watching Wrestlemania 30, the Game of Thrones Season 4 opener, or the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, you might have missed the fact that AMC took a gamble and premiered the Revolutionary War spy drama Turn. Still, a whopping […]
Vikings Season 2 – Episode 6 Recap
Megan Applegate recaps the sixth episode of Vikings season 2… This week’s episode title, “Unforgiven” could have been interpreted a couple ways. The first? The most obvious. Jarl Borg journeys from his home to Kattegat with Rollo to forge a new, better-than-the-last-time-these-guys-screwed-me-over deal with Ragnar and King Horik. He’s tentative, but eventually thanks Ragnar for […]
