Playground Entertainment, the company behind the likes of Wolf Hall, The White Queen and Howards End, has won the film and TV rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s historical fantasy novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, Deadline has revealed. The book revolves around Jonah Hancock, “a prosperous merchant and widower, whose Captain returns having sold Hancock’s […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 15 Review – ‘Rise and Shine’
Danny Hale reviews the fifteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… ‘Rise and Shine’ took us 28 years into General Hale’s past, shedding light on her training and education among HYDRA’s finest while also giving us an early look at some of the big HYDRA names in the MCU. This was a […]
Exclusive Interview with Mr. X, the VFX Company behind The Shape of Water
Mr. X is the visual effects company responsible for the visual storytelling of many films and television series including Vikings, Godless, mother!, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tells No Tale, Crimson Peak, and Molly’s Game. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won big at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. MR. X […]
Lost in Space featurette explores the Robinsons journey
With exactly a month to go until it arrives on Netflix, a featurette has been released for the upcoming remake of the cult 1960’s series Lost in Space which gives us an inside look at the Robinsons and the adventures they embark on; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Netflix’s Lost In Space gets a new poster […]
Zach Braff teases a potential Scrubs revival as a TV movie
It’s been eight years since Scrubs finished its run (or nine, if you’re discounting that rebooted ninth season), but as he prepares to make his return to ABC for the new comedy Alex, Inc., star Zach Braff has teased a potential reunion for the staff of Sacred Heart during an interview with Variety. “We might […]
Arrow loses one of its original stars, Caity Lotz returning for season 6 finale
If you saw last night’s episode of Arrow, you’ll know that the DC superhero series has lost one of its original cast members, with Willa Holland officially exited the series as her character Thea Queen departed Star City. The news of Holland’s exit won’t be too surprising, as the actress has been on a reduced […]
Rejected animation test from Donald Glover’s Deadpool leaks online
Earlier in the week it was announced that FX Networks has decided to cancel the planned Deadpool animated series from Marvel Television due to creative differences with Donald Glover and Stephen Glover, who were set to serve as writers, executive producers and showrunners. While it seems we’ll never get to see what the Glovers had […]
Amazon is reportedly planning $1 billion Chinese sci-fi series
Earlier this month it was reported that Amazon is looking to spend around $500 million on two seasons of its Lord of the Rings TV adaptation, and now we have a report from the Financial Times which states that the streaming giant is looking to double that price tag for an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s […]
Amazon developing A League of Their Own TV series
1992’s baseball comedy-drama A League of Their Own looks set to become the latest movie to receive a small screen adaptation, with THR reporting that Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) are writing and executive producing a TV series for Amazon. Intended as a half-hour comedy series, the project is […]
True Detective season 3 changes up directors due to scheduling conflicts
Deadline is reporting that the third season of HBO and Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective has undergone a change of directors, with Daniel Sackheim coming in to replace Blue Ruin and Green Room’s Jeremy Saulnier. “Director and executive producer Jeremy Saulnier has completed the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and will be departing […]
