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Neve Campbell the latest to join Peacock’s Twisted Metal series

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The cast for Peacock’s live-action Twisted Metal adaptation keeps growing with Scream star Neve Campbell the latest to joins the series, where she will star alongside the previously announced Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home). based on the PlayStation video game […]

Peacock’s Queer as Folk reboot gets a trailer and poster

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Peacock has debuted the first full trailer and a poster for Stephen Dunn’s upcoming drama Queer as Folk. A reimagining of Russell T. Davies’ groundbreaking 1999 British TV series, it follows a group of diverse friends living in New Orleans as they find their lives transformed following a tragedy; take a look here… Queer as […]

Stephanie Beatriz joins Twisted Metal TV series

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Peacock has announced that Stephanie Beatriz, who is perhaps best known for her role as Detective Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has joined the upcoming television adaptation of the PlayStation video game series Twisted Metal. Beatriz will play Quiet, “a ferocious, badass car thief who acts purely on instinct.” Driven by her wish to find a place […]

Rian Johnson’s Peacock series Poker Face adds Adrien Brody

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Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (The French Dispatch) is set to reunite with The Brothers Bloom director Rian Johnson for the filmmaker’s upcoming Peacock series Poker Face. Although Brody’s role in the 10-episode mystery drama series is being kept under wraps, we do know that the actor will be starring alongside lead actor Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll), Joseph […]

Emmy Rossum is Angelyne in trailer for new Peacock series

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With just a month to go until its premiere on Peacock, a new poster and trailer have been released for the limited 80’s-set drama series Angelyne which tells the story of the mysterious Los Angeles billboard icon, played by Shameless‘ Emmy Rossum; check them out here… ANGELYNE, Peacock’s limited series about fame, identity, survival, billboards, […]

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted prequel series sets its cast

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Last summer it was announced that Seth MacFarlane will be reprising his role as foul-mouthed, hard-drinking teddy bear Ted for a prequel series on streaming service Peacock, and now we have word on the cast for the small screen spinoff. As per THR, the Ted series will take place in 1993, after “Ted the bear’s […]

First look images for Peacock’s Queer as Folk reimagining

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Peacock has released the first images and premiere announcement teaser for Queer as Folk, Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of Russell T. Davies’ groundbreaking British TV series which will follow a group of diverse friends in New Orleans; take a look here… Queer as Folk is a vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell […]

Casper the Friendly Ghost is getting a darker interpretation with live-action TV series

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You might remember that jaunty little theme tune which accompanied one of the animated iterations of Casper that sung of “the friendliest ghost you know”. Well, if the latest reports are to be believed then they’ll be nothing friendly about the new live-action adaptation of the classic cartoon, which is set to be a horror/adventure […]

James Wan to adapt horror novel Stinger as Peacock series Teacup

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Malignant director James Wan will be going back to his horror roots once again as The Hollywood Reporter announced Wan is set to adapt Robert McCammon’s horror thriller Stinger for NBC’s Peacock under a new title, Teacup, as a half-hour series. Published in 2015, McCammon’s Stinger “takes place during a 24-hour period in Inferno, Texas, a town that’s […]