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The Flash season 5: Hartley Sawyer’s role enlarged

Elongated Man will have an enlarged role in The Flash season 5, because Hartley Sawyer has been upgraded from a recurring guest star to a series regular. Sawyer’s character, Ralph Dibny, began his life on the show as a washed-up cop and a lousy private investigator. However, thanks to some training with Team Flash and a … >

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Doctor Who series 11 team heading to San Diego Comic-Con – Chris Hardwick dropped from panel

UPDATE: Following allegations of sexual and emotional abuse regarding Chris Hardwick, he will no longer be hosting the Doctor Who panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Hardwick denies the allegations that were put forward by Chloe Dykstra, in a piece over at Medium here.  Hardwick was also set to moderate panels for AMC at the event, but has … >

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Minnie The Minx is getting a live-action TV show

Minnie The Minx is getting her first live-action TV series, we’ve learned today, with a comedy/drama series aimed at 8 to 12 year-olds being announced. Minnie first debuted in the Beano comic books way back in 1953, and her full name is Hermione Makepeace. She is the third-longest-running Beano character, behind her Dennis The Menace and Rodger The Dodger. We’ve … >

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Star Trek: Discovery changes showrunners again; Alex Kurtzman takes over

Star Trek: Discovery is changing showrunners, with Alex Kurtzman replacing Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts in the captain’s chair. This is the show’s second significant staffing shuffle; the first one occurred when Bryan Fuller stepped away after shooting the pilot, which opened the door for Berg and Harberts to come in. But, going forward, it will … >

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American Horror Story season 8 will crossover Murder House and Coven

Ryan Murphy has announced that American Horror Story season 8 will be a crossover between Murder House and Coven, two of the previous iterations of this horror anthology series. Murder House was the concept at the heart of American Horror Story season 1, which followed a family’s terrifying time in a haunted house. Coven was the basis for American Horror Story season 3, which … >

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Minecraft is becoming a Netflix series, and Stranger Things is becoming game

The pop culture streams are being crossed, as Minecraft gets a series on Netflix and Stranger Things gets a video game adaptation. Both projects are collaborations between Netflix and Telltale Games, the company that has made choice-based games based around The Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, Batman and Guardians Of The Galaxy in recent years. In a statement to TechRadar, Netflix said this about … >

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Doctor Who series 10 enters Emmy race as a TV movie

Doctor Who series 10 is in contention for an Emmy, but the Beeb’s sci-fi show won’t be entering the race as a series. Instead, Doctor Who will be competing in the Best TV Movie category, which is arguably a less hotly-contested field. The show has been entered into the ballot for consideration from the Emmys academy, with particular focus … >

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Dumbo trailer: Tim Burton’s remake aims for your heartstrings

Tim Burton is remaking Dumbo as a live-action movie, following on from his previous reboot projects Alice In Wonderland and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. But while those movies are remembered more for their style than their substance, this time around, Burton is aiming directly for your heartstrings. Today, we have the first Dumbo trailer to share, which has given us our … >

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Wonder Woman 2: first images tease intriguing possibilities

The first two images for Wonder Woman 2 have been unleashed onto the internet, and they raise some intriguing possibilities for the DC Entertainment sequel. Be warned, though: you could deem one of the images a bit spoiler-y, so only read this article if you’re happy knowing a few things about the film. Gal Gadot, who reprises the … >

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Joe Lycett’s “consumer justice” series presses ahead at Channel 4

Channel 4 has commissioned six episodes of Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, a “consumer justice” series headed up by the hilarious comedian Joe Lycett. The series will centre on the concept of Lycett using his “well-honed skills of complaining to dish out a hilarious dose of consumer justice on behalf of the people of the UK”. Basically, he’ll be … >

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