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Get ready for more murderous macaque mayhem! One of the streaming delights for us of 2022 was Marvel’s Hit-Monkey… and thanks to news in The Hollywood Reporter, it appears we can look forward to seeing him on the loose again. Adapted from the original comic book series, created by writer Daniel Way and artist Dalibor Talajić, … >
The second series of Star Wars Visions includes a contribution from Bristol’s finest: Aardman. Star Wars Visions is one of the more off-beat developments of the expanding Star Wars television franchise. Debuting in 2021, the first volume brought nine short films from various Japanese animation studios, with some very idiosyncratic takes on the universe. Now … >
Stars Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson and Hannah Walters are all returning to the kitchen. (Updated 01/02/23): Further cast are announced for the Boiling Point series. With five hour-long episodes to fill, the cast of Boiling Point is growing and the BBC have announced the show’s line-up. As previously announced, Vinette Robinson (Carly), Stephen Graham (Andy) … >
The co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios lay out the future for their live-action and animated projects. In October 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery installed filmmakers James Gunn and Peter Safran to run their new look DC Studios. Since then, there has been plenty of speculation as high-profile castings have fallen by the wayside; seemingly looking … >
Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for January 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Full Disclosure S2, Ep120 – George Takei Promoting his new West End musical Allegiance, this is primarily a discussion of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. The Star Trek … >
The 1970’s iteration of Torchwood continues as Roberta Craven handles the Nestene threat in her own idiosyncratic way. In the first part of Torchwood: Double we met the organisation’s 1970s boss, Roberta Craven. A former spy with bags of attitude, she carries a burden of guilt around from her former career. On top of … >
“We fight or we die!” With the third and (apparently final) season of Picard landing mid-February, the show has dropped a final trailer. The 2 minute, 45 second promo dropped during an NFL playoff game on the American CBS network. In it, we’re granted a look at the Captain of the U.S.S. Titan played by Todd … >
A new version of the acclaimed documentary lands on DVD and Blu-ray. Last March we reported on the launch of Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted. The documentary, released via BritBox, used previously unpublished interviews to share the untold stories of the film and television pioneer. Here’s the synopsis: He was the creator of some of the … >
A new four volume story arc for the enduringly popular team of Jenny, Madame Vastra and Strax. It has been a while since we last heard from The Paternoster Gang, the Doctor’s Victorian-era allies who first appeared in 2011’s ‘A Good Man Goes to War’. Notwithstanding Sontaran Nurse Strax’s apparent demise in that debut story … >
A television series, a new game and another Tomb Raider movie too? Last Friday (Jan 27), THR revealed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is turning her screen-writing attention to a television adaptation Tomb Raider. With video games looking like fertile territory, given the roaring success of The Last of Us, bringing some in-demand talent to pen the … >