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Ian McArdell

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Prime Video – Tomb Raider, Fallout, Mr & Mrs Smith and more

Amazon MGM Studios head Vernon Saunders updates on a number of the streamer’s shows. While it’s been brewing for a while, the live-action Tomb Raider series should be filming early in 2025. The adaptation of the enduring game franchise comes from Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) with her writing, rather than acting, hat on. The … >

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The Terror Season 3 – Dan Stevens to lead ‘Devil in Silver’

The horror anthology series returns for The Terror: Devil in Silver.  News has broken that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) will lead AMC’s returning anthology series The Terror. The third season is subtitled ‘Devil in Silver’ and is based on Victor LaValle’s 2012 novel The Devil In Silver. Looking back to the series announcement in February, … >

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Halo - Pablo Schrieber as Master Chief

Halo – Paramount calls time after Season 2

The television adaptation of the popular video game needs a new home.  Thanks to a Deadline report, we hear that Halo has been cancelled by Paramount+. The show is based on the popular video game property of the same name. The show, which debuted in 2022 and then recently dropped its second season, follows Master … >

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Alien Covenant

Alien: Earth – plot details and title for Noah Hawley’s Alien series

The series serves as a prequel to the events of Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie.  Updated 18/07/24: The project’s name is now confirmed as Alien: Earth. After recent reports that the upcoming Alien television series would be titled Alien: Neverland, it’s now been confirmed that the show has disappointingly opted for the more conventional moniker … >

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Mark Gatiss & Polly Walker on set, with a clapperboard for the first shot of Bookish

Bookish – Mark Gatiss to write and star in new detective drama (updated)

The consulting detective Gabriel Book will investigate crimes on UKTV’s Alibi.  Updated 18/07/24: Bookish guest stars announced. With filming now underway in Belgium, UKTV have confirmed a number of guest stars for Bookish. In episodes 5 & 6 of the series, Paul McGann (Doctor Who) will star as Mr Kind, alongside Tim McInnerny (Blackadder) as ‘D’. … >

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Poker Face

Poker Face Season 2 – casting update

Natasha Lyonne returns as Charlie Cale returns alongside another group of high-profile guest stars.  Director Rian Johnson’s Poker Face landed last year to instant acclaim. Fronted by Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll), the show introduced us to Charlie Cale – a heroine with the uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying to her and a … >

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Colin Firth in Kingsman: The Secret Service

Colin Firth joins Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock series

The series promises an explosive re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved consulting detective. Further to May’s announcement of a Young Sherlock series, Variety have dropped news that Colin Firth is joining the cast. The Prime Video series, based on Andrew Lane’s novels, will star Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the title role. Guy Ritchie is … >

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Daisy Ridley as Trudy Ederle

‘Young Woman and the Sea’ comes to Disney+

Daisy Ridley stars in the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle.   Disney have confirmed that Young Woman and the Sea, the drama about the first woman to cross the English Channel, is coming to Disney+. The film comes to the streamer on Friday, 19th July 2024 after a theatrical run which began on May 31st. … >

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