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Reacher - Alan Ritchson

Reacher – Amazon renews for season 4

The Reacher season 4 news follows hot on the heels of spin-off commission for Frances Neagley too.  With its second season out, there’s a third season of Reacher in the works for 2025. Now, Prime Video has confirmed a fourth season too. Based on the novels by Lee Child, the show follows the veteran military … >

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 trailer

Get ready for the final missions of the USS Cerritos!  We’ve known for a while that the upcoming fifth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be its last. The wacky animated series has entertained us since 2020, following the adventures of the junior officers on a Starfleet ship supposedly engaged in the more mundane … >

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Macbeth - David Tennant and Cush Jumbo

Macbeth – Tennant and Jumbo production gets cinema release

The production will be on the big screen in February 2025. David Tennant (Rivals) and Cush Jumbo (Criminal Record) have just opened at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre in Macbeth, reviving their sold out Donmar Warehouse production from earlier in the year. The modern take on the Scottish play, directed by Max Webster, runs until December … >

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The Day of the Jackal - Eddie Redmayne

The Day of the Jackal – official trailer

The retelling of the classic thriller stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and Ursula Corberó.  Updated 10/10/24: Ahead of its November launch, Sky have dropped the full trailer for The Day of the Jackal. The series, re-imagining Frederick Forsyth’s thriller as a 10-part television show, stars Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts) and Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die). … >

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Culprits & Welcome to Chippendales

ITVX picks up ‘Culprits’ and ‘Chippendales’ from Disney

Both series will be available on the free-to-air streamer later this year. ITV have announced that they are adding two more Disney shows to ITVX before the end of 2024. The free-to-air streamer has previously made room for the superpowered flat share comedy Extraordinary and true-crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven, making them available … >

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Jeff Goldblum as Zeus in KAOS

KAOS – cancelled after one season at Netflix

The modern retelling of Greek myth was led by Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. Despite only launching at the end of August, the fickle finger of fate (or rather Netflix) has called time on KAOS. The clever and irreverent reinterpretation of Greek myth by Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World) played out in a … >

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Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewan McGregor

Obi-Wan Kenobi – Ewan McGregor talks up a second series

Hello there (again?) Is Ewan McGregor about to dust off his Jedi robes one more time? In 2022, Ewan McGregor reprised his version of Obi-Wan Kenobi for a Disney+ mini-series of the same name. Set between the end of Revenge of the Sith and the start of A New Hope, the show saw the retired … >

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Sugar

Sugar – Colin Farrell’s detective show gets a second season

Apple TV+ have announced a season two for Colin Farrell’s noir detective series Sugar.  While the star is currently busting up Gotham City under a ton of prosthetics as The Penguin, he also has another show where you can see a bit more of his face. Sugar sees the star as a detective, investigating the … >

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Bullseye

ITV to revive the darts quiz Bullseye

‘You can’t beat a bit of Bully!’  With proof that everything old is new again, ITV have just confirmed the revival of the darts-based quiz Bullseye for a Christmas Special. The show was a hybrid test of darts skills and general knowledge with teams made up of an amateur darts player and a quizzer. Hosted by … >

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