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Ian McArdell

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot – Dolly Parton offers some hope

The singer and entrepreneur’s company Sandollar Television co-produced the original run of Buffy.  It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything on the subject of the proposed reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The teen cult hit, which span out of the 1992 movie, starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as a schoolgirl who discovers she’s the … >

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Malice – Duchovny & Whitehall for new psychological thriller

The pair are joined in Malice by Game of Thrones‘ star Carice Van Houten.  News has landed, via Variety, of a new psychological thriller series being made for Amazon’s Prime Video. While plot details are scant, we understand that Malice follows a young man, played by Jack Whitehall, who attempts to infiltrate the world of … >

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Empire of Dirt star Kit Harrington

Empire of Dirt – Kit Harington to produce a ‘very British Western’

The Game of Thrones star is linked to a Lake District-set drugs racket thriller.  In news broken by Deadline, it’s been revealed that Kit Harrington has lined up a new eight-part thriller. Empire of Dirt (working title) comes from his own production company Thriker Films and New Pictures (Des). Here’s what we know: The series … >

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Torchwood: Sabotage – Doctor Who’s Ace has a third audio encounter

Once upon a time, Dorothy McShane used to blow things up. Now she runs a charity putting them back together. Mr Colchester works for Torchwood, and he’s suspicious of everything. Torchwood’s 80th monthly audio release, out this February, reteams former Doctor Who companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) with the organisation’s Mr Colchester (Paul Clayton). While crossovers … >

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Colin Firth

Lockerbie – Colin Firth to lead the Sky & Peacock limited series

The show examines the 1988 Lockerbie disaster and the subsequent search for justice.  Sky have announced the casting of Colin Firth (Operation Mincemeat) in their upcoming five-part dramatization of the Lockerbie disaster. The series draws on the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph. It tells the … >

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Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley

Ripley – teaser and date for Netflix’s new psychological thriller

The former Sherlock star takes on the role of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley. Updated 23/01/23: Netflix have dropped an atmospheric teaser. Ahead of an April release, Netflix have dropped a first glimpse of Andrew Scott (Sherlock, SPECTRE) in action as Tom Ripley. The show, adapting Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, follows its eponymous antihero … >

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Constellation

Constellation – Official trailer for Apple TV+’s conspiracy thriller

Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks lead the cast of an action packed psychological thriller. Updated 23/01/24: Apple TV+ lands the full trailer for Constellation. Ahead of its February 21st premiere, Apple TV+ have dropped a full trailer for the new show from Peter Harness (Wallander, War of the Worlds). Constellation stars Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) as … >

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