Death Note, Netflix’s American adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s renowned manga, is said to have a sequel in the works at the streaming service. The Guest and Blair Witch director Adam Wingard helmed the first film and we’d expect him to return for the follow-up but details on the sequel are scarce. Netflix buried the announcement in … >
Mark Gatiss is bringing a ghostly new drama to BBC Four. Simon Callow, Anjli Mohindra, Susan Penhaligon and Joshua Oakes-Rogers will star in The Dead Room, a spooky series set in a radio station.
At the Edinburgh TV Festival, BBC Two announced a sizeable slate of new projects, including a brilliantly titled show from Romesh Ranganathan. The comedian and Asian Provocateur presenter will serve up a weekly slice of topical comedy for UK audiences in… wait for it… The Ranganation.
UK viewers will soon be able to watch Counterpart, a sci-fi drama featuring Whiplash star and Justice League cameo-er J.K. Simmons. The series, which debuted on the Starz network over in the States last December, will come to the UK via StarzPlay on September 28th.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag has added Andrew Scott to its cast for the upcoming second series. Scott, best known for his stunning performance as Moriarty in Sherlock, has nabbed an as-yet-undisclosed role in the sophomore series of the dark BBC/Amazon comedy.
Get ready to solve American Vandal‘s latest mystery: who is the Turd Burglar? Netflix have announced story details about the mockumentary series’s second season as well as a premiere date and a trailer. After season one had viewers wondering who graffitied the school with penis doodles, season two sees young documentary makers Sam and Peter infiltrate … >
Russell T. Davies is continuing his exploration of timely gay issues with his new Channel 4 drama, The Boys, which will chronicle the lives of three gay men during the AIDS epidemic of the 80s. The project has been in gestation for years with Davies claiming this is his most heavily-researched series yet, and now Channel … >
Piers Wenger – former executive producer of Doctor Who, and incumbent drama controller for the BBC – has given a rather odd statement about Jodie Whittaker’s take on the Doctor.
Mike Bartlett, the writer of Doctor Foster and King Charles III, has written a BBC One drama about two warring newspapers. Press will premiere on September 6th at 9pm, and you can watch the official trailer now.
Parks And Recreation star Nick Offerman is set to play a shady CEO in Devs, a new tech-based drama from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland. And we’ve now heard that the 8-part FX series will shoot in the UK.