Sky has set the release dates for 9-1-1 and Instinct, with August shaping up to be a big month of crime content for Sky customers/Now TV Entertainment members. Both shows have been imported from American networks for your viewing pleasure.
ITV has commissioned a new comedy series, entitled The Stand Up Sketch Show, for broadcast in 2019. High profile comics have signed up to share their stories and take part in fun sketches.
It’s a bumper day for Iron Fist news, as we learn that the show’s second season will be shorter (with ten episodes, which now have titles) and utterly devoid of Luke Cage action.
Netflix announced this weekend that the first season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will debut in full on October 26. The 10-episode series, which follows teen sorceress Sabrina Spellman and her encounters with the occult, is based on the Archie Comics series of the same name, and marks the first spinoff from The CW’s Riverdale. Mad Men alumna … >
The BBC and Bad Wolf have shared a whole lot of info about His Dark Materials, the upcoming TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s much-loved series of fantasy novels.
Kevin Smith will return to the Supergirl director’s chair for the show’s fourth season, it’s been confirmed.
Netflix has revealed a trailer and release date for Maniac, a ten-part dark comedy series starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone. The pair, who starred together in Superbad way back in 2007, now play characters who are caught up in trippy pharmaceutical trials. Here’s the first Maniac trailer… And here’s a chunky synopsis, to fill you in on the plot… … >
Legends Of Tomorrow season 4 will explicitly make reference to the bisexuality of Matt Ryan’s John Constantine, with an ex-boyfriend of the coat-wearing magic man being established in the show.
Netflix has confirmed some more casting for The Crown season 3: Marion Bailey will play the Queen Mother, and Erin Doherty is lined up for the role of Princess Anne. Plus, Josh O’Connor is confirmed again as Princes Charles.
HBO’s boss bloke, Casey Bloys, has been promising big things from the Game Of Thrones prequel series. Jane Goldman’s show, which will take place thousands of years before Thrones and detail “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour”, will have complicated characters and a story that grabs you.