When Amazon’s $1 billion Lord of the Rings series was announced, we also kind of just assumed that it would be a remake of sorts – another shot at adapting Tolkein’s trilogy in a more long-form format.
Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, two of the producers from Gotham, have lined up another DC Comics prequel TV series: Pennyworth, a period piece centred around Alfred the butler, has been picked up for a full season by the cable network Epix. A 10-episode season of Pennyworth is expected to debut on Epix in 2019, the same year that … >
Bryan Fuller has departed from his producer role on the upcoming TV adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles. Anne Rice, the author of the on-going book series on which the TV show is based, is leading the project with scriptwriting assistance from her son, Christopher Rice. At this current conjecture, the series does not yet have a network … >
It’s been a while coming, with the last series coming to an end in 2016. But we now know when Channel 4 intends to bring Humans season 3 to our screens. The show will be back in May, it’s been confirmed, with the US getting the show from June 5th. More precisely, Channel Four has … >
It’s a good day to be a Sharon Horgan fan, as Channel 4 has announced two new comedy series from the Irish writer/comedian/actress/producer. The boffins behind this terrestrial channel have given £10 million of new budget to the comedy genre, and it seems like they’re spending it wisely. One of Horgan’s new shows is going … >
Quick update here: BBC Worldwide has confirmed that there’s been a small delay in the release of the Doctor Who season 12 Blu-ray collection. It’s been put back – for undisclosed reasons – to June 18th 2018. Other than that, as you were… Previously… Earlier this year, we reported that in the US, Tom Baker’s first … >
Siren season 2 is officially happening, with American cable network Freeform announcing the show’s renewal. The series has made a huge splash with regards to ratings, becoming the Freeform network’s most-watched series and having particular success with female viewers in the 18-34 and 12-34 demographics. Diving into the darker side of the mermaid legend, Siren sees Eline … >
Rami Malek, he of Mr. Robot fame, plays Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biopic entitled Bohemian Rhapsody. The first trailer for the film, which was at one point going to star Sacha Baron Cohen instead, has now arrived on the web. It’s an appropriately flamboyant trailer, which cuts quickly between iconic blasts of music, funny little … >
Netflix continues to be one of the biggest spenders – if not the biggest spender – when it comes to new TV shows at the moment. And the latest from its chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, suggests that there’s a lot more money to come. It reckons it’ll be spending some $8bn on material this … >
Russell T Davies has been doing promotional work for his new drama, A Very English Scandal, that debuts on the BBC over the weekend. Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw headline the new production. Davies, then, appeared on The One Show last night as part of the press tour, and the subject of the next series … >