Siren season 2 officially ordered by Freeform

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 … >

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Bohemian Rhapsody trailer: Rami Malek sizzles as Freddy Mercury

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 … >

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Netflix has plans for over 400 more originals this year

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 … >

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Lucifer season 4: showrunners discuss what would have happened

Following Fox’s cancellation of Luther after three seasons, the show’s bosses have revealed what would have happened in season 4. If it had been given a chance to exist, Lucifer season 4 sounds like it would have been a treat for fans of the show. The final episode of season 3 concluded in a rather open-ended way, … >

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Marvel’s Inhumans has been cancelled

In an unsurprising piece of news, ABC has opted to cancel Marvel’s Inhumans rather than commissioning a second season of the expensive, underwhelming and not-very-popular series. Inhumans was an optimistic project in the first place. It was shot on IMAX cameras, launched with special cinematic screenings, and its story tackled a group of colourful superhuman individuals living in … >

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Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. renewed for shortened season 6

Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been renewed for its sixth season, although ABC is shortening the run down to 13 episodes only. Every previous season of the show has had 22 episodes, which causes us to wonder whether Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 is intended as some sort of send-off for the series. Formally, ABC hasn’t said that Agents Of … >

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Designated Survivor cancelled by ABC

Designated Survivor is not surviving for another season. Instead of renewing the presidential drama for a third season, the ABC network has opted to cancel the series and move on. Variety has shared a report that sheds some light on the behind-the-scenes reasons for the Designated Survivor cancellation. According to the report, the show’s revolving door of showrunners – … >

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BBC

Stephen Poliakoff’s new BBC drama Summer Of Rockets: cast announced

The BBC has confirmed the ensemble for the promisingly-looking Summer Of Rockets, that’s now started filming.  Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache and Timothy Spall will lead the ensemble for the new drama. Also in the cast are Lily Sacofsky, Lucy Cohu, Gary Beadle, Mark Bonnar, Ronald Pickup and Rose Ayling-Ellis. Greg Austin, Jordan Coulson, Matthew James Thomas … >

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