Last September, the terrific The Doctor Who Experience exhibit in Cardiff closed down, some five years after it opened. A few more details have now come to light about the deal that saw it arrive in Cardiff in the first place, and a clue as to why it closed down. Basically: money. The story at … >
A rumour sprung up yesterday that seemed to cast a shadow over the future of Netflix’s soaraway smash hit, Stranger Things. Said rumour suggested that the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, were considering quitting the programme once season three was complete. However, Netflix US has moved quickly to nix those rumours, courtesy of a post … >
An article in The Telegraph at the start of the week ahs been met with a robust response from the BBC. The piece in the paper had argued that British television drama was “in crisis”, arguing that “one series after another reeks of glossy, easily exported blandness”. It was a criticism aimed in the aftermath … >
The BBC and Agatha Christie Productions has inked a deal for seven adaptations of the late author’s work, a deal that was supposed to start with Ordeal By Innocence last Christmas. However, after being shot last year, the transmission of the adaptation was delayed following sexual assault allegations against actor Ed Westwick. His scenes have … >
Netflix has its next Marvel TV series lined up, with confirmation that Jessica Jones season 2 will be released in full in March. The new series is landing on International Women’s Day, March 8th, and along with the announcement has come a new trailer and the official synopsis. A second trailer has now landed for … >
The BBC have unveiled this motion graphic of the new Doctor Who logo. There’s nothing by way of new ‘content’ of course – it’s not suddenly Professor Who – but there’s been a total stylistic overhaul and it’s looking really groovy. There seems to be a secondary, static logo too, also published today by the … >
As the BBC preps for airing its third adaptation of JK Rowling’s Cormoran Strike novels, Career Of Evil, Strike’s star Tom Burke has said it could be a while before he puts on that old woollen coat again.
Finally, some signs that the hugely ambitious new BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials is edging towards filming.
Starring Sean Bean, The Frankenstein Chronicles was one of the few notable successes on ITV’s Encore channel, that’s switching to become on-demand only in the spring. Headlined by Sean Bean, and co-starring Tom Ward, Vanessa Kirby and Richie Campbell, thus far two series of the show have been made, both running to six episodes apiece. … >
Thus far, we only know of one writer for the currently-filming Doctor Who series 11, and that’s the new boss, Chris Chibnall (who we’d assume is taking on three or four of the ten episodes). Other than that, the identity of the series’ collection of scribes remains under wraps. What we do know, though, is … >