Jodie Whittaker finally took the keys to the TARDIS on Christmas Day, as she become the brand new Doctor Who. She’s been filming series 11 of the show too, which premieres in the autumn, and production is set to get up and running again shortly following its Christmas break. Whittaker has given a new interview … >
ITV has started the year with a fine piece of casting, as it’s announced that Kate Beckinsale will headline its upcoming drama, The Widow. The programme is a co-production between ITV and Amazon Prime (with the latter streaming it everywhere else on the planet), and it’s come from the pen of Harry and Jack Williams … >
Sarah Dollard’s first episode writing for Doctor Who was a significant one, as she penned the last full episode featuring Jenna Coleman’s Clara, Face The Raven. She then followed that up with series 10’s Thin Ice. But in a new interview, she’s confirmed that she won’t be returning for the next series. “I won’t be … >
The reviews were hostile, but for Netflix’s $90m Will Smith movie Bright, the watching figures were high. It’s apparently the highest viewed new Netflix-backed movie on the streaming service in its first week, and the star power of Will Smith and Joel Edgerton didn’t hurt in that regards. Nor did a hefty marketing budget. The … >
We’re not short of Star Trek homages these days, with The Orville, a Galaxy Quest reboot in the works and, now, Black Mirror‘s own ‘USS Calister’, which landed on Netflix as part of the series’ fourth run.
Where there’s unbelievable tragedy, there’s public interest. And where there’s public interest, there’s usually a few films and TV shows that seek to fulfil that fascination. And so, Jack Thorne has revealed that he’d be interested in writing a series based on Grenfell Tower.
This is an interesting, though perhaps ultimately inconsequential, one. Netflix has revealed that it’s been using subscriber data to personalise feeds, with artwork for series and films changed to fit with user’s behaviour.
Spoilers. This is now the fourth series of Inside No 9, which means by the time we’re done, there will be more episodes of this than the markedly more famous League Of Gentlemen¸ which recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary. There hasn’t yet been a film of Inside No 9 though, although it is presumably only … >
Fans of classic sci-fi series Quantum Leap have reason to be pleased this morning, with the news that a complete Blu-ray collection is going on sale at the end of the month. Running to 22 discs and 4572 minutes in total, Quantum Leap: The Complete Collectors Edition will bring together all 97 episodes from the … >
The comedy series The End Of The F***ing World proved to be a very welcome surprise on E4 towards the end of last year. A co-production between E4 and Netflix, the show ran for eight episodes, with Alex Lawther leading the cast. It’s based on Charles Forsman’s graphic novels, and is a real treat. Furthermore, … >