Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5

Star Trek live-action comedy series planned

The Star Trek Universe will enter a whole new dimension with a half hour comedy show.  Star Trek has expanded its horizons over recent years, beyond its traditional television and movie formats. We’ve seen the franchise celebrate its past with Picard and Strange New Worlds, and expand into irrelevant animated comedy with Lower Decks. Additionally, Prodigy … >

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Doctor Who Christmas 2024 - The 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) bearing a ham and cheese toastie, and a pumpkin spiced latte

First look at Doctor Who Christmas special ‘Joy to the World’

On 26 July at San Diego Comic-Con, Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan introduced a clip from what is likely to be the opening scene from the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World. Coughlan, Ncuti Gatwa’s Christmas guest star, enthused about her character in the special. “I am thrilled to be joining Doctor Who … >

Tomb Raider Lara Croft

Prime Video – Tomb Raider, Fallout, Mr & Mrs Smith and more

Amazon MGM Studios head Vernon Saunders updates on a number of the streamer’s shows. While it’s been brewing for a while, the live-action Tomb Raider series should be filming early in 2025. The adaptation of the enduring game franchise comes from Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) with her writing, rather than acting, hat on. The … >

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GoT Prequels: House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon – Season 3 confirmed

As the second season of House of the Dragon premieres, the show’s future is confirmed.  Last night in the US, and at 2 am in the UK, House of the Dragon returned for its highly-anticipated second run. The show, a prequel to Game of Thrones, chronicles an internecine conflict within the ruling Targaryen House. Here’s … >

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Chris Chibnall

The Seven Dials Mystery – Chris Chibnall adapts Agatha Christie (updated)

The Former Doctor Who and Broadchurch showrunner is returning to television.  Updated 12/06/24: Casting revealed for three major roles in The Seven Dials Mystery. Thanks to news broken in Variety, we now know three stars for the upcoming Netflix Agatha Christie adaptation. First up, Mia McKenna-Bruce – the recipient of BAFTA’s 2023 Rising Star award … >

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Netflix announce a Minecraft animated series

Netflix and Mojang have announced that they’re joining forces to create an animated series based on the popular Minecraft franchise.  News of the series was revealed as part of Minecraft’s 15th anniversary celebrations. Released in 2011. Minecraft is the best-selling video game in history, with players building, exploring and interacting within a three dimensional world … >

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Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa cast in Oscar Wilde play this winter

Ncuti Gatwa will join Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre in London this winter. Wilde’s play is a comedy farce set in the Victorian Era with its burdensome social conventions involving marriage. Gatwa and Skinner will play bachelors Algernon Moncrieff and … >

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Heroes

Heroes: Eclipsed – another revival for the superhero series?

Series Creator Tim Kring is pitching Heroes: Eclipsed, another sequel series to the late 00s hit.  Heroes, the series which superpowered us through the late 00s is being pitched for another revival. Telling the story of ordinary folk who gained supernatural abilities, the show took superpowers mainstream. Viewers tuned in to watch the Heroes “Save … >

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