Sean Pertwee

Pennyworth: production start date for Batman prequel announced

Pennyworth, a new series chronicling the early years of Batman’s faithful butler and enabler, Alfred Pennyworth, is set to start production in November, Pursue News has revealed. Hailing with Gotham executive producers Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon Pennyworth will follow in the same vein as Gotham, which shed a light on young Bruce Wayne’s life and where Sean Pertwee played … >

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MTV’s Scream: Mary J. Blige joins season 3

Grammy award-winner and multiple Oscar-nominee Mary J. Blige has boarded the long-delayed third season of MTV’s Scream, the teen horror series based on Wes Craven’s iconic 1996 film. The series premiered in 2015, fronted by Willa Fitzgerald and Bex Taylor-Klaus, and continued for two seasons before MTV pulled the plug on the original format. A continuing … >

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Lady and the Tramp: Tessa Thompson cast in live-action remake

Tessa Thompson, Thor: Ragnarok scene-stealer and future Men in Black star, has signed on the dotted line to star as Lady in Disney’s live-action retooling of Lady and the Tramp. Thompson, who found fame in Justin Simien’s Dear White People, will take the lead opposite Justin Theroux who will play Tramp. The film has also cast Ashley Jensen as a Scottish … >

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Bodyguard: Jed Mercurio backs Richard Madden as Bond

Jed Mercurio, the scribe behind the BBC’s highly-anticipated new series, Bodyguard, has thrown his support behind star Richard Madden as the next James Bond. The media has been in overdrive this past week with speculation over who could possibly succeed Daniel Craig. Idris Elba has been the favourite most recently, with the actor himself even teasing … >

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Netflix: Behind the Scenes

What most people don’t know about Netflix is that it has been around since 1997 – long before streaming films and TV shows online was the norm. Admittedly, in its younger years it was a mail-based DVD rental service, but it quickly developed into the all-conquering online video-on-demand streaming service we know it as today. … >

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Doctor Who series 11 will premiere “by October”

Aw, brilliant. The BBC has confirmed that Doctor Who series 11 will debut on our screens “by October”, with the Radio Times revealing as much in its latest issue. It’s not long, then, until we’ll get to see Jodie Whittaker in her first full episode at the helm.

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