Yikes. With thanks to the UK Christmas TV Twitter feed (see below), we learn this morning that the first of this year’s Christmas specials is already in the proverbial can, a good eight months and change before the big day. The QI festive special has already been filmed. Apparently, the episode will feature Sandi Toskvig and … >
Marvel has released five new Avengers: Infinity War posters, further teasing the gargantuan crossover movie, which will see Josh Brolin’s Thanos wielding the Infinity Gauntlet and laying waste to Earth. The mightiest heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe must band together to try and stop the purple one. These five posters attempt to highlight all … >
In a not particularly surprising piece of news, we’ve learned that The Walking Dead season 8 finale will be a super-long extended episode. It has become the norm for network AMC to allow showrunner Scott Gimple a little bit of extra time for his most important episodes, and the closer of season 8 is no … >
It’s been known for a while that it’s coming, but the BBC has now confirmed when we can expect to see the new take on Hamlet, starring Andrew Scott, on our screens. This is the filmed version of Robert Icke’s stage production, that ran at both the Almeida Theatre in London last year, before transferring … >
Even as Tomb Raider valiantly attempts to break the curse of the videogame movie on the big screen, Entertainment One is taking a different approach for a new adaptation of Street Fighter. The classic beat ‘em up series Street Fighter has been a screen production before, courtesy of the 1990s movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, … >
ITV has already greenlit a second series of Jack Dee’s comedy, Bad Move. And now comes the news that pre-production work is underway on the new series. Dee has co-written the scripts for the new episodes with Kerry Godliman. The new series will pick up the story of a married couple moving to the country, … >
We’ve been spoilt. Once upon a time the ideas of crossovers and characters switching between shows was a rarity, a treat in an otherwise static TV landscape. Sure, you had your franchises like Law & Order and its offshoots, and Angel would occasionally pop up in Sunnydale post spin-off, but it was nothing compared to … >
A bit more casting news has landed for Doctor Who series 11, with the news that Lee Mack will be amongst the roster of guest stars for the new run of the show. Showrunner Chris Chibnall has been keeping news of guest performers under wraps, but early this month, Alan Cumming let slip that he … >
DC Entertainment’s Flashpoint movie, the first solo outing for Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen/The Flash, could well be heading to the UK. Miller debuted as Barry, the fastest man alive, with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. He then popped up, suited and booted as the scarlet speedster, in a brief montage … >
John Boyega, who is currently doing the publicity rounds for Pacific Rim: Uprising, has responded to a piece of fan art that imagined him taking over the role of Blade. Marvel Comics’ vampire-fighting vigilante, Blade, has already appeared thrice on the big screen, as played by Wesley Snipes. In an interview with SlashFilm, Boyega was … >