The BBC is slowly pressing ahead with its hugely ambitious planned adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, aiming in part to right the wrongs of the big budget The Golden Compass movie. The new show is being overseen by Bad Wolf, a production company run by former Doctor Who producer Julie Gardner, and Jane … >
A new look at Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor!
Netflix’s biggest show right now is the blockbuster that is Stranger Things, with the second season released last October proving to be another monster hit. However, the show’s creators – the Duffer brothers – had cautioned that the greenlit season three was going to take a bit longer to bring to the screen, leading most … >
Netflix dropped a second trailer revealing the release date for their show Altered Carbon last night. The trailer reveals a Blade Runner-like style to the plot and style. Viewers will not have to wait long for the show. It’s due to stream from the 2nd February. Those who like to binge watch will be in … >
Following its very successful launch over the last week, Channel Four has moved quickly to snap up more episodes of the comedy series Derry Girls. It’s saying that the show is its biggest comedy launch in nearly five years, and a second series run of six half hour episodes has been greenlit. Episode two of … >
As is now common practice, Sky has decided to make all episodes of its big new drama Britannia available to binge online from January 2018.
Perhaps the highest profile adaptation of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles novels to date has been Neil Jordan’s movie of Interview With The Vampire, starring Tom Cruise. Since then, a few other projects have surfaced, but nothing that made quite that level of impact. However, there may now be a fresh future for Rice’s books … >
Lots of shows start shedding ratings after a few series. That is blatantly not the cast, however, with Peaky Blinders. The fourth series of the show, that screened at the end of last year, is now revealed to have enjoyed record ratings. Debuting on BBC Two, the third season of the show averaged 3.3 million … >
This story contains spoilers for the Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time. An odd story yesterday popped up at The Mirror, that suggested last month’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, was set to be the subject of legal action. In an article entitled ‘Row breaks out over Doctor Who Christmas … >
The X-Files season 11 has started in the US, with Five picking up the UK broadcast rights for a little later in the year. Indications thus far have been that this will be the final run of the show, with Gillian Anderson confirming that she’s bringing her Dana Scully days to an end. The network … >