The BBC has released casting details for SAS Rogue Heroes as filming gets underway Cairo, 1941. David Stirling – an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong – is bored. Convinced traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern … >
Full details of The Responder cast are revealed by The BBC as filming starts in Liverpool for the Martin Freeman series Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, his first original series for television, The Responder holds a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing – sometimes darkly … >
New crime drama Hope Street is a co-production with BritBox North America and has been commissioned for BBC One afternoons and BBC Northern Ireland, and will be made with support from Northern Ireland Screen The series is set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Ireland coast and will focus on Port … >
The Simpsons renewed for seasons 33 & 34 — the show’s popularity continues Taking fans into the next few years, WhatsOnDisney have reported the Disney+ announcement that The Simpsons is renewed. Whatever your opinions of the show (and at least some of us at Cultbox Manor don’t watch it as much as we did last millennium) this … >
The NME is reporting the release of two pictures from forthcoming Danny Boyle biopic Pistol — the story of the Sex Pistols adapted from Steve Jones’s autobiography Lonely Boy Thanks to the NME, we can bring you some pictures and more casting details from Pistol, following our initial announcement. The first image from the series (see above), show … >
Amazon Prime has commissioned a six-part series The Devil’s Hour from Hartswood films, to be written by Tom Moran Announced at 3:33 am on the 3rd day of the 3rd month (UK time), The Devil’s Hour tells the story of a woman who wakes up every night at exactly 3.33AM, in the middle of the so-called devil’s hour … >
Netflix as announced a new animation of Asterix coming in 2023 Dominique Bazay, the Netlix Director, Original Animation has given a statement explaining the reasons why now is the time for Asterix and how Alain Chabat came to be involved. We’ve trimmed to give you the highlights, but you can read the whole announcement on … >
Amazon has announced Sissy Spacek and Ed O’Neill will star in intriguing new science fiction series Lightyears (not Light Years!) With filming due to commence later this year, we learn from Deadline of the cast of Oscar Winner Sissy Spacek and multiple Emmy-nominated Modern Family star Ed O’Neill in Lightyears. We have to say the premise is intriguing: Written by Holden … >
Rebelde is back, thanks to Netflix. Read on if you want to know just what that means, and what the show is about Netflix announced a Rebelde, an update to (or perhaps a reset of) the Mexican series that ran for 3 seasons and 440 episodes between 2004-06. The original series was in Spanish, but it’s safe … >
Kelsey Grammer will be back as Frasier, a character whose phenomenal longevity is a testament to all involved A project which has been bubbling under for some time, the return of Frasier is a statement move on behalf of Paramount who announced their move into streaming with Paramount+ this week. The Hollywood Reporter gives good coverage, and … >