Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Academy – Paramount+ announces a new Star Trek show

The live-action Starfleet Academy will follow cadets who dream of becoming Starfleet Officers.  As the final season of Picard plays out, and with Discovery‘s final season announced, thoughts naturally turn to the future of the Star Trek franchise. Animations Lower Decks and Prodigy are both recommissioned, but what about live-action? Prequel Strange New Worlds has … >

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Guilt series 3 — first look image for the show’s final run

Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives are back in April 2023. Ahead of the show’s return for a final season, the BBC have released a first-look image for Guilt. The shot sees its stars, Mark Bonnar (Litvinenko) and Jamie Sives (Chernobyl) laying in the muck. Here’s the synopsis for Guilt series 3: The final part of … >

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Doctor Who producer: Russell T Davies is writing “his best-ever work”

In Doctor Who Magazine Special 63, Bad Wolf executive producer Julie Gardner was asked what she worries about most amid concerns about increased audience expectations in regard to production values seen in Marvel and Disney television productions. “There’s only one worry on Doctor Who: that production delivers on the extraordinary quality of Russell’s writing,” Gardner … >

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Gattaca – a TV series is in development at Showtime

The Gattaca show will be based on the dystopian 1997 movie.  News has broken (via Giant Freaking Robot, then Variety) that the team behind Homeland are heading back to television. Swapping espionage for a dystopian future, co-creators/executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are planning a series based on the movie Gattaca. Written and directed … >

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Rise of the Pink Ladies — Grease prequel series coming to Paramount+ (updated)

Prequel series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies sets an April start date. Updated 10/03/23: The countdown the Grease prequel series continues with a very familiar song. With Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies less than a month away, streamer Paramount+ are amping up the excitement. They’ve released their own spin on the movie’s famous … >

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Doctor Who executive producer on “impossible” TARDIS interior

In Doctor Who Magazine 587, executive producer Joel Collins, who hired Phil Sims as Doctor Who production designer, spoke of the “impossible” design concept ultimately chosen for the new TARDIS interior set. “We talked thorough various concepts with [showrunner] Russell [T Davies], and there was one rough idea that was just too ambitious, and too … >

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Torchwood: Double Part 1 audio review

It’s another new era for Torchwood, as 1970s head Roberta Craven deals with an oily Auton threat Since landing on audio in 2015, Big Finish has been industriously filling out the Torchwood timeline past and future. However, the closest we’ve come to the 1970s is ‘The Dollhouse’, a one-off Charlie’s Angels inspired tale based in … >

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Foundation season 2 — Apple drops a sneak peek trailer

Apple TV+ has dropped a sneak peek trailer for its well regarded Foundation season 2 Apple TV+ brought season 1 of Foundation back in September 2021. The show was quickly given a second season, but since then little official news. This all changed with the release of the following sneak peek trailer: While it spends a lot … >

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