Sky One’s new original eight-part space opera acknowledges its debts to its small screen forebears and antecedents without apology. Intergalactic stands squarely in the tradition of shows as far apart in the TV timeline as Blake’s 7 (1978-81) and Firefly (2002). It’s a big, playful, energetic exploration of high-stakes, high-concept sci-fi. And despite the occasional … >
The Joaquin Lowe podcast Bullet Catcher is being adapted for TV and it could be the first of many such Barely a week passes without the launch of a series based on a comic book (the list is long), now we see evidence of podcasts being considered as potential series. In both cases theirs an existing … >
Continuing in the vein of last week’s “Home, Sweet Home“, episode eighteen of The Walking Dead‘s tenth season “Find Me” delivers more compelling small-scale and intimate drama. Light on zombies, this is instead a completely absorbing study of the nature of human resilience and interconnectedness in an impossible world overrun by endless undead. It’s hardly … >
Production on season ten of The Walking Dead halted last year due to the impact of the Covid lockdown. With socially-distanced filming permitted once more in the US state of Georgia a few months ago, the remaining episodes of what’s confirmed as the show’s penultimate series are now airing in the UK on the Fox … >
New artwork, and further cast and story details are revealed today for the first volume of Big Finish’s Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Ravagers starring Christopher Eccleston. Due for release in May 2021, Ravagers features three tales written by Nicholas Briggs, and sees the Doctor on a voyage of discovery once more with new friends and adventures. Alongside the … >
Enthused by the positive critical reaction that greeted the release of Breakaway, an updated retelling of the pilot episode of ITC’s 1970s TV sci-fi romp, Big Finish have now released the first volume of three Space 1999 audio dramas. With the moon launched into deep-space and pushed through a worm-hole, the fate of humanity back … >
It’s near to impossible to predict the future of the film industry, especially in the context of a global pandemic, social unrest, financial turbulence, and instability. However, even if the current situation is fluid, there are plenty of cues that help us see through the blurriness of our times and make our estimates as to … >
The Nielsen figures for (US) streaming show Bridgerton marches on at the top once more Last time we looked at the Nielsens, the news was WandaVision joining the Mandalorian as Disney+ had two top ten entries. The news is not so good for Disney+ this week, and if you look at the table (below) you’ll see Bridgerton continues to lead the … >
Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in This Sceptred Isle a limited five-part drama charting the events of the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK Sky has announced a new limited drama series, which will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW TV. It’s being made by Freemantle, Passenger and Revolution Films. BAFTA and Emmy award-winning actor Kenneth … >
Chris van Dusen, the Bridgerton showrunner, has given an in depth interview to Collider and suggested we might get as many as eight seasons of the show Quick reprise. Bridgerton season 1 centres on the romance between the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page) and Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), as well as numerous other characters from the Bridgerton … >