Catherine the Great: first look at Helen Mirren in HBO drama

In HBO/Sky’s upcoming four-part drama, Catherine the Great, Helen Mirren will be portray the Russian empress – and we’ve got fresh details on the series… The drama, which was announced earlier this year, will focus on the monarch towards the end of her reign and her romance with Gregory Potemkin. Mirren will assume leading lady duties … >

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Deadwood: new signs that HBO revival is happening

One of HBO’s most acclaimed series, the western Deadwood, was also one that ended prematurely. The show ended after three seasons, cancelled by the network thanks to not particularly impressive ratings. However, since it left our screens in 2006, rumours have rumbled about a revival. And more recently, it came to light that plans for … >

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True Detective season 3 gets star, five scripts complete

There’s plenty of news coming out of the Television Critics Assoc. press tour over in the US at the moment, much of it courtesy of HBO’s new programming president, Casey Bloys. Chief among the snippets he put out into the world yesterday was news on season 3 of Nic Pizzolatto’s atmospheric crime series, True Detective.

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Sky teams up with HBO for $250m high-end drama partnership

HBO and Sky have joined forces to oversee a development slate of world class drama series. The $250m multi-year co-production will focus on “high end productions that feature engaging stories with international points of view and casting.” The partnership will apparently be open to pitches from across the creative community, in both the US and Europe, … >

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