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  • No Lovecraft Country for O̶l̶d̶ ̶M̶e̶n̶ HBO…

    Despite the huge critical acclaim, relevancy and multiple award nominations for its ground-breaking first season, word comes via industry site Deadline that HBO has surprisingly decided against a second season of Lovecraft Country. Though no scripts had been written for the second run, a massive and comprehensive ‘series bible’...
  • ‘Supernatural’ gets Winchester prequel. But are brothers grim?

    Supernatural remains one of the best examples of a modern cult show. The quirky, ambitious series about the two demon-fighting Winchester brothers Sam and Dean, played by Jensen Ackles as Dean and Jared Padalecki as Sam respectively, ran for  fifteen seasons, surviving imminent cancellation in its ‘younger’ days and...
  • Time to mind the Ps & Qs: Paramount+ teases Picard’s second season…

    Inspired by a story from Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard uncomfortably endured a ‘Picard Day’ aboard the Enterprise  (and where the children onboard celebrated his leadership),  the 16th June has been earmarked as the Twenty-First century equivalent. Making it so, it would seem that...
  • Manifest’s Destiny is deferred as NBC cancels show…

    The problem with any show that boasts a long-term plan for a mysterious, twisting, mythology-heavy storyline is that, all too often, that story leaves viewers hanging when a network decides it’s not going to renew it. Plenty of network shows with passionate, if not huge, fanbases have been frustrated...
  • When Donnie met Johnnie: Something Wick’d this way comes…

    In John Wick 3, we got to see Mark Dacascos take on Keanu Reeves and it looks like director Chad Stahelski  is continuing with martial-arts legends for the fourth movie in the franchise. Industry site Deadline has just confirmed that Donnie Yen will be joining the Lionsgate release for its...
  • Trailer: Will ambitious ‘Reminiscence’ be one to remember?

    After a year of forestalled or reformatted releases we’re now starting to see the return of cinematic plans and a raft of trailers for forthcoming titles. Reminiscence is set in a future Miami, but one flooded as sea-levels rose and in which nostalgia is the currency of choice.  Hugh...
  • Dead Cert: Raimi & Campbell to get Evil once more, (but…)…

    Though rumoured for a while, it’s now been officially confirmed by New Line that they are working on a sequel to classic horror The Evil Dead and is currently intending it to be shown exclusively on HBO Max. Entitled Evil Dead Rise, the film will be directed by Lee...
  • Axed Files: NBC won’t look for more Debris…

    Though it was a genre show with a solid pedigree, an interesting premise and strong potential, Debris had not been pulling the needed ratings during the latter half of its run and the news that it has now been formally cancelled by NBC does not come as a huge...
  • UPFRONTS: The CW gives nod to ‘Naomi’, passes on ‘Powerpuff’…

    The CW has given a series commitment to Naomi, a show based on the DC character of the same name. Kaci Walfall stars as the title character who is seemingly a normal teenager who becomes convinced of a connection between herself and  Superman and who ultimately finds answers that...
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