• Doctor Who 60th Anniversary trailer arrives to kick arse…

    Though we still don’t know the exact date of broadcast, it’s now two months until the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and we DO know that after a relatively sedate state of marketing during the years Chris Chibnall was running the show, returning show-runner Russell T. Davies appears eager...
  • Strike Out! Two Amazon shows get their renewals reversed…

    It was somewhat inevitable that the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and SAG (Screen Actors’ Guild) strikes still underway across the industry would start to have some creative repercussions. Amid some of the shifting release-dates, there comes news that Amazon Prime has decided to back-out of the previous commitments...
  • Halo, Again: With a bang and a wimple, ‘Warrior Nun’ is resurrected….

    Nowadays it seems that shows are being cancelled hand over fist, but every so often a show that gets the ‘chop’ also gets a campaign to save it and while it’s no guarantee that it will make the necessary difference with decision-makers, there’s some notable examples where it’s worked....
  • Superman and Lois: After tv casting cull, ‘Legacy’ casting call confirmed…

    There had been murmurings over the last two weeks that the announcement of the lead actors in James Gunn’s forthcoming reboot of the Superman franchise (Superman: Legacy) was imminent. Screen-tests were said to be in progress with a focus on just a handful of short-listed actors. The rumours of...
  • RIP: The death of lost actor Julian Sands is now confirmed…

    It’s sad to report that it has now been confirmed that the actor Julian Sands died during a hike on Mount Baldy earlier this year. The 65-year-old actor, an experienced and enthusiastic hiker and climber, was reported missing on January 13th after he failed to check-in while hiking the...
  • Plus and Minus: Did Paramount+ just make a molehill out of a mountain?

    A year ago, the idea of popular shows and anticipated films failing to actually debut was something of a rarity and a surprise. The industry may have had its occasional shock cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances or ‘creative differences’ but the idea that an otherwise quality-level production could be...
  • More busy weeks in TV: Strike action looks for ‘Max’ impact…

    If the Powers That Be thought that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike would quickly fizzle, it appears the opposite has been happening with major acting names and talents joining the WGA members on the picket-line, shutting down various productions and drawing further attention to the cause. Shows...
  • RIP: Ray Stevenson (actor, voice performer)…

    Monday brought the news of the unexpected death of Irish-born actor Ray Stevenson in Italy this weekend. He was only 58. The veteran performer was known for his array of tough-guy roles in both television and film. He appeared in 1998 drama The Theory of Flight but made a major...
  • The (Busy) Week in TV: Strikes, Renewals, Cancellations and U-Turns…

    This is already the time of year when there’s a great deal of news about the future of television shows – cancellations, renewals and new shows set to debut in the Autumn/Fall. There’s more news than usual given the continuing strike by the WGA and the way it is...
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