We've been waiting and waiting for FX to speak up about Powers, the pilot based on the Brian Michael Bendis comic about police detectives whose beat is superpower-related crime. We had heard that FX was going to make substantial revisions to [...]
Read moreAMC Announces Development of New Robert Kirkman Series THIEF OF THIEVES
The new Robert Kirkman comic book series whose first installment sold out on Day 1 back in February, Thief of Thieves, is being developed by The Walking Dead network, AMC, into what will hopefully be another excellent series for their channel. [...]
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Powers: First Look at Jason Patric as Christian Walker
Powers creator Brian Michael Bendis tweeted a link to this first view of Jason Patric as Det. Christian Walker, the lead character in the Powers pilot. They had been shooting in Chicago since in mid-July, and recently wrapped the location [...]
Read morePowers Gets the Final Piece to the Casting Puzzle
We have been reporting quite a bit of very recent casting news about the comic-to-tv-pilot adaptation of Powers, a police procedural set in a world with superpowers. It now looks like the final piece of the puzzle has fallen into place, [...]
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Bendis’ POWERS Casting Begins With Charles S. Dutton
The television adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s graphic novel Powers by FX has commenced casting with the announcement that Charles S. Dutton (Dark Blue, Legion) is the first member of the cast. Dutton will play Captain [...]
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POWERS May Score Katee Sackhoff
Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comic series Powers, had been greenlit by FX Network for a television pilot, comes delicious casting hopes that Katee Sackhoff (The Haunting in Georgia) [...]
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POWERS: FX Greenlights Pilot for Adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis’ Comic Series
FX Network has just ordered a pilot for the television adaptation of the comic book series, Powers by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. The story is described as “a police procedural set in a world where superpowers are [...]
Read moreTHE WALKING DEAD: Breathe A Sigh of Relief, Zombies Will Have Writers
As SciFi Mafia reported to you back in December, The Walking Dead showrunner, Frank Darabont, considered shifting gears with how the show is written and use freelance writers for the next season. The latest news is that the hit AMC [...]
Read moreTHE WALKING DEAD Has Fantastic Freshman Season; Darabont Purges Entire Writing Staff
AMC television's The Walking Dead has enjoyed great ratings and commercial success throughout its freshman season, but Frank Darabont, the show’s writer, executive producer and director, has just pulled a curious move. He has laid off the entire writing staff [...]
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