Every time I learn of a series in development based on a storyline that sounds ridiculous, or absurd, or somehow questionable, I have to remind myself that there is a reason why I write about TV shows and am not part [...]
Read morePOWERS Television Series Leaves FX For New Home Online
We've been following the realization of the television adaptation of the Powers comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. Last year a pilot has already been shot for FX. Today we're reporting that Sony Pictures Television has not only [...]
Read moreAMC Announces PREACHER Series Development
As I've been saying lately, we don't always report about series in development because so often they go nowhere, but when an official development announcement comes from a network, that's another thing entirely. And wow, this could be seriously great [...]
Read moreFirst Look at Jamie Fraser in OUTLANDER Plus Production Pics and More Casting News
Once the primary cast was set, the next thing that fans of Outlander have been waiting for from production was a look at one of those castmembers in costume, on set. That wish has been granted today by Starz as [...]
Read moreStarz Series OUTLANDER Has its Heroine
The big casting news for Ronald D. Moore's Scottish time travel series Outlander has been coming monthly, and September is no exception. Sam Heughan as the primary male lead Jamie Fraser was announced in July, Tobias Menzies as Frank Randall/Jonathan “Black [...]
Read moreRonald D. Moore’s HELIX Begins Production, Confirms Cast
Oh thank goodness. I have been looking forward to actual footage of the Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) series Helix on Syfy ever since I first learned about the series. Come on, it's Ron Moore! And now that production has [...]
Read moreStarz Orders 16 Episodes of Ronald D. Moore’s OUTLANDER
Former Battlestar Galactica co-showrunner Ronald D. Moore is going to be a busy man; it looks like he'll be joining the ranks of the multi-show showrunners like Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Glee), as he'll be working on both Helix [...]
Read moreEX-COMM: ABC Picks Up White House Sci-Fi Series With Dream Team Writing Staff
They had me at “White House Sci-Fi Series.” ABC has handed out a put pilot commitment to a project entitled Ex-Comm. The premise: “Ex-Comm” stands for “Executive Committee” a top-secret team of elite minds working for the newly-elected president, investigating [...]
Read moreIron Man and Wolverine G4 Anime Series Dates and Stories Announced
As we told you back in April, G4, the gaming channel, is bringing four beautifully produced anime series from Japan to the US market: Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men and Blade. We also told you that Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Castle) and Milo [...]
Read moreBendis’ 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 [...]
Read morePOWERS: 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 moreLOCKE & KEY: Ty Locke Has Been Found
Locke & Key, the television series adaptation of Joe Hill’s comic book series of the same name, has concluded the “exhaustive search” for the show’s male lead, Tyler Locke. Jesse McCartney (Young Justice, Keith) has been cast as Tyler ("Ty"), [...]
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