“THANK THE MAKER” JON FAVREAU’S NEW STAR WARS SERIES IS A NEW HOPE
Swingers and Iron Man director Jon Favreau is to write and produce a new Star Wars series and, after a swathe of bad decision-making, this means finally… “There is another.”
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SCIENCE, BITCH! IS JESSE PINKMAN RETURNING IN BETTER CALL SAUL?
When we last saw Jesse Pinkman speed off into the night, we may not have seen the last of the character. Vince Gilligan, the creator behind Breaking Bad and spin-off series Better Call Saul revealed that he’s open to bringing Jesse back.
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FULLER EXITS YET ANOTHER SHOW: WILL HOLLYWOOD STOP EMPLOYING THE SHOWRUNNER?
Writer and producer Bryan Fuller leaves Amazing Stories is the news coming outta Hollywood. While it’s a shame, it’s hardly surprising news, given that the showrunner also left two other shows in the past year.
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WHO DIRECTS THE WATCHMEN? LINDELOF ALWAYS GETS HIS MAN
Damon Lindelof has found his man to direct the pilot of his new show, HBO’s adaptation of Watchmen – Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel… and it’s not a man, it’s Nicole Kassell.
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HBO ORDERS DEMIMONDE SERIES: JAR JAR ABRAM’S SCI-FI FANTASY FINDS A HOME
From one Lost alum to another as J.J. Abrams’ finds a home for his epic sci-fi fantasy series Demimonde at HBO meaning he and my other hero, Damon Lindelof (currently penning Watchmen for HBO) may share nearby office space and cross paths again.
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DAMN YOU TO ALL TO HELL! USA NETWORK HAS CANCELLED DAMNATION
USA Network announced yesterday that it has cancelled its depression-era strikebreak drama Damnation due to low ratings.
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FARGO SEASON 4 REPORTS OF FARGO’S DEATH HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED
You may have been as dismayed as I was when writer-producer Noah Hawley said that with writing duties on season two of Legion and a feature film in the works, Fargo’s third outing may have been its last… but there’s good news on the snowy, North Dakotan horizon
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J.J. ABRAMS’ DEMIMONDE SCRIPT IS WRITTEN & BEING SHOPPED TO HBO & APPLE
After dominating the silver screen by rebooting the two greatest sci-fi franchises, über-talented writer and director, Jar Jar Abrams is heading back to the small screen with Demimonde.
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GARETH EDWARDS’ MONSTERS IS MAKING THE JUMP TO CHANNEL FOUR
Gareth Edwards’ 2010 indie sci-fi movie, Monsters is being made by Vertigo Films for Channel 4 and the man behind 2014’s Godzilla and Star Wars: Rogue One is “likely to be involved behind the scenes with his full involvement determined when the project has been fully greenlit.”
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COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS HALLELUJAH! THE DECADE’S BEST DOCUSERIES RETURNS
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is hopping back aboard his silver spaceship to bring us a second seeason of his acclaimed science-philosophy series, this time subtitled Cosmos: Possible Worlds.
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MR ROBOT SEASON FOUR USA NETWORK RENEWS SAM ESMAIL’S HACKER SHOW
“The most invigorating season of the grim hacker show yet”, “a thrilling return to form” and “Back to its noir-inspired roots” are just three of the quotes I’ve just read about season three but I think it’s been a terrible season and I’ve not much hope for Mr Robot season four.
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SERIAL KILLER SERIAL RETURNS: MINDHUNTER IS BACK FOR NETFLIX AND CHILLS
Netflix has announced that one of my favourite shows of the year, and the second best serial killer show probably ever made, Mindhunter has been given a second season.
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THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIMES AND WE NEED DANGEROUS SHOWS
It’s been two months since HBO officially hired Lost and The Leftovers writer (and father of my children) Damon Lindelof to adapt Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s legendary graphic novel Watchmen.
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JEFF BEZOS GETS HIS PRECIOUS: LORD OF THE RINGS TV SHOWS COME TO PASS
Jeff Bezos’ finally got his hands on his ‘precioussss’ on Monday as Amazon has acquired the television rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series The Lord of the Rings.
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WESTWORLD SEASON TWO RIDES INTO TOWN MUCH EARLIER THAN EXPECTED
Evan Rachel Wood, the actress who coldly portrayed android Dolores in Westworld has confirmed in a Tweet that season two will debut early next year…
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LORD OF THE RINGS TV REBOOT? AMAZON & WB IN TALKS TO REVISIT MIDDLE EARTH
After seeing the success of Game of Thrones, Amazon Prime want in on the sword and sorcery scene and are trying to conjure up a Lord of the Rings TV show.
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NEXT STOP THE TWILIGHT ZONE! CBS & JORDAN PEELE REBOOT CLASSIC SCI-FI SERIES
“You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zon
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY RENEWED: CBS SHOW BOLDLY GOES TO SEASON 2
CBS ain’t hanging around – after just six episodes, they’ve announced they’ve recommissioned Star Trek: Discovery for a sophomore series. Their subscription streaming service, CBS All Access must be raking it in.
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C4 ORDER V FOR VENDETTA: REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
It may only be the fifth of October, but my old haunting ground, Channel Four Television have ordered a series based on Alan Moore’s other best work, V for Vendetta, which he wrote with David Lloyd.
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JORDAN PEELE – NAZI HUNTER: GET OUT DIRECTOR PRODUCING 1970’s-SET “THE HUNT”
Jordan Haworth Peele, the more talented half of comedy duo Key And Peele and director of the brilliant horror-farce essay on racism Get Out, is bringing the true story of real-life Nazi hunters in 1970's America to the small screen. If you haven't seen his debut...
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HBO GREENLIGHT WATCHMEN: THE GREATEST POPULAR FICTION EVER PRODUCED
Two days ago, I had a hard-on as big as Dr Manhattan’s over Damon Lindelof’s Instagram post. It all but confirmed he was working on a Watchmen series but now HBO have officially confirmed they’ve ordered a pilot.
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QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES:DAMON LINDELOF CONFIRMS HBO WATCHMEN SERIES
It’s on like Donkey Kong! After suggesting he was penning a Watchmen series back in June, then denying he’d had meetings with HBO, hours ago Damon Lindelof Instagrammed this:
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LOST ALUM JOINS WESTWORLD: HIROYUKI SANADA CAST AS SAMURAI ANDROID
In amongst all of Jonah Nolan’s over-thought storytelling and TV sleight of hand in trying to conceal the show’s central conceit – the multiple timelines (that reddit worked out after two episides) Westworld did contain a few unexpected twists and turns.
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EEK BEEK CURLY WURLY CUCKOO! SARAH PAULSON TO PLAY CUCKOO’S NURSE RATCHED
American Horror Story co-creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy’s next collaboration with his leading lady, Sarah Paulson will be set in the same universe as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest named Ratched.
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MILCH, SAUNIER & THE OZARKSTRUE DETECTIVE’S REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PART 3
Television is like buses. You wait for one series set against a new, American backdrop and then, with the news that True Detective will feature The Ozarks, two come along at once.
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MARVEL REPLACE IRON FIST WITH BABOON-ARSED WANK GIBBON
It may have taken two whole series and a fan backlash but Marvel Television Studios have bowed to public pressure and are replacing Danny Rand aka Iron Fist with a new character, Baboon-Arsed Wank Gibbon.
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TO BEEB OR NOT TO BEEB?ANDREW SCOTT’S HAMLET COMING TO BBC2 IN 2018
Andrew Scott, best known for playing Jim Moriarty in BBC1’s Sherlock has already taken his production of Shakespeare’s finest play from The Almeida to the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre. And now he’s bringing it to BBC2
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HANNIBAL S04 TALKS CONFIRMED REPORTS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
Unbelievably, it’s two years since we saw Hannibal and Will disappear over that… thing. But today, showrunner Bryan Fuller has confirmed he is in talks with the actors and rights-holders for season four.
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NBC RE-VAMPS THE MUNSTERSSETH MEYERS WON’T LET IT REST… IN PEACE
Hot on the heels of their Miami Vice reboot announcement, NBC is bringing back The Munsters with Seth Meyers producing and Odd Mom Out creator Jill Kargman writing the pilot. But can a revival of a classic 1960’s horror sitcom ever work?
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URBAN CONFIRMS DREDD TALKS THE MAN WITH THE CHIN, HE SAY YES!
Karl Urban, the only man with chin enough (dismissing Clint Eastwood on age grounds and Jimmy Hill because he’s dead) has confirmed he is in talks to don Judge Dredd’s helmet for the hotly anticipated Judge Dredd: Mega City One TV series.
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WINTER’S BEEN HACKEDHBO SUFFERS MAJOR CYBERATTACK
HBO has suffered a major cyberattack, with upcoming episodes of several of its shows and scripts leaked online by hackers… and that means Casey Bloys is gonna get medieval on the CTO’s ass.
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NICOTERO DEVELOPS NEW SHOWSAMC’S CELEB, COWBOY, ALIEN & HORROR SERIES
AMC has aanounced a slew of new shows, one being a new horror/sci-fi anthology series helmed by The Walking Dead’s exec producer Greg Nicotero is coming our way, along with a Rainn Wilson alien series…
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HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY, CASUALTY ANNIVERSARY SEES AMBITIOUS ONE TAKE EPISODE
The days of the BBC’s Saturday night flagship drama Casualty’s mediocre writing and supermarionation model Concorde crashes look to have been laid to rest with an explosive episode
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TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 3HAS MAHERSHALA ALI SIGNED ON TO STAR?
Oscar-winning Moonlight star Mahershala Ali is onboard to star in season three of Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective series IF it goes ahead!
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E4 GREENLIGHTS HIGH AND DRYBUT IS THE WORLD READY FOR A LOST SPOOF?
8 years after the best show in TV history ended, and 14 years after it began, Channel Four’s little brother, E4 will broadcast Mark Wootton’s Lost spoof High and Dry. To which I have only one, two-word question. Too soon?
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HBO GREENLIGHTS CONFEDERATECONTROVERSIAL NEW SERIES FROM GoT CREATORS
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss new series “Confederate” tells of an alternate reality in which The Greys won The American Civil War
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GEORGE A. ROMERO DIESFILMMAKER DEPARTS FOR THE OTHER SIDE
I know couchpotato is a TV site, but without George A. Romero, film and television would be a much less interesting place.
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THE THIRTEENTH DOCTOR IS…A MUTHAFUCKIN’ GIRL? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???
So, after months of speculation and having to sit through the most uninspiring Wimbledon mens’ final ever, we finally know the Thirteenth Doctor will be… a muthafuckin’ girl!
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WHO’S WHO?THE 13TH DOCTOR WILL BE…
In a totally wrong, but understandable move the BBC have announced the identity of The Thirteenth Doctor will be unveiled tomorrow after the mens’ final at Wimbledon.
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EMMYS DELIVER “FUCK YOU” TO ONE OF TV’S GREATEST EVER SERIES
If Battle of the Bastards taking home last year’s awards for Best Writing and Best Direction and Game of Thrones as overall Best Series wasn’t enough to show a complete lack of understanding of television, The Emmy Academy last night trumped its own incompetency by not nominating The Leftovers for a single, serious award.
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MAJOR RESHOOTS 4 MAYANS MC SONS OF ANARCHY SPIN-OFF DELAYED
Sons of Anarchy spin-off Mayans MC, which follows members of a Latino motorcycle club is to undergo major rewrites, reshoots and recasting of major roles.
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AMC SUBPOENAS JIMMMY McGILLFOR A FOURTH SEASON OF BETTER CALL SAUL
“S’all good, man!” That was the word from AMC who today announced that Better Call Saul season 4 will premiere in 2018 with what’s certain to be another stonking 10-episode season.
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WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN? LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR
The news that my favorite ever TV writer is adapting everyone’s favorite ever graphic novel into an HBO show just had me in tears…
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY FINALLY SETS A CAPTAIN’S LOG STARDATE…
After all the delays, bridge re-shuffles and heart-breakingly bad, fan-made quality promos from Netflix, CBS has finally given Star Trek: Discovery a premiere date…
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DESIGNATED SURVIVOR S02 PRESIDENT KIRKMAN WINS SECOND TERM
A week before the season one finalé, ABC has today renewed the Kiefer Sutherland vehicle that finally saw him bury the ghost of Jack Bauer.
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FOX IGNORES SEQUEL CURSE, SUMMONS THE EXORCIST SEASON 2
Anyone worth their salt knows The Exorcist sequels are cursed, so when Fox announced today that it had placed an order for The Exorcist Season 2 demons everywhere spread their wings…
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STARZ SUMMONS AMERICAN GODS SEASON 2
After just two episodes of Bryan Fuller’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel, Starz has summoned American Gods Season 2.
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JUDGE DREDD: MEGA CITY ONE 2000AD GETS BIG BUDGET TV RE-IMAGINING
Seminal British comic and subject of one quite good and one awful film, Judge Dredd goes to series under the banner Judge Dredd: Mega City One. How do we know? Because it’s got a fucking poster…
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