Been awhile since we had some news to report on EPIX's upcoming drama based on Stephen King's 1978 short story "Jerusalem's Lot". In fact, it was a little over two months ago when we learned the project received a straight-to-series order, with Adrien Brody (The Pianist) cast as lead Capt. Charles Boone. Now, the series […]
With production underway on the second season of Epix's Pennyworth, we have some major intel on who will be joining Jack Bannon in the Warner Horizon Scripted Television series. New additions James Purefoy (The Following, Sex Education), Edward Hogg (Taboo, Harlots), and Jessye Romeo (Curfew, In the Long Run) have all been cast in series […]
With EPIX's modern reimagining of H.G. Wells' literary classic War of the Worlds premiering in less than a month, the premium network is offering interested viewers their first official trailer. Created and written by award-winning writer Howard Overman and lead by stars Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern, the science fiction drama series will air to U.S. […]
We tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. Now it's Lisey's Story at Apple TV+, "The Dark Tower" franchise at Amazon Prime Video, The Stand at CBS All Access, The Outsider at HBO, Hulu anthology Castle Rock, Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes, Shudder's Creepshow, and on and on and on – it's Stephen King's world, […]
Looks like viewers are going to have another season to learn everything they didn't know about Batman's trusted aide and the Wayne Family protector. EPIX has given a green light for a second season of Pennyworth, with filming on the 10 episodes set at the UK's Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK beginning January […]
Let's go ahead and jump into the cable content coming this season – remember, traditional cable channels are still loosely adhering to the standard television season. If you see a series that doesn't have a premiere date, it's most likely a mid-fall release, early 2020 release, or a summer series. This time, we're taking a […]
When I heard there was going to be yet another Batman spinoff show, I rolled my eyes. Then a British friend told me it was worth a look and I found the first three episodes of EPIX's Pennyworth for free on Amazon Prime. Good Lord, this series is insane – in all the right ways! […]
Premiering On EPIX on July 28 is Pennyworth, starring Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, and Paloma Faith, is the new Batman show that takes place not only before Batman, but before Bruce Wayne ws even born. To help put on the new show, EPIX put on one heck of a party on the Thursday night of SDCC 2019. Taking place at The Oxford Social Club, […]
The canonical "universe" setting of Epix' new Pennyworth series has been one of the most fiercely disputed subjects since the series was first announced a few months back. Pennyworth centers around young Alfred "Alfie" Pennyworth (Jack Bannon) as he tries to make his place in the world, fiercely refusing to take up his father's vocation […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Last summer Teen Titans Go! to the Movies made a joke at the beginning of the movie that essentially calls out how ridiculous the superhero movie craze has gotten. One of the examples that they use to illustrate this point is an Alfred movie. That joke was good in the movie but within […]
EPIX's Pennyworth opens with a wide open shot, panning back through the misty countryside as a mounted group of gentry plow ahead, dressed to the nines in a fox hunt set to The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black". The scene twists suddenly as one of the upper-crust is abducted by a mysterious woman (Paloma Faith) […]
We'll admit it: which shows make it onto the hotel keycards at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) every year is a bit of a guilty pleasure of ours, so you'll have to excuse us for getting excited for this year's selections. To pay tribute to Batman's 80th anniversary this year, Warner Bros. Television Group is offering […]
The fine folks behind Pennyworth took a quick moment to drop a couple of new trailers for the upcoming Epix series, and we've got a new poster for our troubles, too: Pennyworth stars Jack Bannon as the young Alfred Pennyworth, who has set up a security agency of his own after leaving the British secret […]
Epix recently unleashed a new trailer for Pennyworth, a new hour long drama that acts as a prequel to Gotham, which is in itself a prequel to Batman… That's a whole lot of prequels! https://youtu.be/aThLUgsI9-EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Pennyworth (EPIX 2019 Series) Official Teaser – DC Origin Story, Alfred Pennyworth (https://youtu.be/aThLUgsI9-E) […]
With FOX's Gotham coming to an end (with The Dark Knight expected to make an appearance in the series final that will most likely be longer than Tom Welling's blink-and-you'll-miss-Superman ending to Smallville), Batman fans are going to be in need for some more Caped Crusader mythos. No frets, folks! Epix has unveiled an official […]
Emma Paetz (Gentleman Jack) is joining Epix's Batman prequel series Pennyworth in a very "maternal" series regular role, while Lovesick's Jessica Ellerby is set as a recurring character. Paetz and Ellerby join Jack Bannon (Alfred) and Ben Aldridge (Thomas Wayne) in the 10-episode, one-hour drama from executive producer writer Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist), executive producer/director Danny Cannon (Gotham), and Warner Horizon […]
Just because Gotham creators Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon are wrapping up their series run on FOX doesn't mean they are anywhere near done playing around with the Batman mythos, with the producers offering Deadline Hollywood new details Pennyworth, another Batman prequel series that's set to debut on Epix in June 2019. Over the course of 10 episodes, Pennyworth […]
Epix is the latest network making their content available online through a streaming service called Epix Now. Owned by MGM, Epix's streaming service will be $5.99 a month on various app platforms. The app is currently available on Apple TV, iOS, and Android. The app is scheduled for release Roku and Amazon Fire TV and […]
MGM's Epix has renewed the dark comedy series Get Shorty for a third season with a shortened seven episode order; previous seasons of Get Shorty featured a ten-episode run. The show returns as part of Epix's original programming lineup, joined by Berlin Station and Graves. Get Shorty is loosely based off of the 1990 Elmore Leonard […]
Polly Walker (Line of Duty, The Mentalist) is joining Epix's Batman prequel series Pennyworth in a very interesting recurring role. Walker joins Jack Bannon (Alfred) and Ben Aldridge (Thomas Wayne) in the 10-episode, one-hour drama from executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist), executive producer/director Danny Cannon (Gotham), and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. Sister of Lord Harwood's partner-in-crime Bet Sykes (UK pop star Paloma Faith), Walker's Peggy Sykes […]
