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Rivals: Wolf Hall Producer Reminds Us Snobbery is Alive and Well
Rivals has been a hit amongst UK viewers It's a funny, sexy, hugely entertaining adaptation of a bestselling bonkbuster novel by Dame Jilly Cooper from 1988 starring David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aiden Turner, Emily Atack, Danny Dyer, and a host of top British acting talent in its gleefully trashy trashing of rival poshos as they[...]
Marvel Comics Get Marvel Rivals Variant Covers In January
Alongside the upcoming release of Marvel Games and NetEase Games' team-based PVP shooter game Marvel Rivals on the 6th of December, Marvel Comics will be running special variant covers on a number of their comic books being published in the month of January 2025 They will be showing the star of each comic in the[...]
Rivals: British Sex & Class Satire Premieres October 18th on Hulu
Rivals is that rare series on streaming with buzz that seemed to come out of nowhere as far as Americans are concerned For the British, it's already a success because there are millions of fans of Dame Jilly Cooper's bonkbuster novel since it was published in 1988 Americans are less familiar with the books and[...]
Rivals: The Past as Science Fiction in a Gleeful 1980s Bonkbuster
Rivals is a knowing "The past as Science Fiction" where everything old is new and weird again It recreates 1980s England from Dame Jilly Cooper's bestselling 1988 bonkbuster novel about ghastly posh people in the Cotswolds who stab each other in the back and have sex a lot It's almost shocking to have so much[...]
Rivals: David Tennant Stars in TV Adapt of Classic British Bonkbuster
David Tennant has been on the promotions round hyping the upcoming Disney Plus adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's hugely popular (in the UK) 1980s bonkbusters novel Rivals, which premieres on the streamer (and Hulu) in October and looks all set to be every bit as risqué as the novel Rivals is the second out of ten of Cooper's[...]
Rivals: British Sex & Class Satire Premieres October 18th on Hulu
Rivals, the original eight-part blockbuster based on the iconic novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, is part of her Rutshire Chronicles series packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex, and wit. British author Dame Jilly Cooper is practically an institution, and her gossipy novel about the British media industry in the 1980s is the defining work of[...]
Rivals: David Tennant Stars in TV Adapt of Classic British Bonkbuster
David Tennant has gone from Doctor Who to Good Omens to his first bonkbuster series, Rivals The upcoming adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's classic 80s bonkbuster novel will air later this year on Hulu/Disney+ As the official synopsis goes, Rivals is set amongst the English elite in the 1980s and the world of independent television production,[...]
Rivals: David Tennant, Aiden Turner in Jilly Cooper Adapt for Disney+
British author Jilly Cooper is practically an institution, and Disney+ is producing an adaptation of Rivals, her gossipy novel about the British media industry in the 1980s The star-studded cast includes Doctor Who star David Tennant, Eastenders star Danny Dyer, and Poldark star Aidan Turner in the ensemble. "Rivals" publicity still, Disney+ Rivals is part of iconic author Cooper's bestselling Rutshire Chronicles and is[...]
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Joins The Ultimate Rivals Roster
Bit Fry Games Studio announced another WWE superstar will be joining the roster of Ultimate Rivals as we're getting The Rock Dwayne Johnson will be the fifth superstar to join the game, and the first legend as the other four are current WWE talent with Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, Bayley, and Sasha Banks The game[...]
Vampire: The Masquerade: Rivals Is Shaping Up To Be Epic
Greetings, horror buffs, LARPers, and other fans of Vampire: The Masquerade! Renegade Game Studios, the tabletop game design company responsible for such games as the Gudetama trick-taking card game, Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, and Clank!, have their sights set on releasing a new Vampire card game called Vampire: The Masquerade: Rivals[...]