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The folks behind our favorite twisted online animated universe Cyanide & Happiness have teamed up with the Magic: The Gathering animation studio to show the humorous side of… hostage situations?!? On Thursday, Explosm (Joking Hazard, Purgatony, Freakpocalypse) and animation studio Octopie (Paranormal Action Squad, Celebrity Animal Encounters) premiered the first two episodes of its new[...]

Comics publisher Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley (2000AD) shared with YouTube show V2A Emergency Broadcast System that the early stages of development on a "Judge Dredd" series are already underway and that a script for a series is already in place The biggest stumbling block right now? COV-ID "I want there to be a sequel [to[...]

After running through some pilots that didn't make the cut (we're still a little bitter over ABC's The Brides not getting a series greenlight), it's nice to report a project that actually is making the move to series status J.H Wyman (Almost Human, Fringe) and Legendary Television's sci-fi drama pilot Debris is expected to get[...]

Written and executive produced by Dworkin and Beattie and based on Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Lost Symbol, the series follows the early adventures of the famed Harvard symbologist, who must solve a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped – forcing him to join a CIA task force, where he uncovers a[...]

Shout! Factory continues buying up the rights to decent chunks of our 80's and 90's television childhoods, announcing on Tuesday that the multimedia company has secured a multiyear, worldwide distribution deal for the late Grammy Award-winning Country music legend Kenny Rogers' 10 films (including the five films in "The Gambler" television film series) As part[...]

As excited as fans are for Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Good Omens), Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey's Anatomy), and David Goyer's (Constantine, Krypton) 11-episode series adaptation The Sandman, let's not forget that this wasn't the first attempt to bring Gaiman's influential comic book series Sandman to life Netflix's series order comes more than three years[...]

In the three months since Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin and game writer/creative director Neil Druckmann announced they were developing video game franchise The Last of Us as a live-action series adaptation for HBO, fans have been clamoring for details on what they can expect Thankfully, Mazin's award-winning Chernobyl director Johan Renck was kind enough to offer a[...]

Leigh Whannell's Upgrade is set to get a television/streaming upgrade, with Blumhouse Television and NBCUniversal Content Studios' UCP set to adapt the 2018 sci-fi-thriller Upgrade to series with Whannell set to direct With series co-creator Whannell set to executive produce alongside showrunner/co-creator Tim Walsh (Treadstone, Chicago P.D., Shooter), the series picks up a few years after[...]

A little more than four months after SYFY gave a straight-to-series order for a television take on the modern horror classic Child's Play, franchise creator Don Mancini is offering some updates on what fans can expect Speaking recently with SYFY Wire, Mancini explained that the series represented another opportunity to present Chucky's tale in a[...]

In yet another example of Hulu's loss is the streaming giant's gain, Netflix has given a green light for an eight-episode, live-action series based on Jeff Lemire's Vertigo (a DC Comics imprint) comic book series Sweet Tooth, produced by Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey for Team Downey Christian Convery (Beautiful Boy), Nonso Anozie (Game[...]

In what can best be described as possibly one of the best decisions to come out of our current state of social distancing and self-isolating, Variety is reporting exclusively that The Greatest Actor of All Time Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) has been tapped to star in a scripted series based on the life of[...]

Moritz via Original Film set to develop a live-action adaptation series The series is set to be executive produced by Moritz, Scholastic Entertainment President and Chief Strategy Officer Iole Lucchese, Scholastic's SVP & General Manager Caitlin Friedman, and Originals Head of Television Pavun Shetty For Moritz, making the transitionn from the big screen to a[...]

Ten months after we first reported It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah were looking to bring Pinhead and his fellow Cenobites from Hellraiser to the small screen, HBO has given the project a series development greenlight Halloween director David Gordon Green will direct the pilot and additional episodes during the[...]

Ryan Hurst (The Walking Dead), Kristen Schaal (The Last Man on Earth), MaameYaa Boafo (Bluff City Law), Gia Sandhu (A Simple Favor), Mystic Inscho (School of Rock), Emmy DeOliveira (Teachers), Seth Carr (Black Panther), and Marta Timofeeva (Psikhologini) are set to join the cast of Hulu's upcoming series adaptation of Trenton Lee Stewart's novel The[...]

Dwayne Johnson aka WWE wrestling superstar The Rock (Jungle Cruise, Ballers), Issa Rae (Insecure), and Dany Garcia are set to tag-team on Tre Cnt ("Tre Count"), a half-hour series for HBO set in the world of backyard wrestling Created by writer Mohamad El Masri (Here and Now, upcoming Brie Larson/Apple TV+ series), Tre Cnt shines[...]

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 is finding itself up Schitt's Creek – and it doesn't need a paddle – with series star Emily Hampshire set for the female[...]

Academy Award-winning writer/director/actor Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit) and The New Pope star Jude Law may not be looking to "bite the hand that feeds them" with their reported-but-not-yet-confirmed limited series The Auteur, it appears Showtime is looking to bite on the project in a big way. Cubankite / Denis Makarenko (Shutterstock.com) Based on the graphic novel The[...]

It was back in November when director Kevin Smith told us how much he wanted to reveal the voice cast for his animated return to Eternia with Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Three months later, that time has come! Turning Friday into a big reveal day, the streaming service posted the voice cast line-up – and it's[...]

But here's where this upcoming series is different: it's the only one to be endorsed by her estate, Authentic Brands Group No word on casting, attachments, or even a proper title yet as it's still super early in the process – but the rights are acquired and blessings have been given, so hopefully the ball[...]

Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World) and director Antoine Fuqua (What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, Training Day) are looking to bring Jack

Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the writer/artist posted the front page to the script for the pilot episode – which means we're going out on a limb here to say that we think that means there's a pilot script now in play (at SDCC 2018, Lemire revealed that he would pen the pilot after not[...]

Written and executive produced by The Crossing creators Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, the series follows the early adventures of famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who finds himself pulled into a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped The CIA forces him onto a task force where he uncovers a chilling conspiracy. Robert Langdon[...]

As "The Great Streaming Wars of 2020" rage on, Amazon is hoping James Patterson's Alex Cross has the answers – with Variety reporting exclusively that the streamer is developing a television series based on the popular literary Washington D.C detective, FBI agent, and psychologist Beginning with 1993's Along Came a Spider, Patterson's Cross series has extended[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

HBO Max is using today's Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press event to flex a little DCU muscle while James Wan (Aquaman, Malignant) isn't quite ready to let go of "The Seven Seas" – and the result? Three-part animated mini-series Aquaman: King of Atlantis, set to be executive produced bt Wan through his Atomic Monster production[...]

Martin and Ryan Condal's House of The Dragon a series order, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys has some good news for fans. Written by Condal and based on Martin's novels, House of The Dragon has tapped popular Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik to direct the pilot and additional episodes, and partner with Condal as co-showrunners[...]

In mid-July 2019, Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Lord of the Rings series started rolling out the casting rumors and innunedo, even while using that summer's Television Critics Association (TCA) press event to formally introduce the creative team behind the project (more below) But now that all of the smoke from months of rumors and[...]

But this just felt… like it was too much "too much" – like it was trying too hard? It pains me to say that, because I really wanted to like this series I think I've been trying to get everyone else around here half as hyped for the show as I was – but it[...]

The network has given a straight-to-series order to Chucky – that's right, a television series based on the central slaughterer of the Child's Play film franchise. "The character Don and David created has terrified audiences for over 30 years The longevity and legacy of Chucky speaks to the creative storytelling and the loyal fans the film[...]

Now, NBC is looking to make Johnson the subject of his next project, giving an 11-episode, straight-to-series order for Young Rock. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson / NBC Based on the early years of Johnson's life, Young Rock will track the formative years of the WWE star-turned-movie star, with Johnson slated to appear in every episode of the[...]