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More recently they have started writing and producing TV shows, such as Brave New World and Happy!  Photo of Grant Morrison by Jason Mouratides / CC 2.0 But on their Substack newsletter Xanaduum, just as Russell T Davies is returning as showrunner, Grant Morrison has started talking about returning to Doctor Who A couple of years ago,[...]

As Bleeding Cool's television editor, this is when I'm supposed to come up with something cute or funny or snarky as a segue into the point I'm trying to make, but this is something that's been bugging me since it was announced that Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall would be leaving[...]

Welcome to the second season of Batwoman, one that according to showrunner Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries, Smallville) will carry with it many of the important themes from the first season while allowing someone new to define the hero on her terms Bleeding Cool had the opportunity to speak with Dries about what viewers can[...]

Like millions of people around the world, The Handmaid's Tale showrunner Bruce Miller and those around him have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic on both personal and professional levels But while the rest of the world begins to open itself back up again to a "new normal," the U.S remains mired in the health[...]

pic.twitter.com/qXLm6Jppgm — Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) November 23, 2019 Speaking with RadioTimes, series showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall explained that the goal of this season is to give both new and long-time Doctor Who fans a better appreciation of the scope of the Doctor's universe: "Last year was a recruiting year for the show, and I think[...]

If you need proof, look no further than series executive producer and showrunner Emily Andras – who tweeted out the front page to the script for the season's first episode. Now while that's definitely good news for "Earpers", there's just one small complaint: clearly, the pens were placed by mistake because we can't seem to e[...]

Jupiter's Legacy is the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the Mark Millar, Frank Quitely and Peter Doherty superhero comic book from Image Comics. The word on the web is that one of the show's writer Sang Kyu Kim will be its new showrunner, replacing Steven DeKnight, who left the production suddenly last month. Kim has previously worked as[...]

While it's understandable that "fan feels" for AMC's The Walking Dead are preoccupied with the imminent departures of Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) and Lauren Cohan (Maggie), showrunner Angela Kang is urging fans to take a "glass-half-full" approach to the series' future Still to come, viewers will meet a new group of survivors: Nadia Hilker as[...]

AMC With The Walking Dead set to return to AMC for a game-changing ninth season (Rick leaving?!? Maggie leaving?!?) on Sunday, October 7th, new series showrunner Angela Kang took to the network's website to tease some key details we might've missed from the season 9 trailer and what they mean for what's still to come. AMC Birds can[...]

ET. In its honor, The Road to Angelville: Bleeding Cool's Preacher Week is giving faithful fans interviews with executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg; showrunner/executive producer Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad); actor Colin Cunningham (TC); actress Betty Buckley (Gran'ma Marie L'Angell); and Gilgun We're also looking back at the seasons 1 & 2 for clues to what's ahead; reflecting on our "cosplay year"[...]

Nancy), and more — under the watchful eye of new showrunner Jesse Alexander (Hannibal) — are hard at work at Wisconsin's famed House on the Rock. "The first season was all about getting to the House on the Rock It's amazing to see everyone back, and to be entering the next stage of the story with[...]

Gimple promoted to oversee the Walking Dead franchise and writer Angela Kang promoted to series showrunner. Season 9, Day 1 #TWD #TWDFamily pic.twitter.com/c42lyqjrPv — The Walking Dead on AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) April 30, 2018 One takeaway from the image is that there will be a pretty extensive time jump between the ending of season 8 and the start of[...]

Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com With new showrunner Angela Kang taking over day-to-day operations of  AMC's The Walking Dead beginning with the ninth season, outgoing showrunner Scott M Gimple chose to share his thoughts on the series ahead of Sunday night's season 8 finale. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly ahead of his transition to a franchise oversight role that[...]

Ilfenesh Hadera is an actor whose star continues to rise, in large part due to both her talent and her diverse film and television project choices — ranging from Paramount's reboot of Baywatch (with Dwayne Johnson) to director/writer Spike Lee's series reboot of his indie film debut She's Gotta Have It for Netflix.

Credit: DFree, Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Someone might want to tell Deadline Hollywood that Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and showrunner  Krista Vernoff need to have a few words with them Taking issue with what they felt was the entertainment news website's insinuation that her recent contract negotiation contributed to her costars Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew[...]

Best known for co-creating NBC's Chuck, writer/executive producer Chris Fedak has also served as writer and executive producer on ABC's Forever and the CW's Legends of Tomorrow. During our roundtable interview, Fedak touched on a number of topics.

Credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com Ex-Fuller House showrunner Jeff Franklin took to Instagram for his first official statement following his removal by Netflix and Warner Bros TV Franklin was removed from the show he helped create following multiple allegations of abusive and inappropriate behavior Franklin chose to not address or even acknowledge the allegations in his post,[...]

Credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com As a result of numerous complaints accusing the showrunner of being verbally abusive and making inappropriate statements in both the writers' room and the show's set, Netflix and Warner Bros TV have decided to not renew their overall production deal with Fuller House's Jeff Franklin In statements from Warner Bros[...]

***UPDATE*** A day after it was reported exclusively by The Hollywood Reporter that Jesse Alexander would be assuming showrunner responsibilities alongside author and executive producer Neil Gaiman on Starz's  American Gods, the novelist took to Twitter to challenge a number of the assertions made in the article regrading behind-the-scenes budget and script battles[...]

Credit: NBC After a contentious few months that saw Bryan Fuller and Michael Green leaving the series over presumed budget issues with production company Fremantle, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting exclusively that Hannibal's Jesse Alexander will be assuming showrunner responsibilities alongside author and executive producer Neil Gaiman on Starz's American Gods Aside from Hannibal, Alexander has[...]

Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Frank Darabont's $280 million lawsuit against AMC is not the only one the network will face from The Walking Dead ex-showrunner Darabont and his agency CAA have filed a new, $10 million lawsuit against the cable network, claiming that new information has come to light that proves he is owed additional monies on top of[...]

***UPDATE*** Well, it looks like somebody's people talked to somebody's people about getting somebody's people to take down some not-so-friendly Facebook posts re: the showrunner of The Walking Dead and some "casting decisions" they made in last night's mid-season finale, 'How It's Gotta Be.' It'll all make sense after you read the original post, but[...]

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Even with Starz's American Gods wrapping-up its highly-watched  and critically-acclaimed first season only a few weeks ago and Emmy buzz around the series continuing to grow, co-creators and showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are already at work on the show's ten-episode second season (expected to premiere in mid-2018) But even in the midst of[...]

Take it with the requisite salt it deserves… As it stands, the named favourite to take over from Steven Moffat as showrunner on Doctor Who at BBC Wales is Chris Chibnall Longtime Doctor Who fan, original head writer of Torchwood and writer of a number of episodes of Doctor Who, he was the subject of heavy fan criticism at[...]

Yesterday, as part of a series of Facebook posts in which Doctor Who Missing Episode recoverer Philip Morris talked trash about Steven Moffat's run on the show, Morris reported what he claimed were well sourced rumours regarding Moffat's replacement on Doctor Who as showrunner, namely Anthony Horowitz. He then tweeted the rumour to UK journalists on[...]