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Driving Mechanism in television. Smallville, courtesy of Warner Bros. Television
Have you ever wondered why there are so many cop shows and medical dramas on television? It's not because the general populace really loves to watching the police and doctors work It's the fact that both of those jobs lend themselves multiple stories Just because a television series is good, it doesn't mean that there[...]
Happy!
This may be one of the best 30-second trailers ever crafted for a television series Syfy has released this gem for their upcoming new show Happy! and the first 10 seconds comes across like a standard police procedural Then we meet Nick Sax and see that he's an ex-cop and now a drunk — which[...]
Little Drummer Girl
Credit (right): Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) Television's love affair with author John le Carré rolls along with word that Big Little Lies' Alexander Skarsgård has been cast in the upcoming BBC One–AMC series adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl Set to begin production in 2018, Old Boy writer-director Park Chan-wook has been tapped to direct the series[...]
Gangs Of London: The Raid's Gareth Evans Sets Series For Cinemax, Sky
The series begins as the head of one criminal gang is assassinated and the power vacuum threatens the fragile peace between the other underworld organisations. Gangs of London marks lead producer Pulse Films first venture into television drama, with the company better known for its feature films (American Honey, Nick Cave's 2000 Days On Earth) and[...]
Black Spot: Amazon Prime Acquires French Drama-Thriller Series
Groupe AB's Black Spot (Zone Blanche) is set to mark Amazon Prime Video's first foray into globally streaming French television programming, with word on Monday that the streaming service has acquired rights to the French drama-thriller Directed by Thierry Poiraud and Julien Despaux and created by Mathieu Missoffe, the series premiered at the Berlin Film[...]