While I’m waiting (hoping) for news regarding a possible Star Trek: Legacy, Paramount has revealed Holly Hunter as the lead for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The series will follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they come of age in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy. Produced by CBS Studios, the series will begin production later this summer. … Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy lead announced
The BBC has announced a new comedy crime drama Death Valley, with Timothy Spall leading alongside Gwyneth Keyworth. Written and created by Paul Doolan and set in Wales, Death Valley follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel (Timothy Spall), a retired actor and star of hit fictional detective TV show ‘Caesar’, and disarming Welsh detective sergeant Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth). Thrown … Continue reading Death Valley — Timothy Spall to star in new BBC comedy drama
The BBC has revealed Don Gilet is joining Death in Paradise as new DI Mervin Wilson. Gilet is already in Guadeloupe filming the Christmas Special and next series. While none of my random guesses was even close, at least I can stop checking the BBC website every day for news! Here’s what we know so far: Making his debut in a feature-length Christmas special later … Continue reading Don Gilet revealed as new DI in Death in Paradise
MASTERPIECE on PBS and Mammoth Screen have announced a major new reimagining of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte novels. Planned as a returning series, the first season of six episodes follows the lives of the wealthy Forsyte family in 1880s London and is based on Galsworthy’s Nobel Prize-winning tale of love, loyalty, ambition and betrayal. The Forsyte Saga reunites MASTERPIECE with British screenwriter Debbie Horsfield and UK production … Continue reading The Forsyte Saga being revived for PBS Masterpiece
Good news from Apple TV+ for fans of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses — his first novel Down Cemetery Road is being adapted as a TV series, starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. You can read all about it here. Here’s everything you need from the press release: Thompson (who is also executive producer) plays struggling Oxford private eye Zoë Boehm, alongside Ruth Wilson as Sarah … Continue reading Down Cemetery Road to star Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson
Thanks to Deadline, I see more casting details for Foundation season 3. There’s some interesting recasting of season villain The Mule and other points of interest. The new cast are: Pilou Asbæk as Warlord aka The Mule, taking over from Mikael Persbrandt, who recurred as the character in Season 2. He joins Emmy winner Cherry Jones, Synnøve Karlsen, Cody Fern, Brandon P. Bell, Tómas Lemarquis), Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing and Leo Bill. A previous … Continue reading Foundation season 3 — further casting announced
Netflix has announced March 20 for Damsel‘s release. The news comes with a new trailer, cast details and cast amounts of hyperbole. In terms of actual content: Damsel sees Brown as a dutiful, well, damsel, who agrees to marry a handsome prince — only to discover it was all a trap: The royal family recruits her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. She’s … Continue reading Damsel — Millie Bobby Brown coming this March
New Netflix crime drama Department Q has started filming in Edinburgh, and as I covered in my CultBox piece (Department Q cast announced as Netflix series enters production) we also have news on the cast. This is season 1 of what I assume is planned for more — it’s adapted from a set of novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. The core cast (as shown … Continue reading Netflix series Department Q enters production
Deadline reports Tom Ellis (soon to be on screen in The Players) is joining season 2 of Tell Me Lies. Ellis is married to showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer. Ellis has been cast in the series regular role of Oliver, a professor at Baird College whose tough love attitude makes him an intimidating presence that isn’t appreciated by all students. He is married to Lucy’s professor Marianne (Gabriella … Continue reading Tom Ellis joins season 2 of Tell Me Lies
The Michelle Yeoh led film Star Trek: Section 31 has entered production! If you don’t know what Section 31 is about, here’s a reminder: In Star Trek: Section 31, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, the fan-favorite character Yeoh first introduced in Star Trek: Discovery, joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past. In addition … Continue reading Section 31 — Star Trek film enters production
Channel 4 has revealed Taskmaster Champion of Champions will hit our screens at 9 pm on Sunday 14th January. It stars previous winners of series 11 to 15 returning at the behest of overlord Greg Davies to the scene of the greatest triumph of their lives to battle once more in a brand-new Champion of Champions tournament, adjudicated by the PA of PAs, Little Alex Horne. Former champs Dara Ó Briain, Morgana … Continue reading Taskmaster Champion of Champions date announcement
Prime Video has announced Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddington are to star in an as yet unnamed drama. The eight episode series, based on an original pitch from EP Tessa Coates, follows two best friends, Judith (Waddingham) and Debbie (Spencer), who know everything about each other … well, almost everything. Judith has been living a double life that Debbie knows nothing about: she is a highly trained … Continue reading Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddington to star in unnamed drama
Symmetry Junction 