The somewhat unlikely blockbuster success of Terminator 2: Judgment Day — a high-budget sequel that upended the entire plot of a low-budget original released nearly a decade before — led Hollywood to learn the wrong lessons. Rather than attribute the box office to James Cameron’s creative versatility, the industry decided that audiences must have an …
Few TV leads can say they endured more to get into character than Colin Farrell, the handsome leading man who endured 3 1/2 hours of makeup every day to transform into the unrecognizable Oz Cobb for The Penguin. Now the fruit of all those hours sitting in the makeup chair is about to bloom, with …
The Doctor Whoniverse just expanded. Disney Branded Television and the BBC have made official at San Diego Comic-Con that The War Between the Land and the Sea will extend the world of the British science fiction TV series with a focus on the 1970s foes, the Sea Devils. Confirming long-running speculation by Whovians, Disney and …
The world of Suits is officially getting larger. NBC has given a series order to Suits: LA, a spinoff of/companion show to the former USA Network series-turned-streaming juggernaut. The network has also picked up Grosse Pointe Garden Society, a murder mystery from the team behind Good Girls. NBC hasn’t scheduled either show yet, but it’s …
I like the strategy behind Starz’s Down in the Valley. At a moment when shows are increasingly going two or even three years between seasons, a reasonably cost-effective way to maintain brand awareness is to send a beloved cast member on the road with a camera crew seeking the real version of the fictionalized series. …
Max has released a new look at its upcoming DC crime drama The Penguin that gives a much more expansive look at the show’s world and characters. Below is the second teaser trailer for the upcoming Max limited series — a spinoff of Matt Reeves’ 2022 hit The Batman starring Colin Farrell as the infamous …