Year: 2013

Friday’s “Cancellations, pick-ups and renews, plus the return of 24?” news

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Film

Film casting

Trailers

  • Trailer for Gravity with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

Weekly Wonder Woman

Review: Wonder Woman #19/Justice League #19/Superman #19/Injustice: Gods Among Us #12-17/Justice League of America #1-3

9 May 2013 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Wonder Woman #19

In keeping with this ‘ere blog’s slightly unplanned ‘pagan week’, it’s time for the (increasingly belated) monthly round-up of the comic-book appearances of everyone’s favourite pagan superheroine, Wonder Woman.

After March’s month of face-palming, April proved to be a somewhat better month for our Wondy, with the Amazon princess finally giving Orion the punching he deserved in Wonder Woman #19, going to Lois Lane’s house-warming and giving her new secret identity, Diana Prince, its first real outing in Superman #19, and trying to set the world to rights by kicking terrorists’ asses with her new boyfriend in Justice League #19. Unfortunately, though, it looks like nothing can save Injustice: Gods Among Us from being facepalm-central.

I’m also adding to the roster of comics: after trying to save my pennies, I’ve had to play catch up with Justice League of America #1-3, seeing as Diana features quite heavily. Kind of. And all I’ll say about that that not-so-illustrious title until after the jump is “What the hell is Catwoman not wearing?”

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The Russian Life on Mars finally sees the light of day as Dark Side of the Moon

9 May 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

They’ve been talking about it for years, but finally Russia’s version of Life on Mars – Обратная Сторона Луны (aka Dark Side of the Moon, since Bowie was unknown but Pink Floyd was big in those days) – has emerged, with a modern day Russian policeman travelling back in time 30 years to work with a KGB officer and work out what he’s doing there: is he mad, in a coma or back in time?

The big change, apart from it being set in Russia? The KGB lot very much played by the rules so it’s the modern-day cop who’s the fast-and-loose Gene Hunt to the KGB Sam Tyler. Here’s a trailer (no subtitles, I’m afraid).

And if your Russian is good, you can watch the entire first episode (and others), too:

Further reading: BBC Worldwide

[via @stuartamdouglas]

Thursday’s “NBC, Fox, CTV, TV4, Fuse and TNT cancellations and pick-ups, plus Everybody Loves Catherine Tate” news

9 May 2013 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film

  • Guy Ritchie to direct, Alicia Vikander to star in The Man From UNCLE

Film casting

Trailers

  • Trailer for the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, with Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, F Murray Abraham et al
  • Trailer for Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips, with Tom Hanks
  • Trailer for Edgar Wright’s World’s End, with Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Reece Shearsmith et al

Canadian TV

French TV

  • Fuse to launch Entourage-like The Hustle

International TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

  • Piers Morgan developing Fleet Street for Starz
  • Fox green lights: dramas Rake, Gang Related, Sleepy Hollow and Almost Human…
  • …and comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Surviving Jack, Enlisted and Us and Them
  • Fox red lights: Delirium
  • NBC red lights: Bloodline, The Sixth Gun, The Gates, Joe & Jane, Brenda Forever, Hatfields & McCoys, Holding Patterns and The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
  • TNT green lights: Legends (trailer)

New US TV show casting