I’ve seen virtually all of those. Is that bad or good?
Film
Month: September 2015
US TV
Apple TV Siri is clearly still in beta
To be fair, if Siri does actually do universal search across Netflix, iTunes, etc, like the Roku and Amazon Firestick (on a good day), that would be handy. But I’m not going to let it pick for me if this is its best effort.
News: new S4C dramas, Richard E Grant’s Game of Thrones, Gwen’s back at Torchwood, Drama’s Deadline Gallipoli + more
Doctor Who
- Eve Myles and Kai Owen join Big Finish’s Torchwood range
Film trailers
- Trailer for Our Brand is Crisis with Sandra Bullock
UK TV
- Drama acquires: Foxtel’s Deadline Gallipoli
- Monday ratings
New UK TV shows
- S4C’s Autumn schedule, including courtroom drama Dim ond y Gwir and political drama Byw Celwydd
New UK TV show casting
- Fiona Shaw, Shaun Dingwall, Lucy Cohu et al join ITV’s Maigret Sets A Trap
US TV
US TV show casting
- Meghan Ory to return to Once Upon A Time
- Richard E Grant to recur on Game of Thrones
New US TV shows
- ABC acquires: comedy Bad News
- MTV green lights: three new comedies
New US TV show casting
- Emily Rios joins USA’s Shooter
- Marlyne Barrett joins Chicago Med
US TV
Preview: Lucifer 1×1 (US: Fox)
In the US: Fox. Set to air 2016
In the UK: Not yet acquired
Some ideas just sound rubbish as soon as you hear them. You take a much-loved adult comic strip, Lucifer, created by one of the world’s most esteemed fantasy writers, Neil Gaiman, in which the Devil decides he’s had enough of Hell and decides to start a new life for himself on Earth.
And then you make a TV series of it that’s also a police procedural. Yes, the Devil solving crimes every week. On Fox, the network where good procedurals go to die.
And then you get that bloke from Miranda to play the Devil.
Just total rubbish, right?
Except Lucifer somehow manages to take all those elements, mix them together and produce something that’s actually very engaging. I assume some soul-selling was involved.
News: New Comic Strips Presents…, Black Mirror, Watch/Alibi acquire Code Black, Quantico, Criminal Minds: BB + more
Australian TV
- Rodger Corser and Anna McGahan join The Doctor Blake Mysteries [minor spoilers]
Internet TV
- Netflix green lights: new series of Channel 4’s Black Mirror
UK TV
- iPlayer to allow binge watching [subscription required]
- Watch and Alibi acquire: Code Black, Quantico, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
- Sunday ratings
New UK TV shows
- Gold green lights: Comic Strip Presents… The Red Top, with Maxine Peake