Atlanta
News

Cardinal, GameFace, Atlanta renewed; Legally Blonde 3; Matt Berry’s Victorian Sweeney; + more

Film

Internet TV

  • Damián Alcázar and Tamara Vallarta to star, Claudette Maille, Rodrigo Abed, Tete Espinosa et al join Netflix’s Tijuana
  • Tony Goldwyn to star in Netflix’s Chambers
  • Lizzy Caplan to co-star in Apple’s Are You Sleeping
  • Apple green lights: series adaptation of Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram

International TV

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Channel 4 green lights: series of Victorian Sweeney comedy Year of the Rabbit, with Matt Berry; and Syrian refugee in suburbia comedy Home, with Rufus Jones…
  • renews: GameFace

US TV

New US TV shows

Star Sapphire Diana fight
Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Justice League (2018) #1, Wonder Woman Annual #2

Every week (or fortnight), Weekly Wonder Woman keeps you up to date on everything involving DC Comics’ premier superheroine

We have some news about Wonder Woman 2! Or at least a very broad hint about what year it will be set in and what it might be called.

The 80s hey? They’re so hot right now.

Meanwhile, Zack Snyder has been throwing out pics from behind the scenes of his recent DCEU movies, presumably in an effort to convince everyone that his cut of Justice League would have been so much better, given he’s such a Randian superman he’s off to direct The Fountainhead next. Here’s the first ever assembling of the Trinity in-costume:

VERO: Zack showing the Trinity for the first time photographed. from r/DC_Cinematic

Comics

This week had two notable appearances by our Diana (that I noticed – as always, let me know if I missed any). The first was in the latest relaunch of Justice League, which now has another over-confident Snyder at its helm – Scott.

Justice League (2018) #1

This was, as usual, a bonkersly over the top and ridiculous affair, with the Moon being blown up, 10th metal bullets containing ‘omniversal wormholes’ and powered with Green Lantern energy being targeted at guided meteors from beyond the dawn of time, Vandal Savage finally getting killed off, Legions of Evil (whatevs, fanboys) turning up and more.

However, with regards to Diana, we didn’t get a huge amount, other than a glimpse of her up to Justice League: Dark stuff, now she’s in charge of that motley group. The highlight, though, was when she joined in with the rest of the Justice League’s efforts at Batman impressions.

Diana swears as Batman

Yes, Diana swore!

One other thing of note was that Hera showed up and it turns out that she’s banging around with some new pals.

Hera's new pals

So, by my reckoning, that’s Highfather, Hera, one of the Guardians of Oa, the Phantom Stranger and… a bald bloke. Need a little help, here guys.

Interesting, though, no, since the Greek pantheon is missing in action. More on that after the jump, though, when we talk about this week’s other title: Wonder Woman Annual #2.

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John Simm in ITV's Strangers
BFI events

What TV’s on at the BFI in July? Including a Harold Pinter season, Brownlow on Hollywood and a Strangers preview

Every month, TMINE lets you know what TV the BFI will be presenting at the South Bank in London

It’s Harold Pinter season in July, with wall-to-wall Pinter plays, including some which he acted in or directed as well. However, there’s also an episode of Brownlow on Hollywood from 1980, looking at silent movies, as well as a preview of ITV’s forthcoming thriller Strangers (formerly known as White Dragon), starring John Simm and Emilia Fox, who will also be attending a Q&A afterwards.

Details after the whole of Brownlow on Hollywood, if you’re intrigued by the history of US movie-making and have 13 hours to spare…

…or if you prefer it, Pinter’s The Birthday Party, in which he also appears, which is this week’s Weekly Play.

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Women on the Verge
News

13 Reasons Why renewed; W’s Women on the Verge; adaptations of La Niña, When Heroes Fly, the Rockton mysteries; + more

Internet TV

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Sarah Lancashire, Sinéad Cusack and Paul Ready join BBC Two’s MotherFatherSon
  • W green lights: series adaptation of Lorna Martin’s chaotic-lived thirtysomething women comedy drama Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Women on the Verge, with Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya and Eileen Walsh

US TV

New US TV shows

The Americans
US TV

What have you been watching? Including The Americans

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching this week

June’s here, which means the summer TV season is beginning in the US (and the winter season in Australia). It’s quite a long season mind, with new shows starting all the way through to August (those that dare brave TMINE’s holiday wrath, anyway), so brace yourself for lots of new shows over the next few months. Woo hoo!

Elsewhere, as well as mopping up the whole of the first season of Netflix’s Safe in one go, I’ve reviewed the first episodes of Reverie (US: NBC) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australia: Showcase; UK: BBC Two). I’ll be covering the first couple of episodes (at least) of movie spin-off Mystery Road (Australia: ABC) this week and I might even manage to watch Dietland (US: AMC; UK: Amazon), too, given the first two episodes are already available in the UK. Anything after that will be a bonus (eg Cobrai Kai, Movie Monday) – in particular, Succession (US: HBO; UK: Sky Atlantic) looks dull and worthy, despite the presence of Brian Cox (the other one), but I’ll try to squeeze it in, at least.

However, I definitely won’t be watching Ryan Murphy’s trans-friendly 80s New York drama Pose (US: FX) because of the golden TMINE motto: “Tough on musicals, tough on the cause of musicals.”

However, the remnants of the spring season are still with us, so after the jump, Bron/Broen (The Bridge), Legion and Westworld, as well as the series finale of the already-missed The Americans.

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