If the advertisements for Syfy's new series Hunters were promising in their silly mish-mash of modern-day terrorism and B-movie monsters, it might not have been exactly because of the premise itself. In retrospect, Hunters piqued my interest because of the quality turn-around the network took with the largely solid first seasons of The Expanse and The Magicians.
Gillian Flynn has written three deliciously demented books. Two have been adapted so far, one great and one not-so-great, and the third is on its way (which, ironically, is her first book). HBO has announced today that the network is ordering 8 episodes of Sharp Objects, originally published in 2006, with Amy Adams set to star.
Casting news for Marvel's Iron Fist is ramping up, and okay the timing of today's particular date announcement might not be the best, but it's nevertheless a reason to get excited. The studio and Netflix have cast Jessica Henwick as the female lead, Colleen Wing, in the superhero series.
The size of your nostalgia threshold will greatly impact the degree of enjoyment siphoned from Netflix's newest throwback sitcom The Ranch. Unlike the last one, the new Ashton Kutcher-starring series is an original creation in concept, but as backward thinking and redundant as any other of these stuffy, acrid sitcom cliché retreads that crib all of the worst part of 90's-era shows & drops everything that made them work (i.e. interesting characters, actual jokes) for the most shameful of lazy, negligent humor.
Ridley Scott and company are inbound to rake in a bit more cash from the already-lucrative stranded-on-Mars drama (comedy?) The Martian, thanks to news today that hints at a possible Blu-Ray director's cut of the film.
"Darker and more grounded" might not be exactly what fans of Fox's short-lived cult show The Tick think of when looking back on the 9 episodes that aired in 2001, but it seems to be what they'll get if Amazon puts in a full order for the just-announced reboot.
Cults were all the rage for a while on TV. Between 2013 and 2014, shows gave viewers drastically different entry points into various "movements," from the splatterhouse world of The Following to the fourth wall-breaking (and simplistically titled) Cult. It's likewise hard to forget the chain-smoking villains of The Leftovers' first season, the Guilty Remnant, but as that show restructured for season two, even they took a backseat for a large chunk of its sophomore year.
First of all, major spoilers for anyone not caught up on The 100's brilliant third season. Second of all, Clexa shippers can rejoice, because you have been heard: The 100 showrunner Jason Rothenberg has admitted he might have done something differently had he known what was coming his way when he decided to kill off all-around badass Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) two episodes ago.
For every exciting reveal surrounding a show on HBO, there's a sad one, and this week's downer news will hit fans of the low-key comedy series Togetherness hard. As confirmed by EW, the network has officially decided to cancel the show, with the season two finale (airing April 10) now serving double duty as its series finale.
After releasing a handful of covers centering on Game of Thrones' powerhouse female leads, EW today gifted fans of the show with six new images for the show's upcoming sixth season. HBO began hyping up the new season earlier in the month with the first official (and awesome) trailer for the new season.
