From Apple and now to the Vietnam War, Steve Jobs director Danny Boyle is in early talks to direct an adaption of the acclaimed musical Miss Saigon, which focuses on the star-crossed romance of an American GI and a Vietnamese bargirl in the Vietnam War.
If you watch something on The CW, it's time to celebrate: the network announced today that it has renewed 11 total series. If you're keeping count, The CW currently has 11 shows on the air, and every single one of 'em is coming back: The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The 100, iZombie, Reign, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Will Arnett stars in Netflix's newest comedy, Flaked, which charts the laid-back problems of a former alcoholic as he wanders the streets of Venice Beach on a bicycle. If that description doesn't do much for you, don't worry, you aren't in the minority - the show is neither a comedy, nor a drama, nor much of a TV show. Sure, characters fight, love triangles form, and season-ending twists aim to shock, but Flaked never escapes a feeling of falsity.
A few new, fairly blurry images of the much-anticipated Wonder Woman movie have made it online today. Shared by Instagram user wonderwomanbr, the two pictures are some of the first to give fans a glimpse at Gal Gadot suited up as the titular hero.
Lady Sif's future alongside the God of Thunder has been put into question by Jaimie Alexander, the actress who portrays the Asgardian warrior in Marvel's Thor movies. Alexander recently revealed that a few script changes taking place behind the scenes of Thor: Ragnarok - the third film in the franchise - might be sidelining Lady Sif from the action.
Even though it might not have been represented in direct name, for decades there have been countless spiritual successors and adaptations of Agatha Christie's airtight whodunnit And Then There Were None. TV versions go so far back that the novel's original British title seemed decent enough for the small screen. More modern interpretations - CBS' slick summer slasher Harper's Island - have kept its structure and enhanced the splatter.
In recent years, it's been far too easy to associate Biblical adaptations with poor-quality, turgid productions that exceed far too well in earnestness and succumb tragically in the areas that actually make a TV show fun to watch: i.e., drama, characters, plot, and basic coherence. Of Kings And Prophets, the latest such adaptation, packs a one-two punch of negativity for any mainstream, non-devout audience to overcome - its staunch commitment to the source material, and somewhat courted comparisons to HBO's Game of Thrones.
It's always notable when a show manages to re-engage a viewer after leaving them ready to jump ship over a season ago. Bates Motel has been fighting against the onset of redundancy since it began (Who cares how Norman Bates becomes a killer? is a somewhat justified question), and it began to lose that fight last year. I would have defended the show to someone asking that previous question in the first two seasons; in season 3, I probably would have answered with a mumbled, disinterested shrug, the equivalent of a, "Not me - anymore."
Actress Jordana Brewster has joined the cast of Fox's upcoming TV reboot of the popular Lethal Weapon action franchise. Brewster is set to play Dr. Maureen "Mo" Cahill, who's described as a straight-shooting LAPD hostage negotiator/therapist who has to deal with the turmoil caused by the series' new version of Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh.
Fear The Walking Dead is poised to take the zombie apocalypse into open waters when it stumbles back to AMC this spring, and the network has debuted the first poster online to satiate the hunger of fans waiting for its return.
