Category: Television
The Great Gatsby Origin Story Coming to Youtube
It looks like we’re about to see how Gatsby got the party started. Deadline reports that Stampede Ventures has put in development a project called Gatz, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The concept of this show is based on an academic theory that Fitzgerald had been writing about...
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited: CW’s Elseworlds Crossover
Superman: Red Son, Kingdom Come, Gotham by Gaslight; over the years, DC comics has become well known for the very popular “Elseworlds” titles: one-off stories that envision the company’s most popular heroes in bold new ways. So when the CW announced that their crossover for this ...
Read MoreEd Burns to Produce The Progeny for CW
Indie titan Ed Burns is getting back into the television business. Deadline reports that Burns and his company Marlboro Road Gang Productions are teaming with Radar pictures to produce an adaption of the Tosca Lee novel The Progeny. The thriller centers on an amnesiac girl who discovers she is the ...
Read MoreDaredevil Season 4 Pitched to Netflix
It looks like Daredevil might not be done protecting Hell’s Kitchen. Erik Oleson announced on Twitter that he has pitched Daredevil season 4 to Netflix. While the Luke Cage debacle should ensure we proceed with cautious optimism, there are a couple of reasons to be excited about this. The firs...
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited: Rogue One TV Series
Full disclosure: I was trying to avoid writing this one, in part because I just did a Star Wars-centric piece and I wanted to space (no pun intended) out Star Wars articles. Yet when the Rogue One TV series was announced with Diego Luna reprising the role of Cassian Andor, the possibilities began ro...
Read MoreJack Reacher TV Series on the Way From Skydance and Paramount
If Lee Child has his way, Jack Reacher will be trading a need for speed for long-form television. Deadline reports via an author interview with BBC Radio Manchester that the Reacher features starring Tom Cruise are at an end. The plan now is for Skydance and Paramount Television to reboot the chara...
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