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The animated reboot is being developed through Fillion’s production banner Collision33 in partnership with 20th Television Animation, which controls the underlying rights to the franchise. Married writing-producing team Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper) are attached to serve as showrunners, and a script has been completed. Original series creator Joss Whedon is not involved in the new project but has given his blessing.
Sigh. I know there was no chance of Whedon being asked for this, but… if he had been, that’d piked my interest. Guggenheim, well, he’s okay. It won’t be Firefly, I’m afraid. Not really all that interested, without Whedon.
https://www.avclub.com/for-all-mankind-renewed-season-6
I’ll miss the show but it’s had a good run and it’s getting a bit ridiculous keeping Joel Kinneman’s character alive.
I’m down
I’ll miss the show but it’s had a good run and it’s getting a bit ridiculous keeping Joel Kinneman’s character alive.
Oh, so For All Mankind is good, yeah?
I’ve currently got Apple TV because we’re watching Shrinking, but I’ve already finished Severance and The Silo is kinda meh (still watching it currently, though) and Foundation looks a bit shit, so I might start on For All Mankind.
Foundation looks a bit shit, so I might start on For All Mankind.
Both are very good for the first two seasons and then fall off a bit.
Well, maybe I’ll look into Foundation at some point, too. I do love Jared Harris.
That one’s a bit tough because I was a huge fan of the books when I was like sixteen.
Well, maybe I’ll look into Foundation at some point, too. I do love Jared Harris.
That one’s a bit tough because I was a huge fan of the books when I was like sixteen.
You need to put the books waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind you if you’re going to watch Foundation. They’re almost completely different. Which was a problem in season three, where they mess up the Mule.
Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’ll probably help that I haven’t re-read them in over thirty years though.
Hey, is Daneel in this? It blew my mind back then when The Caves of Steel and Foundation suddenly (and probably retroactively, it has to be said) turned out to be connected in that way.
Hey, is Daneel in this?
Not that I can remember. Hari is an ongoing main character and it has time jumps. It’s very different.
https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-extends-its-reign-uk-home-taskmaster
Channel 4 has extended its deal for Taskmaster and, crucially, expanded its selection of international ones. NZ, Australia and Canada all to stream, including on the C4 youtube channel.
‘Brilliant Minds’ & ‘Stumble’ Canceled By NBC, ‘Law & Order’ & ‘Hunting Party’ Remain On The Bubble – Deadline
Boo! I loved Brilliant Minds.
And I’m a L&O junkie. Hope it survives.
But yeah, TV is getting cutthroat now.
Even thing that survive are cutting back to 20 episodes, and ensemble casts (Chicago’s) won’t have full casts all season.
I’d be disappointed if L&O is cancelled, but it’s really not as good as the original run. I watched a random episode of that recently (Everybody Loves Raymondo’s, I think it’s called) and every scene was dripping with wit and charm. The new one… not so much. And as much as I like Maura Tierney, I don’t think her lieutenant character works that well. They’re trying too hard to give her more to do than the squad commander usually gets and it just feels try hard. They should have just hired her as lead detective.
Behind the 11th Hour Renewal for ‘Law & Order’ Season 26 – Hollywood Reporter
NBC executives say the late decision came down mostly to scheduling and budget concerns.
The detectives and prosecutors of Law & Order will remain on the job for another season.
NBC has renewed the long-running drama for a 26th installment in 2026-27, and the sixth season since L&O was revived in 2022. The pickup comes later than usual for Law & Order — the official word comes just before the start of NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation Monday. Its spinoff Law & Order: SVU was renewed in mid-April, and NBC’s three Chicago dramas — which, like the L&O franchise, come from Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment — earned pickups near the end of March.
Law & Order will remain on Thursdays in NBC’s schedule for next season, but it’s moving from 8 to 10 p.m. — following rather than preceding SVU. A civilian version of The Traitors will lead off Thursdays in the fall.
The delay in renewing Law & Order came down to budget discussions and finding a place on the schedule, said Lisa Katz, president scripted content for NBC and Peacock.
“It’s funny that people were saying it was a bubble show,” Katz told reporters on a call about the 2026-27 schedule. “We love the show. We love the [Law & Order] block. It was very much a puzzle of figuring out what went where, and we have civilian Traitors coming in the fall. So it was just trying to put all the pieces [together] and figure out how many episodes and when they would come. But we’re very excited to have it back.”
The Surprising A-Listers Who Got Their Break on ‘Law & Order’: “A Rite of Passage” – Hollywood Reporter
How the franchise has been turning nobodies — like Samuel L. Jackson, Clare Danes, Adam Driver and Timothée Chalamet — into A-list actors for 35 years.
Before Timothée Chalamet set foot on Arrakis, before Pedro Pascal started battling post-apocalyptic fungi, before Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis and Samuel L. Jackson became Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, they all underwent the same New York actor initiation: showing up on Law & Order to get murdered, accused of murder, arrested, raped, stabbed, stalked, strangled or — in John Stamos’ case — commit condom-related crimes too weird to get into here.
Since the franchise began shooting on the streets of New York in 1990, it has become more than a rite of passage for hungry young actors — it’s become the East Coast’s most reliable incubator of future stars. Michael B. Jordan, Kerry Washington, Claire Danes, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney, among scads of others, all got their start by getting interrogated by Jerry Orbach or Mariska Hargitay.
Of course, it wasn’t only unknowns who landed on the procedural as perps, victims and corpses. Established names wandered through, too: former child actors eager to prove they had a darker gear, comedians stretching dramatic muscles, even giant movie stars doing favors for their boyfriends. Julia Roberts, who was dating Benjamin Bratt at the time, dropped by the set in 1999 to play a glamorous party planner caught up in the murder of a powerful real estate mogul.
Still, it’s the bit players who later became big deals that make reruns extra eye-popping. So, what follows here is a who’s who of Law & Order guest stars, back when many of them were still nobodies.
Click link for more, but starts with Chadwick Boseman…
Friday the 13th Prequel Series Crystal Lake Gets Release Date – IGN
Peacock has finally confirmed the release date for Friday the 13th’s upcoming prequel series, Crystal Lake. After decades in development hell, Crystal Lake will finally release on Peacock on October 15, 2026.
Linda Cardellini will star as Pamela Voorhees, while Callum Vinson will play her son and iconic horror villain: Jason Voorhees. Vinson is also set to play Atreus in the upcoming God of War TV series on Prime Video.
Exact plot details are under wraps, but it’s expected that the show will follow the Voorhees family before Jason drowns in the lake and the treacherous events that follow. The show will have eight episodes, but it’s unclear if Peacock has larger multi-season plans in store for the show.
The origins of the series date back to the early 2000s, when Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham suggested he was interested in a coming-of-age spin-off show set around the town of Crystal Lake, akin to a show like Smallville or Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show was eventually developed for The CW, who passed on the show after feeling it was too dark and was unsustainable as a long-running TV series.
The New Cape Fear TV Series Will Mess With Your Sanity – Esquire
“Part of what’s so scary is getting people to turn on each other,” says Amy Adams about the upcoming Apple TV thriller. Plus—what Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg added to the madness.
Am I crazy, or has the rest of the world lost it? This is one of those innate terrors, the sinking self-doubt that consumes everything you know to be true, moral and obvious. We are bewildered when others don’t see what we perceive, frustrated when we are misunderstood, and terrified when no one listens as the undeniable danger closes in. Brace yourself—the new Cape Fear series from Apple TV takes this reality distortion to a nightmarish new level.
In a new ten-episode take on the classic stalker thriller, debuting June 5, gaslighting becomes a scorched-Earth tale of revenge that consumes a seemingly ordinary family, led by Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson. The Cape Fear series may take its inspiration from a nearly 70-year-old novel, but all the modern-day sources of anxiety are present in this update: AI fakes, social media catfishing, false accusation, public shaming, and all-around psychological overload are just the start of the trouble. The real trauma is the never-ending uncertainty about what outrage is coming next.
Showrunner and executive producer Nick Antosca, a novelist and screenwriter who specializes in mind-warping tales of dread, says that’s the whole reason to remake Cape Fear, which has stood for decades as an example of bad things happening to good (or seemingly good) people.
“For a while in this story, there is uncertainty about the nature of the threat, and we kind of go back and forth. That reflects the atmosphere in which we live,” Antosca tells Esquire for this exclusive look behind the scenes. “It’s sort of like, what is true? What can I believe? I may feel threatened, but am I justified in feeling that way? In various forms, we find ourselves asking questions like that a lot now.”
Click link for more…
Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof – Variety
Jodie has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming HBO limited series “The Chain.”
The series was originally announced in January under creator Damon Lindelof’s overall deal with HBO. “The Chain” is based on the book of the same name by Adrian McKinty. HBO has given the show an eight-episode order.
Comer will play Rachel, who is described as “a suburban mom who must consider the unthinkable when her daughter is kidnapped.”
Comer is perhaps best known for her starring role in the series “Killing Eve,” for which she won numerous accolades, including an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama as well as a BAFTA TV Award. She has also starred in shows like “My Mad Fat Diary,” “Thirteen,” and “Doctor Foster.” In film, Comer has played leading roles in features like “The Bikeriders,” “The Last Duel,” “Free Guy,” and “28 Years Later.”
She is repped by Independent Talent Group and WME.
Lindelof will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the series. The pilot story is by Lindelof, Carly Wray, and Breannah Gibson, with Lindelof and Wray writing the pilot script. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer of Media Res will executive produce along with Shane Salerno, Gibson, and Joseph Iberti. McKinty serves as co-executive producer. HBO and Media Res will co-produce.
Aside from “The Chain,” Lindelof is currently a co-creator and executive producer on the upcoming HBO-DC Studios series “Lanterns,” which is due to debut later this year. He famously developed and served as showrunner on the hit HBO limited series followup to “Watchmen.” Lindelof and Cord Jefferson won the Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a limited series for the show, while the show itself also won the outstanding limited series award among its 26 nominations and 11 wins.