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Brandon T. Jackson to Star in BEVERLY HILLS COP TV Series

Brandon T. Jackson ( Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) has landed the starring role in the TV adaptation of Beverly Hills Cop. The series will expand upon the world of Detroit-born Detective Axel Foley, with Eddie Murphy reprising the role for the pilot and subsequent episodes from time to time. The tone of the show will be blend of a buddy-cop […]

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BEVERLY HILLS COP TV Series Lands at CBS

A fourth instalment of Beverly Hills Cop was a possibility at one stage, with director Brett Ratner talking up it’s chances having made Tower Heist with star Eddie Murphy. However in October 2011, Murphy speaking with Rolling Stone said that the studio was no longer interested, he did say that he was developing the show as a series. Murphy’s […]

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JJ Abrams’s REVOLUTION New Preview

A new preview for JJ Abrams and Eric Kripke‘s high-concept drama Revolution has been released by NBC – first shown during the Olympics coverage. The premise sees a mysterious event extinguish all the world’s power and the story picks up15 years later with the post-apocalyptic society that’s developed. It’s a big budget, high concept show that has plenty of great minds […]

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Extended Trailer

Former Smallville star Kristin Kreuk returns to the CW network with a new iteration on the Beauty and the Beast fairytale. This time it’s a modern day setting with the characters given a total overhaul – only the themes are recognizable. That said the extended trailer is quite compelling and it’s good to see the talented Kreuk back on screens, so this should be a new series worth checking […]

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New Extended Trailer for ARROW

A new extended trailer is here for CW‘s upcoming new fantasy series Arrow, which this time aims for a more grounded take on the character whom we saw last in Smallville. This time there will be no super powered heroes or villains, just highly skilled and determined individuals with a passion for power and for one crusader is particular – a […]

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Silence of the Lambs Character CLARICE Heading To TV

The new Hannibal Lecter TV series is on the way over at NBC, now Lifetime is borrowing from the literature of Thomas Harris by developing a drama around the Clarice Starling character from The Silence of the Lambs. Though still in the early stages, the new series would take place where Hannibal is now on the run, and Clarice has […]

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First Look At CW’s ARROW

The first official trailer for CW’s new super-heroic series, Arrow is here. Stephen Amell takes over the role as the uber-athletic Oliver Queen. The new series will delve further into the Arrow mythos, previously hinted at in Smallville. It’s sure to have plenty of fan-boys and ordinary folk keen to get a weekly dose of action and intrigue. Here’s the synopsis: After a […]

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Trailer for CBS’s New Sherlock Holmes Series ELEMENTARY

CBS has released the first promo trailer for their take on the world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Elementary is the new series starring Jonny Lee Miller that builds [borrows] on the groundwork laid by the U.K series Sherlock, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and starring the talented Benedict Cumberbatch. That series has taken the world by storm, raised the actors’ profile immeasurably ( landing the villain role in Star Trek 2 ) and made the worlds first […]

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REVOLUTION Sci-Fi Series Trailer From Jon Favreau & J.J. Abrams

The trailer for NBC’s Revolution has been online a mere 24 hrs and it’s already garnered close to 4 million hits, which implies this new show from Jon Favreau and J.J. Abrams and executive producers Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and Bryan Burk (Lost),  could be the next big thing on TV. While the high concept show Terra Nova faltered almost immediately, […]

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HULK May Hit TV In 2013, Possibly Solo Film In 2015

A Hulk television series has been in development for some time at ABC withGuillermo del Toro serving as executive producer. Now with with the overwhelmingly positive reaction to The Avengers, especially Whedon’s iteration of the Hulk, the prospect of the character’s port to TV is looking all the more desirable. ABC president Paul Lee had this to say regarding Hulk: Hulk is in development.  It […]

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LOST Alum Joins PSYCHO Prequel Series

Former Lost Alum Carlton Cuse is joining the  A&E series The Bates Motel as an executive producer and writer. While this sounds more like an effort to infuse the concept with some cryptic intrigue, the show will tell the story of the times only hinted at in Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic, Psycho. Perhaps somewhat inspired by the hugely successful American Horror Story, this new […]

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AMC Picks Up GOODFELLAS TV Series

Since October of 2010 there’s been talk of  a Goodfellas TV series – now the AMC network  is putting the series into development.  The film’s writer Nicholas Pileggi, and producer Irwin Winkler, along with son David Winkler, will executive produce with writer/producer Jorge Zamacona.  The classic 1990 film made Joe Pesci a screen sensation and his scenes have since become ingrained in […]

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