Television

A Live-Action Star Wars Show Isn’t Happening Any Time Soon

Just before the release of The Force Awakens, Kathleen Kennedy fanned the flames of intrigue when she said that Lucasfilm were actively looking into the plans for Star Wars: Underworld, the long-in-concept Star Wars live action TV show. But don’t get too excited—if anything does happen, it’s not happening any time soon. https://gizmodo.com/we-still-might-get-a-live-action-star-wars-tv-series-1747118588 TV Line…

Lucifer Might Just Be The Best Supernatural Detective Show We’ve Ever Seen

Grimm, Angel, Constantine and countless other shows have explored detective stories with supernatural and occult themes—but Lucifer, which debuts Monday night on Fox, proves there’s room for one more. In fact, Lucifer may be the best this genre has ever seen, thanks in large part to its title character. (We saw the pilot along with…

We Just Learned a Ton of New Details About X-Men: Apocalypse

Has Cate Blanchett’s Thor role finally been revealed? Tom Cruise is definitely joining The Mummy. Deadpool gets even more hilarious advertising. Plus, the first clip from Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, and new pictures from iZombie and The X-Files. To me, my Spoilers! X-Men: Apocalypse A huge amount of information has emerged as part of…

How The 100 Became A Fantastic Show While You Weren’t Watching

When The 100 premiered last year, it looked a lot like any other science fiction show on The CW: a bunch of pretty people acting out a concept that had a tinge of social awareness. But this season, the show broke out of its post-apocalyptic reenactment of Lord of the Flies and became an interesting,…

With NBC’s Latest Pilot, Time Travel Officially Takes Over TV

It’s called Time. Honestly, when it comes to time travel, simplicity in the name is probably best. While Fox is developing a time-travel comedy with Phil Lord and Chris Miller called In Time, NBC’s show is an action-adventure drama. It’s got a trio of heroes traveling through time battling a master criminal—there’s always a master…

The Live-Action Vixen Costume Is a Perfect Translation From the Cartoon

We’re still a month out from seeing Vixen on Arrow, but now we have the first peek at what she’ll look like. And it’s a very nice way to make the animated costume work on TV. Megalyn Echikunwoke is the voice of Vixen on the CW’s internet channel, CW Seed. She’s great as a voice…

How The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow Put Widescreen Superhero Action on TV

Whenever the Flash runs, Supergirl flies, or the Legends of Tomorrow travel through time, it’s with Armen Kevorkian’s help. He’s the VFX Supervisor and Executive Creative Director at Deluxe’s Encore, which creates the many, many VFX in these three TV shows simultaneously—and does a damn good job, too. With The Flash and Supergirl having returned…

Princess Leia Appeared on Star Wars Rebels, Complete With Her Trademark Authority

Star Wars Rebels returned Wednesday for the back half of its second season and it did so with a major player joining the show. Welcome Princess Leia Organa. Even in animated form, her highness is still a commanding presence. At this point in the Star Wars story, Leia appears to normal people as a servant…

After Decades, Disney Resurrects Darkwing Duck – [Update: No, It’s Not]

Darkwing Duck, which aired its last new episode in 1992, will return to TV in 2018. Plenty of time to get dangerous. Update 10:30 am: It looks like we, and TV Overmind, were tricked by an old April Fool’s post dated April 2, 2015. Sorry about that. Thanks to Chris Guanche for letting us know.…

Could There Be Even More Major Deaths In Captain America: Civil War?

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 could feature a (literally) huge Marvel comics character. Bryan Singer teases the Game of Thrones-esque mutant plight in X-Men Apocalypse. Arrow teases another live-action hero. Plus oodles of pictures from The Originals, The Expanse, Agent Carter, and Lucifer. To me, my Spoilers! Captain America: Civil War Deaths have been…

Shadowhunters‘ Only Reasonable Character is Magnus the Snazzy Warlock

Shadowhunters’ second episode, “The Descent Into Hell Isn’t Easy,” saw Clary and company making multiple attempts to jog her memories and hopefully get closer to saving her mother and the world. But the only character who seems to have a brain on this show is the one who wiped Clary’s mind in the first place.…

Agent Carter May Be Facing the One Enemy She Can Never Defeat

Last night’s two-hour Agent Carter season premiere was a lot of fun. But it also gave us two other ambitious women who are foils for Peggy Carter—one of whom we’ve seen before. And it introduced us to a brand new shadowy organization. Looks like Peggy’s going to have her hands full. Spoilers ahead! A lot…

The Classic Cyberpunk Novel Altered Carbon Is Becoming A Netflix Series

Add another entry to the long list of amazing things Netflix is doing with their original programming. They’ve just picked up the rights to Altered Carbon, a 10-episode-series based on the brilliant award-winning 2002 novel of the same name by Richard Morgan. https://gizmodo.com/cyberpunk-detective-novel-altered-carbon-really-is-all-5542862 Altered Carbon is set in the 25th century, where humans live all…

Constantine’s Arrow Appearance Was Probably His Last Ever

Star Wars Episode VIII might be getting rewrites to shine a spotlight on certain characters. Supergirl casts its young Superman. Robert Kirkman teases The Walking Dead’s next big badass. Plus, a huge new sizzle reel for Arrow, and Gillian Anderson on the practicality of pocket-sized flashlights. Spoilers! Star Wars Episode VIII In a recent episode…

A Look Inside the Making of One of Adventure Time‘s Scariest Moments

We were thrilled to get a whole miniseries focusing on Marceline, Adventure Time’s resident vampire, a while back. Adventure Time: Stakes is out on DVD today—and to celebrate, here’s an exclusive clip showing the animatics of the story’s scary climax. Spoilers ahead… In this scene, Marceline has been cured of vampirism AND she’s killed the…

CBS has ordered a pilot for a new TV show based on the classic Nancy Drew mystery books—with some notable twists. Not only will the yet-to-be-cast lead be “diverse,” she will be in her 30s and be putting her kick-ass sleuthing skills to use as an NYPD detective.

How Does God Want You to Watch TV?

It’s one of the most important theological questions of our generation: How does God want us to watch TV? Does God approve of services like Hulu and Netflix? Certainly not, according to one executive at NBC. Alan Wurtzel, the president of research and development for NBCUniversal, recently made a bold declaration on the holiness of…

Supergirl Had the Best ‘Be My Girlfriend or I’ll Become a Supervillain’ Speech

Last night’s Supergirl was all about making the lovestruck nerd Winn into a sympathetic character, by showing us his psycho supervillain dad. And it worked… until Winn tried to use Supergirl’s sympathy to steal a kiss. And then he gave this weird speech. Seriously. WTF? The gist of Winn’s speech is, “My dad became a…

The Reason Why We Still Haven’t Seen Civil War‘s Version of Spider-Man

Stan Lee talks about a Star Wars/Marvel crossover movie, because of course he does. Maisie Williams adds another twist to Game of Thrones’ worst kept secret. Ben Affleck offers a mysterious comment about directing the solo Batman film. Plus, Wonder Woman set pictures, and a long wait for Sherlock. Spoilers now! Captain America: Civil War…

We’d Watch a Whole Show About Galavant‘s Bawdy Princess Jubilee

Last night’s Galavant two-episode block—“Giants vs. Dwarves” and “About Last Knight”—saw the characters fumbling a lot but accomplishing little (and singing, of course). One huge problem was settled, however, by a certain Princess Jubilee, who helps Princess Isabella escape her Bridezilla spell. Jubilee is played by British theater and TV star Sheridan Smith, and she…