Television

Computer Game Myst To Become A TV Series

Myst, the computer game just about everyone in the ’90s played, is going to be a TV series, despite it being a tangled and very complicated mystery. If done well this could be really, really good. Like Lost good. If done poorly, well… Deadline just dropped the nostalgic news that Legendary TV and Cyan Worlds…

Syfy’s Next TV Series Is About Famous Ghosts Who Help Hunt For Treasure

Lately Syfy has been ramping up the press for their new 12 Monkeys series and Ascension, but what will come after these debuts? Well, wait no more, because the channel has optioned the comic book series Five Ghosts, which is apparently about using famous ghosts (including Dracula!) for monetary gains. Syfy announced via press release…

Who Is Ant-Man‘s New Secret Character and Why Is He So Important?

Did Mark Hamill give away Star Wars: Episode VII’s big twist back in 2006? Michael B. Jordan describes the gritty look for the Fantastic Four costumes. Ben Affleck promises Batman v. Superman won’t be the disappointment that Daredevil was. Another Game of Thrones character won’t be back this season. Spoilers now! Top image: Ant-Man test…

Saturday Morning Cartoons Aren’t Dead. They’re Everywhere, All the Time

This past weekend was the first in over 50 years without Saturday morning cartoons on nationwide broadcast TV in America. But that doesn’t mean the sugary-cereal-soaked childhood ritual of settling in for a block of animated entertainment is dead. Hell no. In 2014, it’s always cartoon o’clock. The death of the Saturday morning cartoon block…

​That Was A Pretty Good Fifth Episode Of The Strain

Wait. That was the season finale?! Well, dammit. I guess it wasn’t a bad episode — in fact, it was one of the better episodes of the season — but all my hopes that the series was just biding its time for an insane final act were in vain. I’m not trying to be an…

This Week’s TV: An Alabama Town Tries To Make Syfy’s Next Original Film

How will new superhero show The Flash stack up against Arrow? Plus, a new docuseries follows a small town making a zombie movie that could air on Syfy—if they finish it in time. American Horror Story: Freak Show debuts, and Supernatural, The Originals, and The Walking Dead return! Tonight Gotham (8 PM, Fox) Someone is…

It’s Official: Twin Peaks Will Return!

Yes, it’s happening. No more vague tweets about a possible return; co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost have come together with Showtime to announce via video that TWIN PEAKS IS BACK!!!!! [UPDATED] Here’s the tweet with the link to the YouTube video, which has the description, “A message from TWIN PEAKS creators and executive producers…

Did Star Wars: Episode VII‘s Big Twist Just Get Revealed?

X-Men: Apocalypse will bring back the Beast/Mystique relationship. Robert Downey Jr. explains the surprising condition for him making Iron Man 4. And will Ray Palmer have any superpowers on Arrow? Plus Walking Dead, Gotham, Agents of SHIELD, Sleepy Hollow and The Originals. Spoilers now! Top image: Arrow Star Wars A passel of Star Wars rumors…

Today’s Doctor Who Would Be Way Shorter If The Doctor Only Played Nice

Seriously. The dickish behavior of Peter Capaldi’s Doctor has officially become the show’s main story engine. The plot of tonight’s Doctor Who is greatly complicated by the Doctor’s obnoxiousness, and it would be a really short episode if David Tennant had shown up instead. Spoilers ahead… So a few weeks ago, the Doctor got bored…

In The Book 4 Premiere, The Politics Of Korra Get Much More Complicated

The final season is here and everything has changed! While it’s sad that we’re beginning the end of The Legend of Korra the show has set up some intriguing—if risky—dominos for Book Four. Okay, truth time: the season premiere makes me very excited but also a wee bit nervous. Part of the reason that I…

Star Wars Rebels May Not Look Like Much—But It’s Got It Where It Counts

The pilot for Star Wars Rebels is by no means perfect. It’s hampered by funny-looking character designs, and it’s proto-Rebellion crew isn’t quite compelling yet. But it does have a sense of adventure that reminds us of A New Hope—and that’s enough to keep us interested. Last night, the Rebels pilot movie, Spark of Rebellion,…

This Is the First Weekend in America With No Saturday Morning Cartoons

Saturday morning American broadcast TV was once animation’s home field. Filling a cereal bowl with artificially colored sugar pebbles and staring at the tube was every kid’s weekend plan. Not any more: For the first time in 50-plus years, you won’t find a block of animation on broadcast this morning. It’s the end of an…

It’s Official: Elena Is THE Villain Of The Vampire Diaries

It’s been obvious for a couple years now: Everything bad on Vampire Diaries happens due to Elena Gilbert, the self-centered main character who nobody ever holds responsible for anything. But now the show isn’t even trying to hide her villainy any more. Spoilers ahead… Basically, the plot of last night’s episode boiled down to: Elena…

David Lynch Toys With Our Hearts, Hints At A Twin Peaks Revival

Today, David Lynch tweeted a very vague hint to the internet masses that Twin Peaks may be returning. *Clutches chest, falls to the ground.* Twin Peaks creator David Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost both tweeted this sentence, thus hinting at the return of the chilling, creepy and absolutely bananas series Twin Peaks: I’m not sure…

War Of The Worlds‘ Martian Tripods Invade Actual World War I Footage

Last year, the History channel aired a mockumentary about the “Great Martian War” of 1913-1917. The real treat is the videos of the battles, which places War of the Worlds-style walkers in real footage from World War I. Christian Johnson (Plazma) and Steve Maher (impossible factual) directed these mashups of HG Wells and World War…

There’s A Peter Pan Workplace Sitcom Coming To NBC

NBC Is making a live-action, Peter Pan-inspired workplace comedy titled Wendy and Peter. It sounds like The Office meets J.M. Barrie’s classic fairy tale. I volunteer the whole of Brooklyn as both a cast and location (including myself). According to Deadline, the half-hour, single camera show will be more of a romantic comedy and less…

Doctor Strange Loses Joaquin Phoenix! Plus More Weird Star Wars Rumors

Who does Max von Sydow play in Star Wars? Terminator Genisys is not what you were expecting. Also, Star Wars Rebels has already been renewed for a second season. Gotham adds another future Bat-villain. Spoilers now! Top image: Star Wars Rebels Star Wars Here we go, more rumors: If the whole “missing lightsaber” plot is…

TrekCore’s Youtube channel has been taken down due to copyright claims on its SD and HD Star Trek comparisons. In their post on it, Trek Core expressed surprise that a project that reflected so positively on the Blu-ray releases and had been shared by CBS’ social media would fall victim to the takedown process.

Which TV Episode Does Everybody Seem To Love Except For You?

Everybody knows that loving or hating a particular TV show is a matter of intensely personal taste — but sometimes, this includes individual episodes. Everybody else might think one episode is genius, and you just can’t understand why. But what’s the most overrated single episode of a TV show, in your book? Please include a…

Peter Capaldi’s Most Embarrassing Moment As A Young Doctor Who Fan

We know that Peter Capaldi was a huge fan of Doctor Who long before he took up the mantle of the 12th Doctor, but apparently his enthusiasm earned him the ire of the BBC’s Doctor Who office. Watch him squirm adorably as he hears what one BBC employee thought of his younger self. While Capaldi…