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‘From’ Trailer: The Producers Of ‘Lost’ Return With A New Creepy Mystery Series In February

November 24, 2021 3:31 pm

When you trace back the origins of modern TV series, a lot of them go back to “Lost.” The early-2000s mystery series was one of the first to break the conventions of episodic storytelling, focusing on serializ...

‘Chapelwaite’: A Stephen King Short Story Is Stretched To Death In This Tedious Limited Series [Review]

Brian Tallerico

August 9, 2021 11:06 am

News, Reviews, Television

The fan base for Stephen King has been well fed, but ultimately dissatisfied of late with misfires on Paramount+ (“The Stand”) and Apple TV+ (“Lisey’s Story”). Looking for an adaptation that might provide the ...

‘Chapelwaite’ Trailer: Adrien Brody Stars In EPIX’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ Prequel Series

Charles Barfield

July 8, 2021 12:48 pm

News, Television, Trailers

You wouldn’t know it by the title of the series, but “Chapelwaite” is based on a Stephen King short story, “Jerusalem’s Lot,” which serves as a prequel of sorts to the author’s very famous novel, “Salem’s Lot....

‘War Of The Worlds’ Season 2 Trailer: Gabriel Byrne & Daisy Edgar-Jones Try To Recover After An Alien Invasion

Charles Barfield

May 7, 2021 1:36 pm

News, Television, Trailers

In many of the previous alien invasion films and TV series, the story typically shows what happens when the extraterrestrials arrive on Earth. Most of the time, this involves lots of battles and humans getting...

Adrien Brody To Star In EPIX Series ‘Jerusalem’s Lot,’ Based On A Stephen King Short Story

Charles Barfield

December 19, 2019 3:11 pm

News, Television

Stephen King has yet another project coming to screens. Trying to keep track of every film or TV series in development based on a King book or story is damn-near impossible right now. And adding to the confusio...

‘Godfather Of Harlem’ Trailer: Forest Whitaker & Vincent D’Onofrio Star In Limited Series About Crime In The Civil Rights Era

Charles Barfield

August 6, 2019 2:50 pm

News, Television, Trailers

You know you’re in the middle of the Peak TV era when a prestige limited series drama starring Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker can be close to premiering and you haven’t really heard a peep about it. Such i...

‘Pennyworth’ Announces A Release Date & Introduces Batman’s Dad In New Teaser For The Series

Charles Barfield

April 24, 2019 2:20 pm

News, Television, Trailers

If your first reaction to the idea of an entire TV series devoted to Batman’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, is that of utter confusion, then you wouldn’t be crazy. For years, Alfred has been portrayed as an older ...

‘Pennyworth’ First-Look Teaser: Batman’s Butler Is A Young, Badass Bodyguard In 1960s London

Charles Barfield

March 29, 2019 1:45 pm

News, Television, Trailers

You wouldn’t be wrong to think that we’ve entered the era of Peak Superhero TV when you hear that a cable network is developing a drama series based around the early life of Batman’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth. ...

‘Perpetual Grace, LTD.’ Trailer: Ben Kingsley Stars As A Holy Man With A Penchant For Violence In New Drama Series

Charles Barfield

March 7, 2019 1:45 pm

News, Television, Trailers

It’s hard to describe the upcoming EPIX series “Perpetual Grace, LTD.” in any sort of brevity. Sure, you could say that the series follows the attempt of two men to rob an older couple that runs a church. But t...

Creator Says ‘Batman’ Spin-Off Series ‘Pennyworth’ With Young, Badass Alfred Will Be “Unhinged, R-Rated”

Charles Barfield

February 7, 2019 4:12 pm

News, Television

One of the more perplexing DC comics-related Hollywood projects on the docket is the upcoming “Pennyworth” series coming to EPIX in June. The series aims to tell the story of a young Alfred Pennyworth, the futu...

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