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Kevin Feige made it perfectly clear that none of the previous Marvel TV shows are regarded as official canon anymore, which presented more problems for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. than the rest of the studio’s small screen output. After all, the series was only created following the success of The Avengers, starred recurring character Phil Coulson in the lead and featured numerous cameos across the seven seasons from familiar faces like Peggy Carter, Lady Sif, Maria Hill and even Nick Fury.

In an effort to distance itself from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s official timeline, the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. introduced the idea of alternate realities into the mix, offering a suitable conclusion where none of the show’s events have been disregarded but they’re no longer directly connected to the movies, either.

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Are we sure Prince Harry didn’t ghostwrite this one?

Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, which is now streaming on Disney+, follows five younger siblings of heirs to various thrones, led by Princess Sam (Andi Mack‘s Peyton Elizabeth Lee). These young royals think they’re being shipped off to summer school, only to discover that they’ve been recruited by a top-secret organization to defend the royal families from any number of international threats. Oh, did we mention they all have super powers? They do!

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Samuel L. Jackson, the celebrated actor who has portrayed Nick Fury in a myriad of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, is suiting up for a new Disney+ superhero series.

Variety reported that Jackson is attached to star in the untitled series, which will be written and executive produced by Kyle Bradstreet (“Mr. Robot”). No plot details, additional casting information, or a prospective release date were provided.

Disney and Marvel representatives did not return a request for comment.

Jackson first portrayed Nick Fury, the founder of the Avengers who frequently helps the team’s various superheroes, in the post-credits scene in 2008’s “Iron Man,” the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film. He has reprised the role in 10 of the franchise’s other films: “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “The Avengers,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Captain Marvel,” “Avengers Endgame,” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Samuel L. Jackson could be strapping on that eyepatch for a while longer: Disney+ is reportedly developing a series centered on Jackson’s McU character, Nick Fury, with Jackson on board to reprise the role.

As sources told our sister publication Variety, Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot, Berlin Station) will write and executive-produce the project. Plot details, however, are currently being kept under wraps, and Disney+ has not commented on Variety‘s report.

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Samuel L. Jackson will reprise his role as Nick Fury for a new Disney+ Marvel TV series according to Variety. No details are currently available other than the fact that he’ll the popular McU super spy is indeed the headliner of the show and that Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot) will write and executive produce the series.

The news comes just months after Agents of Shield wrapped its seven season run on ABC. While that show was ostensibly part of the broader McU continuity, and launched itself out of the events of the first Avengers film, it always felt a little disconnected from the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper, despite two brief cameos from Jackson himself relatively early on. And since it was always at the mercy of the bigger events happening on screen, it never really got to delve into the deeper history and machinations of the McU’s ultimate spy agency.

The rumors, though not unexpected, are true, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” will undergo one week of reshoots in October to help complete what will be a four-hour, four-episode limited series for HBO Max. Snyder exited the “Justice League” in 2017 following a family tragedy. Warner Bros. was forced to resume the film without him and hired Joss Whedon (“The Avengers”), who was already rewriting much of the film and its reshoots at WB’s behest.

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If you’re a fan of HBO’s Game of Thrones who hasn’t read the George R.R. Martin novels on which the show is based, you probably never expected to see Catelyn Stark appear onscreen again after her shocking death in Season 3.

But if you have devoured Martin’s books, you likely wondered why Lady Stoneheart — a silent, revenge-driven version of Catelyn who is brought back from the dead and first appears in A Storm of Swords — never showed up in any of the TV show’s eight seasons.

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This one-time orphan has found a new TV home: Tatiana Maslany will portray superheroine She-Hulk in a new TV series for Disney+, according to multiple reports. The Orphan Black star, recently seen on HBO's Perry Mason, has yet to comment on the news. In the Marvel comics, She-Hulk's alter-ego is Jennifer Walters, cousin to Bruce Banner. She receives the powers of the green, beefy superhero thanks to a blood transfusion from her relative. In the McU, Bruce Banner—aka the Hulk—is portrayed by Mark Ruffalo, who took over the role in The Avengers following a short stint by Edward Norton in the 2008 standalone film. Not many details are known about the plot of the She-Hulk series, though it has...

When we last saw U.S. Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) in 2019’s Angel Has Fallen, he had once again saved the life of his mentor, President Trumbull, from assassination and also reconciled with his long-estranged, Ptsd-suffering but warm-hearted dad Clay (Nick Nolte). And just for good measure, Banning ended up accepting the position of Director of the Secret Service from a grateful Commander-in-Chief.

The picture was the first collaboration between Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh (Shot Caller), who are teaming up again for this year’s planetary disaster epic Greenland. Waugh told us during a recent press day for the latter than early work has already started on a fourth …Has Fallen entry, and that he’s ready to get it going whenever it becomes possible.

“I’m all in on another …Has Fallen,” Waugh told us. “We are talking about scripts and storylines right now.

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” director Morgan Neville has teamed up with “Song Exploder” host Hrishikesh Hirway to adapt the hit podcast into a Netflix docuseries premiering Oct. 2, the streamer announced Thursday.

Based on Hirway’s podcast of the same name, “Song Exploder” combines artist interviews, archival footage and raw recordings to break down hit songs layer by layer, while “sharing intimate insight into the personal inspiration behind the music and lyrics.”

Songs featured in the first batch of episodes include “3 Hour Drive” by Alicia Keys, “Wait for It” from the musical “Hamilton,” R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” and Ty Dolla $ign’s “LA.” Check out a trailer for the series here.

Tremolo Productions produces the series, with Hirway, Neville and Caitrin Rogers serving as executive producers. Dominic Musacchio is co-ep. Neville and Nicola B. Marsh direct.

Since its debut in 2014, “Song Exploder” has become one of the...

Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors has landed a crucial role in Ant-Man 3, according to Deadline. The breakout actor will reportedly play the Marvel super-villain Kang the Conqueror, a time-traveling foe of both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four ever since he made his debut in 1964’s The Avengers #8.

Ant-Man 3 has still not officially been announced by Marvel Studios, but the film’s pre-production has been underway for a while. Director Peyton Reed, who helmed the first two Ant-Man films, will be behind the camera again, with Jeff Loveness (Rick and Morty) writing the script. Stars Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne/Wasp), Michael Douglas (Hank Pym), and Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet Van Dyne) are all expected to return.

The 31-year-old Majors made his feature film debut in 2017’s Hostiles opposite another upcoming Marvel villain, Christian Bale, and garnered critical acclaim for his lead role in...

The cast of Ant-Man 3 is getting bigger. Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors is joining the next installment of the Marvel Studios franchise, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Sources say Majors will play the classic villain Kang the Conqueror. A time-traveling despot from the far-future, Kang the Conqueror debuted as a villain in Marvel’s The Avengers No. 8 in 1964. He’s intricately connected to the larger mythology of Marvel’s superhero universe, with ties to villains from Doctor Doom to Rama-Tut and even Thanos, courtesy of a feud with Nebula in 1990s comic continuity, and has faced off with everyone from the Fantastic Four through Spider-Man at one ...

By the time 2014 rolled around, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a force to be reckoned with. They had achieved massive success with their Phase One build to 2012's The Avengers. Things were going so well that 2013's Iron Man 3 joined The Avengers by grossing over $1 billion at the box office.

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Then, it was time to see what else the McU could pull off. Enter 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy. The film centered around an obscure group of Marvel heroes. However, it became a huge hit and fans grew to love the ragtag team. A major reason why was the performances of the talented cast through two films. This list will not take their work in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame into account.

Honor Blackman, the British actress best known for her roles in “The Avengers” series and “Goldfinger” film of the 1960s, has died at the age of 94.

Blackman died of natural causes and surrounded by loved one at her home in Lewes, Sussex, her family said in a statement to The Guardian. They added that she “will be greatly missed by her two children Barnaby and Lottie, and grandchildren Daisy, Oscar, Olive and Toby.”

The family added: “Honor was an actor of hugely prolific creative talent; with an extraordinary combination of beauty, brains and physical prowess, along with her unique voice and a dedicated work ethic, she achieved an unparalleled iconic status in the world of film and entertainment and with absolute commitment to her craft and total professionalism in all her endeavours she contributed to some of the great films and theatre productions of our times.”

Blackman’s decades-long career included film,...

After two years’ worth of far-flung fan theories and enough pent-up excitement to sink a Mega Star Destroyer, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally here and we couldn’t be more excited. Rian Johnson’s entry into the Skywalker saga is everything we hoped it’d be and more, delivering an epic, dazzling and beautifully shot adventure set in that galaxy far, far away which we absolutely loved.

Audiences felt the same way, apparently, as it’s being reported that over its opening weekend, Episode VIII pulled in a staggering $450 million at the worldwide box office. Split up, that’s $220 million domestically (falling just short of The Force Awakens‘ $248 million) and $230 million internationally, proving that Lucasfilm’s sci-fi franchise is a juggernaut in all parts of the world. With solid word of mouth and very positive reviews, it’s looking like the money’s just going to keep on rolling in.

The cast of the “Today” show and “Good Morning America” throw the best Halloween parties. Everyone from legendary Canadian singer Shania Twain to “The Avengers”‘ Thor were recreated for the programs’ spooky spectacles. Celebrating “Legends Night”, the team of “Today” paid tribute to some of music’s most colourful personalities. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb […]...

The cast of The Avengers shared behind-the-scenes photos of a massive McU photoshoot taking place, featuring him with other McU actors and directors.

Written by Dan Abnett | Art by Tom Mandrake | Published by Titan Comics

Captain Kronos – like the film – chronicles the adventures of the mysterious and powerful Kronos who has dedicated his life to destroying the evil vampire plague. Once a victim himself, the debonair Hunter knows the vampire’s strengths and weaknesses as well as the dangers of confronting the potent forces of darkness.

Based on the 1974 film, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter is the second Hammer title from Titan Comics following the success of the awesome The Mummy: Palimpsest (from Peter Milligan and Ronilson Freire). However unlike other Hammer franchises, Captain Kronos was very much about the heroics of its titular character – and this new book very much follows suit, making it different in many ways from what audiences might expect from a Hammer comic.

The art in this book reminded me very much of the classic, and controversial, British...

Jamie Andrew Sep 29, 2017

Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner was imaginative, unfathomable, and years ahead of its time...

It’s fifty years this month since The Prisoner premiered on British screens, bringing with it blazers, badges and mind-bending bad guys. The show ran for a mere two years, two truncated seasons and seventeen episodes, but its surreal imagery, iconic catchphrases, cerebral plots and absolutely bonkers ending have earned it a perennial place in our cultural consciousness.

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It's truly an odd-beast, quintessentially sixties in some respects, timeless in others. It's hard to describe or define it as any one thing: it's a spy show that isn't a spy show; it's an action show with bigger...

Game of Thrones probably broke your heart again when Lady Olenna willingly swallowed poison on Sunday night. While death wasn't obviously her choice, she took control of how she left the crazy world that is Westoros after everyone she loved was brutally murdered (she also delivered one hell of a truth bomb before she went). Despite her age, Olenna was one of the strongest and most badass female characters on the show, which was obvious during her recent chat with Daenerys Targaryen. "I've known a great many clever men," she said. "I've outlived them all. You know why? I ignored them." While we'll sadly miss Olenna on the small screen, we still have the actress who plays her to obsess over: Dame Diana Rigg. The 79-year-old English actress has been around for decades, and she was (and still is) a total babe. While it's a bit jarring to see Diana...

Warning: Spoilers ahead with regard to the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, “The Queen’s Justice.”

While Game of Thrones fans will continue to mourn the loss of Lady Olenna Tyrell (and her brilliant one-liners) on HBO’s hit show, we can all take comfort in the fact that the prolific actress who played her, Dame Diana Rigg, 79, is already hard at work on her next TV show — a supporting role on Season 2 of Masterpiece on PBS’ Victoria — and has no plans to retire anytime soon.

People recently caught up with the award-winning British star for a look...

Joe Robinson, 2004. (Photo copyright Cinema Retro. All rights reserved.)

By Lee Pfeiffer

Joe Robinson, the estimable stuntman, stunt arranger and occasional actor, has passed away in his native England at age 90. Robinson came from a family of wrestlers and he won the European Heavyweight Championship in 1952. Robinson drifted into the film industry initially as an actor, starring in the 1955 movie "A Kid for Two Farthings". Leading man status eluded him but he found a steady career arranging stunts for films and television shows and occasionally acting in them as well. Like many British and American actors, he gravitated to Italy in the early 1960s to appear in some of the "Hercules"-inspired strongman films that were quite popular during that era. He scored small action roles in "Barabbas" and "Ursus" before returning to England, where he had a supporting role in Tony Richardson's classic "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Rnner.

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Andrew Garfield headlines Breathe, the first directorial outing for Andy Serkis. Here's the latest trailer...

Update: As the film prepares for its London Film Festival debut, a new trailer has landed for Andy Serkis' directorial debut, Breathe. Take a look right here...

From June 2017

Andy Serkis is a very busy man. His work is next seen on cinema screens in next month’s astonishing War For The Planet Of The Apes. After that, he’s directing two features, the first of which lands in cinemas – his directorial debut, no less – in October.

It’s called Breathe (with Jungle Book, his second film, to follow in a year or two), and it arrives in UK cinemas in October. The cast is led by Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville and Tom Hollander, and the first trailer and synopsis have been released.

Here, then, is the trailer…

And here’s the synopsis…...

The pomp and circumstance of Felix Mendelssohn’s “War March of the Priests,” as played on a grand pipe organ by a hooded figure seated in an opulent ballroom during the opening credits of The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), perfectly sets the tone and timbre of director Robert Fuest’s film, both with playful irreverence and an eloquently ominous aural shroud of dread. The events we’re about to see play out in the film will hardly be a righteous procession of missionary or military zeal, as Mendelssohn’s music was originally intended to evoke. Instead, as it rings and bellows forth from the ornate instrument in this eerie chamber, one which feels at once haunted and strangely festive, Mendelssohn’s fervor is immediately cast with the unmistakable sense of having been drawn forth from someplace much darker than one of heavenly inspiration.

The organ itself rises from the bowels of...

Seth Holt is an odd figure. An editor at first, his career spans classic Ealing comedies (The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951) and gritty kitchen sink drama (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1960), while his overlapping career as producer saw him preside over the classic The Ladykillers (1955). On becoming a director, he worked mainly at Hammer, which made radically different content from Ealing but perhaps shared the same cozy atmosphere.Taste of Fear (a.k.a. Scream of Fear, 1961) is a zestful Diabolique knock-off, while The Nanny (1965) continued Bette Davis' career in horror. It's incredibly strong, beautifully made and quite ruthless: Bette referred to Holt as "a mountain of evil" and found him the most demanding director she'd encountered since William Wyler. During the daft but enjoyably peculiar Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), Holt developed a persistent case of hiccups that turned the screening of rushes into hilarious occasions. Then he dropped dead of a heart attack,...

Alastair Stewart Mar 2, 2017

Arguably, British tech ensemble Bugs paved the way for the likes of Spooks, Sherlock, Torchwood and more...

It feels a long time ago that watching Saturday night TV with the family was the norm, but back in the 1990s, millions crowded around the box for the likes of Noel's House Party, Due South, The Generation Game, and of course, Bugs. The latter ran for four series between 1995 and 1999 and arguably holds the distinction of being embryonic of later, more intensive, tech-heavy UK shows including Spooks and Sherlock.

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The general Bugs premise involved a team of crime-fighting gadget experts facing a range of modern (now charmingly redundant), technology-centred threats. The main triptych of regulars included Nick Beckett (Jesse Birdsall), Ros Henderson (Jaye Griffiths) and Ed (Neighbours alumnus Craig McLachlan in series...

Thanks to Twitter's @stitchkingdom, we have the first official synopsis for Thor: Ragnarok! As you can see below, it confirms a lot of rumours we've heard about the movie as Thoris left without Mjolnir and left pretty much powerless in some sort of cosmic prison far away from both Earth and Asgard. The latter meanwhile sounds like it's in serious jeopardy from Hela as she looks to destroy the realm.  However, the biggest talking point here is without a doubt the fact that Thor looks set to be pitted against The Hulk inside a gladiatorial arena as that confirms that we're getting elements of Planet Hulk and that these two won't be fighting side by side for at least some of the movie. Instead, they'll be battling each other, and you'll no doubt remember from The Avengers just how much fun that was!  The cast list doesn't reveal anything we didn't already know,...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Stern Pinball. To celebrate, they're paying tribute to the 1960s Batman TV show with their 50th anniversary pinball machine based on the Adam West and Burt Ward series, and we have photos of the collectible game.

Press Release: Elk Grove Village, Il – September 15, 2016 –Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball machines, proudly announced today the availability of its highly anticipated Batman ‘66 Anniversary Edition pinball machine.

Stern Pinball is celebrating its 30th year in business and the 50th anniversary of the iconic American TV series with an Anniversary Edition pinball machine featuring the world famous “Dynamic Duo” of Batman and Robin. The game will immerse players in campy fun and heart-pounding action as the crime fighting Dynamic Duo comes to the aid of the Gotham City Police. Throughout the game, Batman and Robin work to deduce clues and discover...

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Special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, whose dazzling and innovative visual effects work on fantasy adventure films such as Jason And The Argonauts and The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad passed away in 2013 at age 92. In 1933, the then-13-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw King Kong at a Hollywood theater and was inspired – not only by Kong, who was clearly not just a man in a gorilla suit, but also by the dinosaurs. He came out of the theatre “stunned and haunted. They looked absolutely lifelike … I wanted to know how it was done.” It was done by using stop-motion animation: jointed models filmed one frame at a time to simulate movement. Harryhausen was to become the prime exponent of the technique and its combination with live action. The influence of Harryhausen on film luminaries like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, and...

This week the ridiculous Civil War rages on! But only kind of, and really just against Tony Stark. Black Widow goes back to basics, The Squadron Supreme continue to be not so supreme, and I have officially dropped Patsy Walker! Read on to get some reviews for the books my high and mighty self has decided to explore, oh and Vote Loki!

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Black Widow #4

Story: Chris Samnee, Mark Waid Art: Chris Samnee Colors: Matthew Wilson

Review: When Waid and Samnee last left us, Natasha was bleeding out after getting gutted by a little girl (tsk tsk, Nattie!). Now the Black Widow is recovering after being saved by a former Red Room mentor. While Natasha recovers, she learns that a former friend who is also the daughter of the head mistress of the Red Room has created a new version, named The Dark Room (very original!

Burt Kwouk, the actor who played martial arts expert Cato in the original Peter Sellers "Pink Panther" films, has died at the age of 85. He "passed peacefully" according to his agent Jean Diamond, with no specific cause of death mentioned.

Born in northwest England in 1930 and raised in Shanghai, Kwouk had his first major role in 1958's "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness". He also appeared in two James Bond classics - "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice" - along with the original "Rollerball" and Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun". He also had guest spots on popular 1960s shows like "The Avengers," "Secret Agent" and "The Saint" and a regular role on 1980s British sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine'.

But it's his work in a half dozen "Pink Panther" films as Cato Fong that he'll always be remembered for. The character, a manservant to Sellers' bumbling Inspector Clouseau,...

Burt Kwouk, the veteran actor most closely associated with the role of the long-suffering Cato in The Pink Panther series opposite Peter Sellers, has died at age 85. A statement released by the actor’s family confirmed Kwouk passed away peacefully May 24. Kwouk was born in Warrington in the UK but lived in Shanghai until he was 17. His long career took in seven Pink Panther films, three James Bonds as well as appearances in Doctor Who and The Avengers. Kwouk’s big break…...

Burt Kwouk, the veteran actor most closely associated with the role of the long-suffering Cato in The Pink Panther series opposite Peter Sellers, has died at age 85. A statement released by the actor’s family confirmed Kwouk passed away peacefully May 24. Kwouk was born in Warrington in the UK but lived in Shanghai until he was 17. His long career took in seven Pink Panther films, three James Bonds as well as appearances in Doctor Who and The Avengers. Kwouk’s big break…...

Burt Kwouk, who played Inspector Clouseau's nimble manservant in seven Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers has died, the BBC reports. "Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away. The family will be having a private funeral but there will be a memorial at a later date," his agent told the British news agency. Kwouk rose to fame playing Cato Fong opposite Sellers, who regularly assaulted the bumbling detective to keep him vigilant. After seven films with Sellers, he revived his character in later films that featured Roger Moore and Roberto Benigni as the French detective. Born in England but raised in China,...

Burt Kwouk, who played Inspector Clouseau's nimble manservant in seven Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers has died, the BBC reports. "Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away. The family will be having a private funeral but there will be a memorial at a later date," his agent told the British news agency. Kwouk rose to fame playing Cato Fong opposite Sellers, who regularly assaulted the bumbling detective to keep him vigilant. After seven films with Sellers, he revived his character in later films that featured Roger Moore Roberto Benigni as the French detective. Born in England but raised in China,...

The icon-establishing performances Marilyn Monroe gave in Howard Hawks’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959) are ones for the ages, touchstone works that endure because of the undeniable comic energy and desperation that sparked them from within even as the ravenous public became ever more enraptured by the surface of Monroe’s seductive image of beauty and glamour. Several generations now probably know her only from these films, or perhaps 1955’s The Seven-Year Itch, a more famous probably for the skirt-swirling pose it generated than anything in the movie itself, one of director Wilder’s sourest pictures, or her final completed film, The Misfits (1961), directed by John Huston, written by Arthur Miller and costarring Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.

But in Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) she delivers a powerful dramatic performance as Nell, a psychologically devastated, delusional, perhaps psychotic young woman apparently on...

The release of Captain America: Civil War is just one month away, and that means the star-studded red carpet premiere iseven closer. The cast of the comic book sequel is already massive with a whole slew of The Avengers appearing in the movie and squaring off against each other as they disagree over the Sokovia […]

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Ground-breaking, intelligent, prescient 1970s drama Doomwatch, now out on DVD, is a British television classic...

Playing on the public's fear that 'this could actually happen', Doomwatch had a veneer of credibility unusual in the escapist television drama landscape of the late 60s/early 70s. This spring sees the most comprehensive haul of Doomwatch episodes released on DVD for the first time. The nickname for the "Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work", the series first appeared on BBC1 on Monday 9th February 1970 at 9.40pm. It followed half an hour of comedy from Kenneth Williams, which must have surely heightened its dramatic impact.

The series would run in tandem with the early Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who; the first episode made its debut two days after part two of Doctor Who And The Silurians. The two shows undoubtedly shared a synergy of ideas - not to mention cast and crew.

“You begin to resent an actor if you always have to give him bad notices.” Upon his death in 1993, Vincent Price left an unfillable chasm in the horror community. He was our King Ghoul, the Gentleman of Terror who never missed a lipsmack or an arched eyebrow. His leering, singsong tones were music to horror lovers’ ears, every syllable a delicious symphony of delight. To the fans, that is – Price, while alive, was dismissed by the press as a preening ham not to be taken seriously. How fitting then, that he should find his greatest role as a vengeful actor lashing out at his critics in the most macabre of ways? Theatre of Blood (1973) reflected on Price’s place in the pantheon, and showed the naysayers once and for all his innate gifts.

Released by United Artists in April, Theatre of Blood, or Theater of Blood (to paraphrase a Joe Walsh album title,...

Once again Star Wars: The Force Awakens is poised to break even more box office records over Christmas weekend. However, after five days of record-breaking activity it's this holiday season's new wide, expanding and limited releases that could prove equally interesting. Four new films are releasing in 2,800+ theaters this weekend with Daddy's Home the widest release of the lot at 3,271 theaters. Looking back over the years this has been a prime weekend for new releases, begging the question as to whether Star Wars steals eyeballs or if it simply does its thing while the other titles play as they normally would. Star Wars will most certainly take the weekend top spot with a second weekend well above $100 million. We've been tracking it's daily performance in comparison to Avatar as its 33.8% Monday drop matched that of the domestic and worldwide box office champ. Tuesday's 6.85% drop was a little higher than Avatar's 1.83% drop,...

The Avengers aired on British television back in the 1960s. The series was on the air for six seasons before it was cancelled. One of the stars of the series, Diana Rigg, wants the networks to leave The Avengers alone.

With so many remakes and reboots in the works, it is tempting for networks to revisit old series from the past that did really well. The Avengers is one of those series.

Bryan Fuller has already called The Avengers his dream project, and he would want Eddie Izzard to play John Steed. Fuller just ended his time with Hannibal, which was cancelled by NBC after three seasons.

Digital Spy shared Rigg's comments about a potential reboot.

"I think the message is over and done with, and it's move-on time, don't you think?"

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Having thoroughly and smartly reinvented Hannibal Lecter into a cult prequel TV series that was unlike anything else on television, acclaimed producer Bryan Fuller has suggested turning his attention towards a different genre and a pair of similarly iconic characters - John Steed and Emma Peel.

Fuller was one of several producers who recently sat down with TV Line this week to talk about show reboots and discuss which series they'd like the chance to reinvent the most. Fuller had one in mind: "would love to reboot The Avengers with Eddie Izzard as John Steed. That would be wonderful."

The classic ITV series teamed Patrick MacNee as John Steed with several women, most notably Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. They worked by the motto: "Extraordinary crimes against the people, and the state, must be avenged by agents extraordinary." It was a global hit which ran for 161 episodes throughout the 1960s,...

Let's get ready to tumble - Pauline Quirke is on the offensive in a first look at the next You, Me and the Apocalypse.

The exclusive clip is taken from tomorrow night's episode six, with Quirke's Paula coming to the rescue of son Jamie (Mathew Baynton).

You, Me and the Apocalypse is an all-star comedy-drama, charting humanity's final days as a comet hurtles towards the Earth.

The legendary Diana Rigg also makes a guest appearance in the next episode, playing deranged Dorothea Sutton.

"It's wonderful - she's indomitable," Rigg told press including Digital Spy. "Nothing would stop her, utterly selfish. The opportunity to be bizarre - I am bizarre, aren't I? - is just so wonderful, isn't it?

"I didn't know whether I had to be glamorous, but they decided to make me glamorous. That's wonderful, because I so rarely get the chance! I'm an old bag for the most part on Game of Thrones,...

Everything from Twin Peaks to The X-Files is returning to television, but Diana Rigg has said her classic show The Avengers should be left in the 1960s.

A film reboot of the spy-fi series in 1998 left critics underwhelmed - to put it mildly - though the prospect of Hannibal's Bryan Fuller rebooting the franchise had us intrigued.

Rigg, though, says she's not keen on the idea of anyone reviving John Steed and Emma Peel: "I think the message is over and done with, and it's move-on time, don't you think?

"They made the film, didn't they? So I think that answers it."

Back in the '60s, Rigg's Emma Peel was a groundbreaking feminist icon, with the 77-year-old actress suggesting that "ballsy females" are "here forever now".

But despite appearing in everything from The Avengers to Game of Thrones to Sky1's new dystopian comedy You, Me and the Apocalypse,...

There are certain British shows that are remembered so fondly that the fear of nostalgia kicks in and you think they can’t possibly be as good as you remember them. I’ll admit when I started watching The Avengers: The Complete Series 6 on Blu-ray I had that fear… Gladly I had nothing to worry about.

In Series 6 we see the final episode of Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, and the introduction of Tara King (Linda Thorson). In some of the craziest episodes we see Vaudeville assassins (with a guest role by John Cleese), a Prisoner parody, invisible men and all other kinds of strange assassins all gunning for Steed (Patrick Macnee) and his partner in crime.

While there is no doubt that Diana Rigg’s Emma Peel was an excellent sidekick for Steed, I have to admit that Tara King has always been my favourite. There was a...

A revival of classic cult series The Prisoner has cast its new Number Six.

Big Finish - producers of audio drama based on Doctor Who, The Avengers and Blake's 7 - have hired Mark Elstob as the lead for their new series.

Elstob is best known for his stage work, though soap fans will remember his role as Andrew Fraser on Emmerdale from 2001-2002.

The Prisoner originally starred Patrick McGoohan as a former spy trapped in a peculiar - and sinister - village. Robbed of his identity, McGoohan's character was known only as 'Number Six'.

"I knew, of course, that the casting of Number Six was pivotal," said Nicholas Briggs - writer, director and producer on the audio revival. "Patrick McGoohan was the driving force of the original series, both on and off-screen. The new central performance would have to be every bit as powerful in its own way."

Briggs called Elstob "a brilliant,...

To mark the release of The Avengers: The Complete Series 6 on 5th October, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and his new secret agent partner Tara King (Linda Thorson) embark on a string of crime solving adventures in the final series of the original cult TV

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Theatre Of Blood starring St. Louis native Vincent Price will be screened Saturday October 10th, as part of Movies for Foodies, a regular film series put on by the chefs at Tenacious Eats. The event will take place at St. Louis Banquet Center located at 5700 Leona. In attendance will be special guest Victoria Price, author of Vincent Price, a Daughter’s Biography.

Tenacious Eats presents five courses and five cocktails themed to the Vincent Price masterpiece Theatre Of Blood with special guest of honor Victoria Price! Recipes will be featured from Victoria’s parents’ best-selling cookbook “A Treasury of Great Recipes” which is being re-issued for its 50th Anniversary. Cookbooks will be available for purchase that evening. This event will take place at St. Louis Banquet Center located at 5700 Leona. Get ready for a creepy good time! Live music and cash bar begin at 6:30pm.

As she enters her tenth decade, Honor Blackman can still mix it with the best of them. Never mind the "glamorous granny" tag, she has retained the looks and the moxie that first struck us in the early 1960s when, as Cathy Gale in The Avengers, she not only aced the partnership with Patrick McNee's John Steed, but introduced the previously little seen screen character of a woman who could take care of herself.

Bryan Fuller already has his first post-Hannibal project lined up - a TV version of Neil Gaiman's lauded novel American Gods.

But the writer / producer already has another dream project in mind - a reboot of '60s spy-fi series The Avengers.

"I would love to reboot The Avengers - with Eddie Izzard as John Steed," Fuller told TVLine. "That would be wonderful."

Fuller and Izzard, of course, worked together on Hannibal - where the latter played serial killer Abel Gideon.

The pair also have form when it comes to reboots, even if their last effort to revive a classic property - 2012's The Munsters revamp Mockingbird Lane - didn't get a series pick-up.

Now we just need to find someone to fill Diana Rigg's leather boots as a modern-day Emma Peel. Any chance Natalie Dormer - who play's Rigg's granddaughter on Game of Thrones - is available?...