Amazon has confirmed that Billy Bob Thornton will return to its Prime Video service in a second series of Goliath on Friday 15th June. Thornton reprises his role as Billy McBride who, after winning a huge verdict in the Borns Tech case, is reluctantly pulled back into the law when his friend’s 16-year-old son is arrested for a double homicide. However, as Billy, Patty … [Read more...] about Amazon confirms return date for Billy Bob Thornton’s Goliath
Netflix orders all-new original sci-fi drama Another Life
Netflix has ordered a new 10 episode series starring Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff as an astronaut on a mission to explore alien intelligence. The show is being helmed by Aaron Martin who has previously worked on Slasher, Saving Hope, Degrassi: The Next Generation Synopsis: Astronaut Niko Breckenridge (Katee Sackhoff) leads a crew on a mission to explore the … [Read more...] about Netflix orders all-new original sci-fi drama Another Life
Rakuten to offer simultaneous digital and theatrical releases of selected films
Rakuten TV has announced a new project, Rakuten Cinema, which will see it enter the co-production and distribution field to offer simultaneous digital and theatrical releases. As its first feature, Rakuten TV has selected Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s World War II action thriller, Hurricane – starring Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones, Marvel’s Inhumans, Riviera, Misfits), Milo … [Read more...] about Rakuten to offer simultaneous digital and theatrical releases of selected films
Amazon orders second series of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Amazon has greenlit a second series of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan ahead of its global series debut set for 31st August on Prime Video. The series, produced by Paramount Television and Skydance Television, stars John Krasinski as Clancy's CIA analyst and is billed as a "a reinvention with a modern sensibility" of the character. In series two, Jack Ryan confronts the forces … [Read more...] about Amazon orders second series of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Tales of the City to return after Netflix commissions new 10-part series
Netflix is reviving Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City as a 10-part 'limited series' which is expected to start production later this year and debut in 2019. Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis and Barbara Garrick are returning to the series and will be joined by Ellen Page. Based on the books by Armistead Maupin, this next chapter - Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City … [Read more...] about Tales of the City to return after Netflix commissions new 10-part series