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Archive - April 2016

Killjoys and Dark Matter Get Season 2 Premiere Dates

Two SyFy original series have just been given official back-to-back season 2 premiere time-slots. Killjoys, which follows the exploits of a rag-tag team of interplanetary bounty hunters, is set to debut its sophomore season on Friday July 1, at 9/8c. This will be followed up directly by the season premiere of the intergalactic conspiracy...

The Wheel of Time is Coming to TV After All

Robert Jordan’s widely beloved The Wheel of Time book series is officially slated for small-screen adaptation by a “major studio,” having apparently resolved its previous legal travails. This is according to Harriet McDougal, the series’ former editor and also wife to the late author. She released a press statement about...

Punisher TV Series Officially Greenlit at Netflix

Jon Bernthal as The Punisher

This morning word was released that Marvel and Netflix are officially joining forces once again to create a stand-alone Punisher series. Rumors that this was potentially in the works have been in circulation for several months, but this morning they were confirmed by EW. Netflix and Marvel are expected to make an official statement about it later...

Alicia Vikander is the new Lara Croft

Deadline has reported that Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl) will take over playing the iconic Tomb Raider character Lara Croft in MGM GK Films, and Warner Brothers’ reboot of the franchise. Angelina Jolie was once the face of the film, based on a video game by Eidos (now owned by Square Enix). Vikander certainly fits...

Arrow Recap and Review – ‘Canary Cry’

Legion contributor Andrea Levine is recapping and reviewing Arrow for us this season. Follow her on Twitter @wysefyre! Get ready for the pain, because this week’s Arrow deals with the aftermath of Laurel’s unfortunate demise at the hands of Damien Darhke. Before taking a brief hiatus, Arrow left off with Quentin arriving at the hospital to...