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The Acolyte: Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae to play the male lead in the upcoming Star Wars series

Posted 4 years ago

The Star Wars Universe will never be the same now that Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae is joining the cast of the new Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte. Lee Jung-Jae will act as the show’s leading man opposite Amandla Stenberg (The Hate...

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Star Wars: The Acolyte takes inspiration from Wuxia martial arts films

Posted 4 years ago

Although I’m looking forward to all Lucasfilm’s upcoming Star Wars projects, most revolve around characters we’re already quite familiar with. That’s why I’m so excited for The Acolyte, an upcoming Star Wars series from Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) that takes...

New female-centric Star Wars TV series in the works for Disney+

Posted 6 years ago

Following the release of STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, the future of the feature-film side of the STAR WARS franchise is largely unknown, but there are plenty of STAR WARS projects being developed for the Disney+ streaming service, and...

Shortened Heathers TV show to air in a five day marathon

Posted 8 years ago

A television series based on the 1988 dark comedy HEATHERS was supposed to be a flagship show for the Paramount Network, the channel formerly known as Spike. It was scheduled to debut in March, but then the network decided that...

Paramount scraps Heathers TV series in response to real world violence

Posted 8 years ago

The television series Heathers, a show inspired by the 1988 cult classic film of the same title, was supposed to debut on the Paramount Network back on March 7th, but its premiere was delayed after the school shooting that took...

Trailers preview Heathers TV series and mermaid show Siren

Posted 8 years ago

Several months ago, the Paramount Network (a newly re-branded Spike) released a teaser for their flagship series Heathers, a show inspired by the 1988 cult classic film of the same title. With the show's March debut swifly approaching, the network...

The Paramount Network’s Heathers reboot series gets a teaser

Posted 9 years ago

Of all 1980s cult classics that could have been chosen to receive a reboot as an anthology television series, I never would have guessed that one to get such treatment would be Michael Lehmann's 1988 dark comedy HEATHERS. That film followed a...

TV Land orders a 10 episode first season for Heathers anthology series

Posted 9 years ago

TV Land has given a greenlight for the production of their first hourlong original series, and said series just happens to be based on the 1988 cult classic film HEATHERS. Written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, that...

Shannen Doherty joins TV Land’s Heathers pilot, shares pic from set

Posted 10 years ago

TV Land is currently in the middle of production on their pilot for the anthology series based on Heathers, and an O. G. Heather has paid them a visit! Shannen Doherty, who played second-in-command Heather Duke in the 1988 film, will...

TVLand switches things up with Heathers series, casting a male Heather

Posted 10 years ago

TVLand's upcoming anthology series Heathers, based on the classic dark high school comedy starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, has attracted a lot of criticism for just being another pointless TV remake. However, TVLand is at least trying something different,...