Mini-series

Featurette takes us behind-the-scenes of The Little Drummer Girl mini-series

Posted 7 years ago

It's hard to beat good slow-burning spy thriller and John le Carré can definitely deliver in that regard. The latest adaptation of the author's work will come in the form of the upcoming BBC/AMC mini-series The Little Drummer Girl, based...

FX to adapt James Clavell’s Shōgun into an epic limited-series

Posted 7 years ago

FX is gearing up for what will be its largest production to date: an adaptation of James Clavell's "Shōgun", the epic best-selling novel which followed John Blackthorne, an 17th century Englishman who wound up shipwrecked in Japan and became involved...

The Wire’s David Simon developing Spanish Civil War mini-series

Posted 8 years ago

As a huge fan of both The Wire and Treme (haven't checked out The Deuce yet), I'm always up for a fresh project from David Simon, so the news from Variety that Simon is developing a new mini-series revolving around...

Javier Bardem to play Hernan Cortes in Steven Spielberg mini-series

Posted 8 years ago

A decade after he was blacklisted, Dalton Trumbo wrote a script which explored the relationship between legendary conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Aztec emperor Montezuma. It was originally planned that the project would reteam Trumbo with SPARTACUS star Kirk Douglas, but...

The Trojan War comes to life in trailer for Netflix’s Troy: Fall of a City

Posted 8 years ago

Wolfgang Petersen's TROY may not have been completely embraced by critics back in 2004, but I can't help but to love the outrageous spectacle it represented. The stunning battles, the gigantic sets, and the impressive fight between Hector (Eric Bana)...

Taylor Kitsch is cult leader David Koresh in trailer for Waco mini-series

Posted 8 years ago

When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives attempted to execute a search warrant on a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians led by David Koresh, it kicked off an intense firefight which developed into a standoff lasting 51...

Top 10 Stephen King Movies & Mini-series (Video)

Posted 8 years ago

So many Stephen King movies and mini-series, so little time. With the release of not only STEPHEN KING’S IT coming up on September 8th, but the Netflix releases of 1922, starring Tom Jane and Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of GERALD’S GAME...

Rumor: Nicholas Meyer’s secret Star Trek project may be a Khan mini-series

Posted 8 years ago

Khan Noonien Singh is one of Star Trek's greatest villains, and STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN is highly regarded as one of the best Star Trek movies ever made, so it's not hard to see why the franchise...

Stephen King’s IT mini-series documentary w/ Tim Curry officially announced!

Posted 9 years ago

I'm way too excited about this. As you guys may remember, a few weeks back I shared a news article about a feature-length retrospective on the 1990 ABC mini-series of STEPHEN KING'S IT was coming our way from the makers...

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