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‘Roads to Freedom’: Ridley Scott and Steven Knight Prepping Epic WWII Limited Series!!

Ridley Scott is reteaming with Steven Knight to executive produce an epic limited series titled Roads to Freedom that will tell the story of World War II from multiple perspectives around the globe. Deadline broke the news, reporting that Roads to Freedom will be based on the books of Sir Antony Beevor, who will co-write the 10-episode series with Knight. Scott plans to get the show off … Continue reading ‘Roads to Freedom’: Ridley Scott and Steven Knight Prepping Epic WWII Limited Series!!

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‘The Watch’: The ‘Discworld’ Adaption Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!

When first we covered The Watch, the upcoming BBC America series inspired by Terry Pratchett‘s long-running, influential Discworld series of novels, we did our best to appease to long-running fans of that series and how they might feel based on the first trailer’s swings. But now we have a second trailer. And it’s clear the show itself is no longer catering to please these die-hard Pratchett-heads, instead going … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: The ‘Discworld’ Adaption Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Watch’: First Trailer Reveals the ‘Discworld’ Adaption!! Check It Out!!

If you’re a fan of Terry Pratchett‘s long-running, multi-stranded, and wholly silly Discworld series of novels, you’re either about to get incredibly excited or incredibly disappointed. BBC America just released its first trailer for The Watch, the upcoming fantasy-comedy TV series based on Pratchett’s work. And it all looks like it’s taking some big ol’ swings. Here’s the official synopsis for the series, provided by BBC America: The Watch follows an … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: First Trailer Reveals the ‘Discworld’ Adaption!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Watch’: First Images Teases BBC’s Upcoming Discworld Series!! Check It Out!!

The sprawling universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, a comic fantasy series of novels that has long since reached classic status, is getting a television adaptation treatment courtesy of BBC America in the form of a new original scripted series, The Watch, but the show will necessarily narrow its focus to the misfit cops that inhabit a subset of stories in the beloved series. BBC America … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: First Images Teases BBC’s Upcoming Discworld Series!! Check It Out!!

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‘Discworld’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer to Lead ‘The Watch’ Series!!!

Game of Thrones star Richard Dormer is set to lead the cast of The Watch, the BBC’s upcoming live-action fantasy series based upon Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld novels. Dormer is set to portray Sam Vimes, Captain of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, described as a group of “misfit cops [who] fight to save a ramshackle city of normalized wrongness from both the past and future in a … Continue reading ‘Discworld’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer to Lead ‘The Watch’ Series!!!

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‘The Watch’: Casting Begins on the BBC’s Discworld Series!!!

In March, it was announced that the BBC is developing an eight-episode TV series based upon Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and now Deadline is reporting that the limited series has found its first cast member. According to the trade, British actor Adam Hugill (Pennyworth) is set for one of the lead roles in the series, which revolves around the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, “misfit cops [who] … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: Casting Begins on the BBC’s Discworld Series!!!

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