2026 will mark a bit of a shift for PBS Masterpiece‘s slate of British mystery series. After 12 years in the titular Cambridgeshire village, the long-running hit detective drama Grantchester, starring Robson Green and Rishi Nair, will come to a close with its eleventh season this summer. Not only that, but the Leslie Manville-led Murders series will open its third and final chapter, based on … Continue reading ‘Maigret’ Renewed for Season 2!!
Watch out, Sherlock Holmes, because the date is set for the arrival of Paris’s most beloved detective on PBS Masterpiece. A new teaser trailer for Maigret has just been released, introducing Benjamin Wainwright as the titular world-famous sleuth in the first-ever modern-day-set adaptation of Georges Simenon‘s bestselling detective stories. It offers a peek into his vividly depicted Paris, full of glitz, mystery, danger, and warmth … Continue reading ‘Maigret’: First Teaser Teases Masterpiece’s Modern Adaptation!! Check It Out!!
Less than a year from being picked up as a series by FX, Never Let Me Go is no longer moving forward. The series adaptation started development at FX in May 2022 and was meant to air exclusively on Hulu. The television series had reportedly not begun production before it was scrapped. The Never Let Me Go television series is based on Kazuo Ishiguro‘s novel … Continue reading ‘Never Let Me Go’: FX Scraps Series Adaptation!!
Flatshare, a new U.K. drama series starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Anthony Welsh in the lead roles, is headed to Paramount+. Production has already started in Bristol, U.K., and is expected to also involve filming locations in London and Brighton. The series will have six episodes total. Flatshare is based on the bestselling 2019 novel by British author Beth O’ Leary. The story revolves around … Continue reading ‘Flatshare’: UK Paramount+ Adaptation Sets Jessica Brown Findlay and Anthony Welsh as Leads!!
Amazon Prime Video has released the trailer for “Lovers Rock,” one of five new films in director Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology. The release of the Small Axe anthology is one of the biggest events on the Prime Video calendar in November. The project brings a focus to the West Indian community of London in the late 1960s through the ‘80s, with actors including Letitia … Continue reading ‘Lovers Rock’ Trailer Teases Romance, Drama from Steve McQueen!! Check It Out!!
Amazon has released a new extended trailer for Steve McQueen‘s five-film anthology Small Axe, which will begin rolling out on Prime Video this month. McQueen is the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind 12 Years a Slave, and he has spent the past couple years working on this passion project, which was commissioned by the BBC. Small Axe is comprised of five films set between the late ’60s and … Continue reading ‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Five-Film Anthology Gets New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Small Axe, the anthology series created and directed by Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave), will premiere on Friday, November 20 with the first film, Mangrove, starring Letitia Wright & Shaun Parkes. The four additional films will debut each Friday, including Lovers Rock (11/27) starring Micheal Ward & Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Education (12/4) featuring Kenyah Sandy, Alex Wheatle (12/11) with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film, Red, White and Blue (12/18) starring John Boyega. Prime Video, in partnership with the series commissioners, the BBC, released the official trailer today featuring … Continue reading ‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Amazon Prime Series Gets an Official Trailer!! Check It Out!!
