Category: TV

Watch a sneak peek of ‘The Walking Dead Season 4’ online

The Walking Dead - Season 4 - Michonne on a horse

AMC gave fans a first look a clip from Season 4 of The Walking Dead during Low Winter Sun and that clip is now available online. Based on the Robert Kirkman comic series from Image, it follows a group of survivors travelling across America in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln, …

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Navid Negahban Joins ‘Arrow’ Season 2 in villain role

Navid Negahban

E! News reports that Homeland‘s Navid Negahban will guest star in Arrow‘s second season as “the villainous Al-Owal”. The name, which translates as “The First”, may not mean a lot to fans, but his affiliations just might. Set to be seen in the fifth episode titled “The Demon’s Head”, comics readers will know that this is …

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New Agent Coulson featurette for ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD - Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg)

Is he dead? Is he a life-model decoy? All we know is that he is the Son of Coul, and he (in the form of actor Clark Gregg) is returning for Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s also the subject of the latest featurette from the series, which launches next month in the US. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark …

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Bex Taylor-Klaus joins ‘Arrow’ as Sin

Bex Taylor-Klaus

The second season of Arrow really seems to be expanding the DC television universe, with Black Canary, several villains and of course, The Flash added to the cast lineup. Now TV Line announces that Bex Taylor-Klaus has been added to the cast as Sin. Sin is a character first introduced during Gail Simone’s Birds of …

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TV Review: Comic Book Heroes

Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Walker Ogden - 'Comic Book Heroes' (ABC TV)

A fascinating look at the rise of Gestalt Comics in a documentary that was two years, thousands of miles and some punched walls in the making. It is difficult to speak of an ‘Australian comic book industry’ per se, but the rise of comic culture in this country is undeniable. Australia’s attendance at comic book …

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New poster for Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ unveiled

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

It’s just over a month until the debut of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, on Disney/ABC in the US. Now a poster has been released online as part of a press tour, showcasing the cast…except for J. August Richards. Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, Marvel’s Agents …

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Watch a trailer for Gestalt Comics documentary ‘Comic Book Heroes’ online

Comic Book Heroes Banner

Over two years in the making, Comic Book Heroes, a documentary about the rise of Australia’s premier publisher Gestalt Comics will air on ABC1 on Tuesday 13 and 20 August at 10pm AEST. (You can also catch up with it on ABC2 and iView, of course). Written and directed by Nicholas Dunlop, it shows how Wolfgang …

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More details on ‘The Flash’: red suits and ‘Arrow’ debut

The Flash

Yesterday, geeks had cause for rejoicing when the CW announced that The Flash would be coming to television on the back of Green Arrow adaptation Arrow. Now THR follows up that news with some more details from series creators Greg Berlanti and Andre Kreisberg. Berlanti,  Kreisberg and Geoff Johns will write the introduction of the …

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TV News: ‘The Flash’ live-action coming to CW, ‘Amazon’ put on hold

The Flash by Alex Ross

Deadline brings the exciting news that in the wake of the success of Arrow, a live action series based on The Flash will be fast-tracked (pun intended?) to the CW network in the next year. It will come from the Arrow creative team of team of co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and the pilot is expected to be directed …

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SDCC 2013: Watch first sizzle reel footage from ‘Arrow’ Season 2 online

Arrow: Season 2 (Stephen Amell)

The CW has posted the first look at Arrow Season 2 online, with a sizzle reel that unveils new footage that includes appearances from Isabel Rochev (Summer Glau) and Black Canary (Caity Lotz). It has also been revealed that Bronze Tiger and Sebastian Blood, played by Michael Jai White and Kevin Alejandro respectively. In this teaser, which …

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SDCC 2013: ABC reveals more photos from ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Cobie Smulders and Clark Gregg

With the cats officially out of the bag, following a screening at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday night, Disney/ABC has released a new set of photos from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. As you can see, Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) features prominently in the photo set, as she was announced this weekend to be …

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