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There's been a spate of thriller shows recently that take an "expected" trope and attempt to turn it on its head for dramatic purposes. The Bodyguard comes to mind, a show where the hero refuses to believe a grieving woman is a terrorist just because she
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British period dramas often focus on specific eras more than others. There are numerous reasons for this, including the desire to remain within a recognizable level of societal structure that is familiar to modern audiences, or because a well-known character/author's works are set in a specific era.
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As Anglophiles, we all know the indescribable feeling of a highly anticipated British series finally (finally!) landing a deal to make its way across the pond. To be fair, historical epic King & Conqueror technically hasn't even aired in the U.K. yet (it's set to
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Future Dame Keeley Hawes only just graced American television in May 2025 with her performance as Cassandra Austen in Masterpiece's Miss Austen. The production studio behind the period drama is working on creating a second season (which may or may not get picked up for production), but even
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It was March of 2024, not long after the attempt at relevance with Belgravia Season 2, that MGM+ was revealed to be working on a Peaky Blinders-style series, with Narcos’ creator Chris Brancato stepping up to spearhead the project. Never mind that Belgravia: The Next Generation was as dead on
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Amazon Studios may continue to pour money into its The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power project, but it's not spending quite as wantonly as it did in the first couple of seasons. After spending $1 billion (with a B!) on the show's first
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For many years, a silent (sometimes not so silent) caste system existed in Hollywood: movie actors were considered upper class, while TV actors were perceived as working class. Transitioning from TV to movies was a challenging step, and those who succeeded (like George Clooney) only served to highlight how many
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In the latest update from what feels like a never-ending stream of bad news for genre fans everywhere, Prime Video has announced that its prestige adaptation of The Wheel of Time won't be returning for a fourth season. The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills and all that,
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Sweeping war epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North has finally bound a U.S. distributor, and its premiere date is sooner than anyone likely expected. Prime Video, whose Australian arm played a key role in the creation of the drama, has announced a surprise (and rather sudden) release
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A few weeks ago, as we were busy gasping over Amazon Studios having to pay twice for the Bond franchise, it was noted how much Barabra Broccoli hated Amazon from the jump. She hated their ethos, their marketing plans, and perhaps most of all, their franchising of "IP"
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Netflix doesn't have a singular brand like Disney+; there's no programming throughline other than "if we throw it against the wall and it sticks, we probably make two more seasons!" While this makes marketing nebulous, it does mean the streaming service has accidentally produced
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English screenwriter Michael Hirst, the man behind the History Channel's Vikings and Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla, is set to return to the small screen for his third Norse historical drama, which once again will move house, making this the third streaming service to produce a piece of