Netflix has released a visually gripping Credit sequence from Addams Family series Wednesday. The series ewill air exclusively on Netflix on November 23rd 2022, with all episodes to be released simultaneously. Check out the clip below:
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Netflix ‘The Watcher’ renewed for second season & ‘Monster’ to become anthology series.
Netflix has ordered Season 2 of “The Watcher” Netflix has also announced it will be turning “Monster” into an anthology series with the streamer ordering two additional seasons of the series. Both shows were created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.
Review: The Eighth Doctor Adventures – What Lies Inside?
Review by Jacob Licklider
So what happens when your production company switches to a box set structure but doesn’t necessarily have themes for every set? Well that has been something that the past ten months of Big Finish Productions’ output has been, switching away from numbering their sets as to not overboard potential new listeners with so much content they would have to catch up on. It is with this in mind that the Eighth Doctor Adventures range was changed from the four box set arc model to integrate it with the other releases which had some interesting side effects. This meant that this year Big Finish have scheduled four sets featuring the Eighth Doctor, the conclusion to Stranded, the two now standard 3-disc Eighth Doctor Adventures, and a special fourth set featuring Charley Pollard. The two standard sets were scheduled for the last two months of the year, most likely to have a gap for actual production of the sets, the first being What Lies Inside? released this month while the second, Connections, is out in December. What’s especially intriguing is that while there isn’t any sort of story arc, Rafe Wallbank crafted connected covers almost reminiscent of the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels covers (Interference in particular comes to mind). What Lies Inside? is the first set that falls into the category of 2022 sets where each of the stories has been completely standalone, following Silver and Ice and The Outlaws, and like those sets the structure is a two hour adventure and a one hour adventure, though here each episode is an hour long.
‘Westworld’ cancelled at HBO after four seasons
HBO has cancelled the sysci-fi series Westworld after four seasons. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the show premiered on October 2, 2016. The show was co-produced by JJ Abrams ‘Bad Robot’.
Audio Review: The Confessions of Dorian Gray – The Anniversary
Review by Jacob Licklider
The Confessions of Dorian Gray is a range from Big Finish Productions which had its start in 2012 using the public domain character from Oscar Wilde’s novel with the premise that instead of destroying the portrait with a knife Dorian kept on living throughout the century. The range ended after five series in 2016, with an audiobook revival in 2019 reading three unmade stories, a quick free story during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, and now one special anniversary release on vinyl, The Anniversary. Ordering The Anniversary from the Big Finish website also includes behind the scenes interviews, a music suite, and a reading of Scott Handcock’s 2012 story, Gray Matters. While Gray Matters is a story, it does not share continuity with The Confessions of Dorian Gray and will not be discussed in detail for this review, though I will say it is an excellent piece of short fiction as long as you separate it from the typical continuity due to the characterisation of Dorian as a character being more lonely and detached.
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Star Trek Picard season 3 international release date announced
Prime Video has announced that series 3 of Star Trek: Picard will be coming to international audiences on the 17th February 2023. Following its premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode long final season will be available weekly on Prime Video.
Heartstopper’ Star Joe Locke Joins ‘WandaVision’ Spinoff ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’
‘Heartstopper’ star Joe Locke has been cast in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha: Coven of Chaos” for Disney+, Variety has reported.
Locke joins Kathryn Hahn in the Marvel Studios series, in which Hahn will reprise the role of Agatha Harkness, whom she played in “WandaVision.” Exact plot details, including the character Locke will play, are being kept under wraps. Emma Caulfield Ford is also set to reprise the role of Dottie from “WandaVision” in the new series.
Heartstopper actor Kit Connor comes out as Bisexual following accusations of queerbaiting
Heartstopper star Kit Connor has revealed he is bisexual, saying he has been “forced” to come out amid accusations of queerbaiting.
Fans of and the creator behind Netflix series “Heartstopper” are rallying around Connor after he made the announcement.
Review: Rose Tyler – The Dimension Cannon – Other Worlds
Review by Cavan Gilbey
I am by no means a Rose Tyler fan. She isn’t me least favourite companion, not by a long shot, but she isn’t one I’m really that enamoured with. So when Big Finish got Piper back to do some audios with Tennant a few years ago it took me a while to get round to them, I wish I had gotten to them early as Infamy of the Zaross and Sword of the Chevalier are both tons of fun. Now I haven’t heard the first Rose Tyler boxset, so I had very little to go on when I went into this second instalment in the series. I wish I had heard that first set because I think Other Worlds might be my favourite spin-off release of the year, a fact I am extremely surprised by because I didn’t think the Rose Tyler boxset would offer three nuanced and impressive dramas which handle some really mature topics like parental estrangement and government crack downs on protests. I’m going to say up front that you should buy this boxset now, I had an overwhelmingly positive time with this set and I can see a re-listen coming quite soon. 
Cristin Milioti joins cast of ‘The Penguin’ HBO Max series
Cristin Milioti is joining Colin Farrell in “The Batman” spinoff series centered on The Penguin at HBO Max, Variety has reported.
