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How accurate is The Pacific? Checked against the two Marines' memoirs it was built on
HBO's The Pacific was adapted from two Marine memoirs and a third man who never wrote one. Where the series follows Eugene Sledge and Robert Leckie exactly, where it merges and rearranges them, and which of its hardest scenes came straight off the page.
September 20, 2026 4:02 pm
The Walking Dead: Dead City went from 56% to 100% on Rotten Tomatoes — season 3 is on Blu-ray from 17 November
AMC’s two-disc set has all eight episodes of the third season, which ended on 13 September, plus behind-the-scenes extras.
September 20, 2026 3:55 pm
James Gunn teased 'the blackest night is yet to come' with three Lanterns episodes left — the comics event where dead heroes rise
Gunn’s post on Threads quoted the Lantern Oath, and fans now expect Sinestro, a bigger Blackest Night saga or Hal Jordan’s return.
September 20, 2026 2:11 pm
Tracker season 4 returns on 4 October, but Justin Hartley says Russell's secret deal stays buried
Justin Hartley told TV Insider that Russell’s deal from the season 3 finale stays secret for now, while season 4 digs into the Shaw family’s past.
September 19, 2026 3:43 pm
Money Heist's Berlin is the villain in Prime Video's new legal thriller — already one of the biggest shows on streaming
Eugenio Derbez and Pedro Alonso lead El Juicio, a Mexican legal drama about an assault case against a rich family’s son, released on 11 September.
September 19, 2026 1:12 pm
'It didn't take': Sharon Stone spoiled Cassie's Euphoria season 3 arc with a joke about Sydney Sweeney's lingerie line
Sharon Stone plays a Hollywood executive in Euphoria season 3 and told Variety what happens when she tries to get Cassie out of camming.
September 19, 2026 12:24 pm
The Big Bang Theory spin-off wanted Green Lantern — DC kept him for Lanterns, so the episode got the Flash
Co-creator Zak Penn explains why Stuart Fails to Save the Universe went to Gotham and Central City instead: DC would give them anyone but Green Lantern.
September 19, 2026 11:33 am
Superman's Jimmy Olsen says the DCU's Gorilla Grodd murder trial happens before Man of Tomorrow
Skyler Gisondo, back as Jimmy Olsen, says HBO Max’s true-crime mockumentary sits between Superman and its sequel, out on 9 July 2027.
September 19, 2026 9:52 am
Doctor Who fans finally have a return window: 2028-29. The last new episode aired in May 2025.
Doctor Who fans finally have a steer on when Season 16 should land, as the BBC launches a competitive tender for the show's next chapter.
September 18, 2026 3:38 pm
Meryl Streep will be the first woman to voice Aslan — Greta Gerwig wanted someone over 70 with a child's sense of wonder
Liam Neeson voiced the lion in the last three Narnia films. For Netflix’s The Magician’s Nephew, Gerwig told Empire she wanted gravitas without self-seriousness.
September 18, 2026 3:16 pm
Fifteen years on, Zack Snyder’s action fantasy cult classic gets a director’s cut
More than a decade on, one of Zack Snyder’s cult favourites is being re-released as a director’s cut — but which one’s getting the upgrade?
September 18, 2026 3:06 pm
After Avatar, Edie Falco has her next TV lead — a former public defender dragged back into court
Edie Falco’s trading mobsters and meds for the courtroom as she takes the lead in a new Fox legal drama, per The Wrap.
September 18, 2026 1:52 pm
Angourie Rice is filming a beach-set Pride and Prejudice she wrote with her mother — Netflix is making its own version at the same time
Austen fans, take note: Pride & Prejudice is getting a TV spin starring Spider-Man star Angourie Rice, adapting her and her mum’s buzzy BookTok take.
September 18, 2026 3:19 am
HBO's Harry Potter gives Lucius Malfoy a backstory in season 1 — the villain who actually needs one is Quirrell
‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ is set to deepen one villain — yet, for Season 1, it’s another who’s crying out for a proper backstory.
September 18, 2026 2:58 am
Sheryl Lee Ralph apologised for calling Abbott Elementary the only real comedy in its Emmy category — the show then won nothing
Abbott Elementary’s Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph has apologised for remarks about her fellow Emmy nominees — and it’s the line she’s walking back you’ll be after.
September 18, 2026 12:47 am
Rings of Power season 3 opens with Sauron failing to forge the One Ring — his test orc burns down to a pile of bones
Prime Video’s 'The Lord of the Rings' show will put its biggest villain centre stage — along with the prize he’s set on forging.
September 17, 2026 9:20 pm
Universal is having second thoughts about releasing Alex Gibney's Musk documentary abroad — it got a four-minute standing ovation in Venice
Universal Pictures is reportedly rethinking its plan to distribute Musk, and the latest release date chatter won’t cheer anyone waiting for the Elon Musk movie.
September 17, 2026 8:34 pm
Casey Bloys put the end of The Last of Us at 2027 - four years on HBO, and it goes out by choice rather than by cancellation
HBO has finally said what’s in store for The Last of Us on HBO Max once its highly anticipated third season wraps.
September 17, 2026 9:41 am
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