Novels
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: what the title means — Kesey wrote the novel on night shifts at a psychiatric ward
The title of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest comes from a nursery rhyme, but the novel came from a night job at a Californian veterans' hospital and a CIA drug programme. Here's where Ken Kesey got both.
September 17, 2026 3:17 pm
Slow Horses has already finished shooting season 7 - season 6 arrives on 16 September with a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score
Slow Horses has only just hit its sixth-season launch, yet Christopher Chung says the Apple TV series has already decided Season 7’s release window — fancy knowing when?
September 17, 2026 5:43 am
HBO's Harry Potter lands on Christmas Day and the wait between seasons stays long - Bloys has dropped the ten-year plan
Bad news for the Harry Potter TV show: a downbeat release date update has fans bracing for the worst.
September 17, 2026 2:13 am
Slow Horses has an eighth season before the sixth has aired a single episode
Good news if you’ve been riding with Slow Horses: Apple TV has renewed the Gary Oldman spy thriller just as its sixth is about to premiere.
September 16, 2026 7:07 pm
How was Jack Ryan paralyzed? Season 1's MRI scene, and what actually happened to his spine
Jack Ryan's back injury is franchise canon, but the Amazon series is unusually specific about it. What the season 1 MRI scene actually diagnoses, how the show staged the crash, and where the paralysis idea comes from.
September 16, 2026 2:23 pm
Good news for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: Carrie’s Mike Flanagan shares exciting TV update
Mike Flanagan has shared a fresh update on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower TV series — the kind that’ll have you leaning in.
September 13, 2026 6:05 pm
Sorry, Ransom Canyon fans: Netflix has pulled the plug on its 2-part Taylor Sheridan replacement western
Netflix’s bid for a 'Yellowstone'-style hit has fizzled — the series has been cancelled after two seasons.
September 13, 2026 2:47 pm
Can’t wait for HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’? Try 8 near-perfect fantasy series instead
HBO has pencilled in December 2026 for 'Harry Potter' and named its three leads — find out who landed the roles.
September 13, 2026 2:15 pm
Peacock waited three years, and has finally ordered Kennedy Ryan's Before I Let Go to series
After three years in development, Peacock has finally handed a series order to a drama adaptation of Kennedy Ryan’s Before I Let Go from a much-loved filmmaker.
September 13, 2026 3:28 am
Netflix has cancelled Ransom Canyon, six weeks after a finale that already ended the story
Netflix has axed a Texas-set romantic drama after two seasons, making the call about six weeks after its second run landed.
September 13, 2026 1:09 am
Worried about The Pitt season 3? Relax — a beloved character is back
Panic over, The Pitt die-hards — despite chatter about a core star jumping to network TV, HBO Max’s medical drama isn’t losing one of its rock-steady ER fixtures.
September 9, 2026 10:21 pm
What happened to the world in Silo? It started at the silos' own unveiling ceremony
Silo season 3 finally shows the Before Times. Here's what Apple TV+'s drama has confirmed about how the world ended, who built the silos, and what the source novels suggest is still to come.
September 9, 2026 8:02 pm
Turns out not even Statham, Wahlberg and Gibson could reboot this 92-minute crime thriller masterpiece
Sir John Boorman’s 1967 movie, based on Donald E. Westlake’s first Parker novel, has spawned three underwhelming reboots — which rather tells its own story, doesn’t it?
September 6, 2026 3:57 pm
What book is Reacher based on? A different one each season — and nowhere near publication order
Prime Video's Reacher has adapted four Lee Child novels across four seasons, and has picked them out of a hat that contains 30 books. Season 4, which began on 12 August 2026, is the fourth novel it has used and the 13th Child wrote.
September 4, 2026 5:19 pm
James Corden is in — Netflix’s Dept. Q signs him for season 2
James Corden is ditching the gags for his first straight-faced TV role — and the drama that snagged him might surprise you.
September 3, 2026 8:26 pm
Surprise: a Harry Potter director tackling Netflix’s live-action D&D TV show
Netflix’s live-action Dungeons & Dragons series now has a title — and there’s a Harry Potter director on board to roll the dice.
September 3, 2026 8:04 pm
Curious about another Hercule Poirot movie? Kenneth Branagh actually spells it out
Kenneth Branagh has weighed in on whether Hercule Poirot will tackle another case after A Haunting in Venice — and his answer keeps the little grey cells buzzing.
September 2, 2026 10:07 pm
Dream team: Percy Jackson creator and Wednesday director plot new Disney+ show from beloved books
Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan is teaming with Wednesday’s director on a Disney+ series based on his beloved post-Percy books, with development now pushing ahead at Disney.
September 2, 2026 9:32 pm
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