‘The Battersea Poltergeist’: Blumhouse TV & Michael Seitzman’s Maniac Prods. To Develop Scripted & Unscripted Series Based On Podcast

The story of Vincent Chin’s 1982 murder, which has been long overlooked in American history, will come to television.

Wiip, the independent studio behind HBO sensation Mare of Easttown, is partnering with director-producer Todd MacFarlane to develop Sam and Twitch, a drama series based on characters from his acclaimed Spawn comic franchise.

Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West have joined the cast of The Pentaverate, Netflix’s previously untitled half-hour comedy limited series, produced by and starring Mike Myers.

While Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany's WandaVision saw the return of Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis and the Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan starrer The Falcon and the Winter Soldier witnessed Florence Kasumba reprise her role as Dora Milaje's member Ayo, Marvel's latest Disney+ series Loki may also have some fun cameos for MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) fans to look forward to.In an interview with Digital Spy, Loki head writer Michael Waldron teased to "expect the unexpected" when it came to

Formula One circus lands in Baku this week ahead of Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix around the streets of the Eastern European nation's capital. Having been cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, this week's race is one of the most anticipated of the season.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Jamie Lee Curtis’ production banner Comet Pictures and Blumhouse Television are developing a one-hour series based on Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta character, a forensic pathologist at the center of 24 crime thrillers, with Cornwell, Curtis, Jason Blum, Blumhouse Television president Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold serving as executive producers.Comet Pictures and Blumhouse have secured the rights to Cornwell’s “Kay Scarpetta” literary franchise, the companies said, and

In a preemptive bid, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has landed the rights to I Don’t Forgive You, the upcoming debut novel of former police reporter Aggie Blum Thompson.

Ashley Hume A stuntwoman ascended to the top of a 50-foot tall wooden tower at the Calamigos Ranch in Malibu as a crowd of 85 attendees watched from below.

Get Out studio will produce a scripted ongoing series titled The Battersea Poltergeist as well as an unscripted companion show, Blumhouse’s Ghost Story, both based on the popular BBC Radio 4 podcast series.A press release adds that the studio “have also secured Shirley Hitchings’ life rights, as well as the rights to her and James Clark’s book, The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist.”A synopsis adds: “The podcast documents the strange events

Ahead of its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, NBC has set premiere dates for a slew of new and returning unscripted summer series and its Olympics-themed Jonas Brothers special.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIn a competitive situation, Blumhouse Television and Maniac Productions have secured the rights to the BBC Radio 4 podcast “The Battersea Poltergeist.”The two companies will now work to develop a scripted series, with the podcast serving as the basis for the first season.

The Monaco Grand Prix remains the biggest challenge on the F1 calendar, and a number of drivers handled it excellently. Here’s who we think did the best and worst jobs of tackling the streets of Monte Carlo…Max Verstappen: Verstappen headed to Monte Carlo knowing he needed a good result for the sake of his title chances, and boy did he deliver.

Tom Holland and his best friend Harrison Osterfield are enjoying a weekend away!

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Graham Norton may pull in €3.75 million for his chat show but we’re going to see even more of his work on our screens, but there will be no red couch involved, as it’s been announced that his novel is going to be made into a TV series.

Brandon Cronenberg (Possessor) has been set to adapt and direct a limited series based on JG Ballard’s novel Super-Cannes.

EXCLUSIVE: Bruce McGill (Rizzoli & Isles), Maria Sten (Swamp Thing) and Hugh Thompson (Chapelwaite) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.