TV NEWS - Marvel animated series, Cuckoo commissioned and more

Marvel Universe

So the recent smash-hit film Avengers Assemble is getting it's own spin-off animated series which has all the same characters as the film with the added character of Falcon. He is said to be a little younger then the others and greener, adding an extra dimension to the team. This also aids the rumour that Falcon will be joining the film avengers sequel, maybe we will see him in Captain America 2.

There is also an up comming series called Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. This is all the hulk like characters from the marvel universe (apart from the Thing or Juggernaut and maybe some others I can't think of). The agents include Hulk, the Red Hulk, She Hulk (imaginative but has been around for +30 years), Skaar (the teenage barbarian Hulk) and A-Bomb (the Blue Hulk). I hope these characters have other reasons for being like hulk and don't all change if you try to kill them and stuff. This also seems a bit of a dysfunctional unit as Hulk can't actually control himself!!

BBC Three's Cuckoo Commissioned 

Greg Davies

This is a comedy set to be on BBC Three later this year. It is starring Greg Davies, Helen Baxendale and Andy Samberg. It will be in 6 parts, written by Robin French and Kieron Quirke and directed by Ben Taylor. The offical synopsis is: "When Ken (Greg Davies) and Lorna (Helen Baxendale) collect their daughter (Tamla Kari) from the airport, they're horrified to learn that she's returned from her gap year with more than just a henna tattoo and braids in her hair. At the arrival gate, she promptly introduces them to her new husband, Cuckoo (Andy Samberg) - the squared-jawed, self-appointed spiritual ninja who is now their son-in-law. Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken and Lorna have no choice but to welcome him into their family home - and if every Englishman's home is his castle, then this hippie has stormed Ken's fortress and plundered everything, most unforgivably, his princess."

Joseph Gilgun

Sherlock

Benedict Cumberbatch has said that he would always find time to do Sherlock and said he is more than happy to carry on playing the role even when he's in his 50s. He is only 35. Its not like they are going to run out of story's with only 3 a year.

Misfits

I found this interview with Joseph Gilgun after he was nominated for BAFTA's, I found it very funny and he talks a bit about Misfits series 4. See it here. 


Star Wars Clone Wars Series 5 Trailer 

Kieron :O