the film the firm, based on john grissom legal conspiracy novel of the same name, is now a tv series sequal set 10yrs after the end of the film/book where mcdeere (tom cruise) brings down the law firm he works for with mob connections. in the tv series he and his family are out of witness protection after the mob boss dies in prison and he sets up a law firm with a mysterious law firm with connections to the old firm and the mob boss want to buy it. part of the writing team is peter noah (executive producer and regular writer on The West Wing) so this could be good. not sure if this is coming to the uk.
season 2 of spartacus (Vengeance) starts 27th jan, also starz have renewed it for a 3rd season so it makes spartacus the 1st ever starz programme to go beyond 2 seasons.
According to EW.com The CW is "edging close to a pilot order" for a Green Arrow television series, Syfy's Booster Gold project - Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg will be behind it, but it will start Justin Hartley who played him on Smallville which is a really shame.
the 1st ep(pilot and 2nd) is very good. i wont be surprise if sky or alibi pick it up for the uk market. it is a worth a watch.
Unforgetable (now on sky living) is worth a look it stars poppy montgomery (without a trace) as a cop with a medical condition which she can not forget everything that she see and hears. the only thing that she has problems remembering is the murder of her older sister. in one ep she is a walking talking crime scene since she remembers everything about it after it blows up.
Deadline is reporting that Stephen Amell has landed the Oliver Queen role in the CW series Green Arrow which will be title "Arrow". The officially line on the show is "A 27 year old reformed bad boy, who after having spent five years shipwrecked on a tiny, brutally dangerous island in the South China Sea returns to town a different man. Or to be more specific, a tortured, thoughtful master of the bow with a ferocious determination to make a difference."
"arrow" is a smallvile spinoff, i wonder if superman will make a cameo at some point.
there is some good decent series coming over from america where the more arthouse scripts/ideas which would make good films are now being turned into films hence dustin hoffman doing his first ever tv series called luck and jeremy irons in the borgais.
ncis has reached 200 episodes which is rare nowadays in tv. still put out a nearly full season when the writers went on strike where most show either had a break or did a half season.
From what i've read Arrow is gonna be totally different to the Green Arrow in Smallville so i doubt Superman will appear in it and seeing how you didn't totally see Tom Welling as Superman in Smallville unless they get someone totally different to play Superman but never say never. I think we'll just see other DC Super heroes popping up it the show is successful. I would to see Green Lantern aka Hal Jordan pop up it seeing as in the comics Hal and Oliver are best friends but i guess thats just wishful thinking.