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Comics and graphic novel publisher Ablaze looks ahead to the end of the year as it highlights several notable new releases set for December and also previews some select titles for Q1 release.

Containing everything from epic fights to the most heartbreaking drama, The Breaker: New Waves launches in February 2025 and continues the captivating story of Si-woon Lee and the martial arts underworld. The much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling manhwa webtoon action series is not to be missed!

Also opening for early solicitation ahead of its March release is Fault Lines, an intriguing new graphic novel that presents three stories set in the three cities with their catalysts spanning three decades, all penned by Emmy-nominated animation veteran Robert Cullen.

New for December – Ablaze shines a spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works with the Ablaze Spotlight On Fables, which includes four acclaimed graphic novel titles – Wild Thing, Animal Castle Vol.

To celebrate the release of Danger Mouse The Complete Collection on DVD, available now, we are giving away 2 copies of this complete collection on DVD!

Featuring the voices of David Jason, as our eponymous hero, and Terry Scott as Penfold, Danger Mouse The Complete Collection on DVD contains every episode ever made of the original 10 series!

Danger Mouse was based on the 1960s television series Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. Penfold was based on a doodle Brian Cosgrove did of his brother Denis who was northern editor of the Sunday Express, was bald and wore heavy black glasses.

The series ran in the UK from 1981 until 1992. Although Danger Mouse was nominated for 11 Bafta awards during this time it didn’t win any. Viewing figures for the show were higher than Coronation Street’s at one point in the early 80s. In 1984, the show (along with Belle and Sebastian) became the...

To celebrate the release of The Bfg, on Blu-Ray and DVD from 4th March, we are giving away Blu-Rays to 2 lucky winners!

Revisit the magic of this wonderful and inspiring tale about young orphan Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant starring David Jason (Only Fools and Horses), as the voice of

the Bfg along with a stellar cast including Angela Thorne (To the Manor Born), Frank Thornton (Are You Being Served?), Mollie Sugden (Are You Being Served?) and Ballard

Berkeley (Fawlty Towers). Now there’s a reason to feel hopscotchy!

The Bfg premiered on ITV on Christmas Day 1989 and was brought to life by Cosgrove Hall Films who also created Count Duckula, Chorlton and the Wheelies and Dangermouse.

Follow the adventures of lonely orphan girl Sophie as she meets her twenty-five foot high prince and is whisked off into the wonders of Dreamland. Tasked with harvesting dreams and blowing them...

Black Thought and Danger Mouse have enlisted two other hip-hop heavyweights, Aap Rocky and Run the Jewels for their new song, “Strangers.” The track will appear on Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s upcoming collaborative album, Cheat Codes, out this Friday, Aug. 12 via BMG.

With a Danger Mouse beat packed with dusty, clattering drums and the relentless thrumming of some uncanny synth or sample, “Strangers” boasts the perfect raw palette for Black Thought, Rocky, and Run the Jewels’ El-p and Killer Mike. In a statement, Run the Jewels said, “We...

Exclusive: CeeLo Green, the musician behind hits including Crazy, has teamed up with Lauren Grace Media to develop two television projects.

Green, who is also behind hit single F*ck You, is working with the Race in America producer on a documentary series about his life as well as a scripted drama series inspired by the story of Atlanta-based rap group Goodie Mob and its rise in the southern rap scene.

Green began his career as a member of Goodie Mob, which was part of the Dungeon Family collective, home also to Outkast. He left the band in 1999 to work on his own records, before teaming up with Danger Mouse to form Gnarls Barkley, which led to Crazy.

He was a judge and a coach on The Voice between 2011 and 2014 and also had his own series CeeLo Green’s The Good Life on TBS.

The projects are being led by...

The BBC is to triple its investment in UK-made animation for 7-to-12 year olds over the coming years as kids chief Patricia Hidalgo talks up the potential for the corporation to produce the next generation of global hits.

The BBC’s goal is to air three UK original animations for this older children’s audience per year, up from just one as it currently stands.

Addressing the Manchester Animation Festival this morning, former Turner Emea kids boss Hidalgo described the move as a “significant increase,” which comes as the BBC delivers on “great content for this older target” in the factual-entertainment, drama and comedy spaces.

Additional animations will start appearing in around 18 months and in the meantime the BBC is looking to increase its animation mix through acquisitions and pre-buys. Last year’s content budget for older-skewing kids channel Cbbc was £58M ($78M), with £25M ($33.8M) spent on younger-skewing CBeebies.

To understand the ambition, talent and artistry of the Irish animation industry, it’s worth watching Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” on Apple TV Plus.

A hand-drawn adventure set in 1650s Ireland, “Wolfwalkers” was nominated for an Oscar this week. It’s the latest in a string of Oscar nominations for Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon, which has previously been nominated for “The Breadwinner” in 2017, “Song of the Sea” in 2015, and “The Secret of Kells” in 2010, and short animation film “Late Afternoon” in 2019.

The Irish animation sector has flourished in recent years, earning a strong reputation for storytelling and visual artistry. Animation now represents around 50% of all audiovisual production spending in the country, according to Moe Honan, chair of industry body Animation Ireland, and CEO of Galway-based animation studio Moetion Films.

Honan says Animation Ireland has more than 33 member companies, directly employing around 2,000 people, as well as many freelancers. She stresses the diverse nature of the studios,...

Kids (and children at heart), prepare to be mystified: Netflix has summoned “Daniel Spellbound,” a new CG-animated series about a young seller of rare magical goods to sorcerers and sorceresses in modern-day New York City. The show will be produced in collaboration with creator and director Matt Fernandes, co-founder of Toronto-based studio Industrial Brothers.

The upcoming Netflix series, made in partnership with Industrial Brothers and Boat Rocker Media, joins the streamer’s expanding slate of kids and family animated programs on the platform, including “Kid Cosmic” from PowerPuff Girls creator Craig McCracken, which debuted on Feb. 2. Other titles arriving in 2021 are “City of Ghosts” from “Adventure Time” and “Phineas & Ferb” alum Elizabeth Ito, and “Maya and the Three” from Mexican animator and writer Jorge Gutierrez, most known for his work on the Emmy-award winning “El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera” Nicktoon and on the Golden Globe-nominated film “The Book of Life.

Netflix has given a series order to Daniel Spellbound, a CG animated series from Matt Fernandes and Boat Rocker Studios. The 20 x 22-minute animated epic adventure series will debut globally on Netflix in 2022.

Created by Fernandes, in Daniel Spellbound, set in modern-day New York City, magic is real… it’s just hidden from the public by sleight of hand and misdirection. But Daniel Spellbound knows where to find it – as a tracker of magical ingredients he makes his living selling rare goods to sorcerers and wizards for their spells. But when he discovers a strange ingredient, Daniel catches the attention of dangerous alchemists and he suddenly must test his skills on an adventure around the globe, while the magical world hangs in the balance!

“I wanted to create a contemporary fantasy world that reflected urban culture – not just set in a magical world, but...

Cult animated series Mission Hill could return for a reboot with creators Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein twenty years after originally airing.

The pair, former exec producers on The Simpsons, are working on bringing the show back with a focus on supporting characters Gus Duncz and Wally Langford.

Oakley posted on a social media that the series is tentatively titled Gus & Wally and the pair are “taking it out to buyers soon”.

The show originally aired on The WB between September 1999 and July 2000 and on Adult Swim in the summer of 2002. It only ran for 13 episodes and was initially cancelled after two episodes due to poor ratings but became a cult classic after repeat airings. Warner Bros Animation is expected to be the studio on the reboot, although Deadline understands that the deal has not closed.

The show followed two brothers Andy French and Kevin French, who did not get...

CBS All Access announced plans to debut three new editions of popular children’s animated series — “Lassie,” “George of the Jungle” and “Mr. Magoo.”

The three new shows, which come from DreamWorks Animation’s Classic Media, will all debut commercial-free on Jan. 17.

The announcement was made by Marc DeBevoise, chief digital officer of ViacomCBS and President and CEO of CBS Interactive, during CBS All Access’ presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena on Sunday.

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“We’ve seen a tremendous response from our subscribers in just the few months since CBS All Access began offering children’s programming,” DeBevoise said. “Bringing new editions of legendary classics like ‘Lassie,’ ‘George of the Jungle’ and ‘Mr. Magoo’ to the service is a fantastic benchmark for CBS All Access, and we look forward to continuing to expand our offering for families.

CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, has picked up three new original children’s series from DreamWorks Animation’s Classic Media. Premiering on Jan. 17 will be Lassie, George Of the Jungle and Mr Magoo. The announcement was made by Marc DeBevoise, Chief Digital Officer, ViacomCBS, and President and CEO, CBS Interactive, during CBS All Access’ TCA presentation.

“We’ve seen a tremendous response from our subscribers in just the few months since CBS All Access began offering children’s programming,” said Marc DeBevoise. “Bringing new editions of legendary classics like Lassie, George Of the Jungle and Mr Magoo to the service is a fantastic benchmark for CBS All Access, and we look forward to continuing to expand our offering for families.”

These three new series join CBS All Access’ existing lineup of exclusive original children’s series, including new seasons of Cloudy With a Chance Of Meatballs...

CBS All Access is expanding its lineup of children's programming. The streaming service announced on Monday that subscribers can now stream new seasons of original series Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and the new Danger Mouse, along with a library of old favorites like the original Danger Mouse,

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CBS has today begun to roll-out a raft of kids’ content on its digital streaming service CBS All Access.

This comes after the company revealed in August that it had licensed series including new seasons of Dhx Media’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, produced with Sony Pictures Animation, and Boat Rocker’s new Danger Mouse, produced with BBC Children’s Productions.

Other titles include the original Danger Mouse series from Boat Rocker Studios and titles from Dhx Media such as the classic Inspector Gadget, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, Madeline and Heathcliff.

Elsewhere, Bob the Builder, Sonic the Hedgehog, Adventures of Super Mario Bros., Archie’s Weird Mysteries, Polly Pocket, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? and Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Adventures will also be available.

Separately, it will start rolling out select titles from its library of Nickelodeon programming from January.

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When “Moana” left Netflix on Dec. 20, parents of little kids let out a collective wail of despair on Twitter and Facebook parenting groups everywhere. The phrase “ruined Christmas” was pointedly used in the streamer’s direction — sometimes facetiously, sometimes with the reflected ire of a preschooler who had awakened one morning to find her favorite movie unexpectedly wiped from the universe.

Overly dramatic? Yes. But even more dramatic is the fight for the next generation of television viewers, primed to expect their shows on demand and unlikely to have ever set eyes on a TV listing grid. As families consider which platforms best fulfill their television desires, the industry’s thirst for younger eyeballs (and parental cash) means that the forthcoming direct-to-consumer entertainment turf war is bound to draw blood from the wholesome realm of children’s programming.

In the linear world, viewership figures at ad-supported kid-oriented cable networks are pretty grim.

Michael Kiwanuka has announced a new album, Kiwanuka, to be released October 25th, and shared its lead single, “You Ain’t the Problem.”

“You Ain’t the Problem” boasts a delightfully boisterous mix of drums and horns, which anchor twisting guitars and array of vocal loops. Over this busy, uptempo groove, Kiwanuka delivers a simple yet compelling vocal performance, with lyrics like, “I lived a live/Love is the crime/It’s you I believe in/No Need to play myself/No need to die/I’m only human.”

Kiwanuka...

CBS All Access is making its first foray into children’s content. CBS’ digital Svod and live streaming service said today it is adding children’s programming, including original series and more than 1,000 episodes of library programming, with rollout scheduled for later this year.

This is a new step in the evolution of the platform which previously had focused only on adult programming.

CBS All Access has teamed up with Dhx Media and Boat Rocker Studios to license its first two original children’s series, ordering new seasons of Dhx Media’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, produced with Sony Pictures Animation, and Boat Rocker’s new Danger Mouse, produced with BBC Children’s Productions. In addition, CBS All Access will add more than 1,000 episodes of library children’s programming including the classic original Danger Mouse series from Boat Rocker Studios and titles from Dhx Media such as the classic Inspector Gadget,...

CBS Corp. delivered strong second quarter earnings on Thursday, posting top and bottom line growth as the company prepares for the transformation of a merger with its corporate sibling Viacom.

CBS reported what it described as record second quarter revenue of $3.81 billion, up 10% from the comparable quarter last year. Operating income was up 5% to $695 million. Net earnings climbed 10% to $440 million while adjusted earnings per share hit $1.16, up 4%. CBS’ numbers met or beat Wall Street analysts expectations for the quarter.

Digital content licensing and subscriber gains for CBS’ streaming platforms, CBS All Access and Showtime, were the biggest drivers for the quarter. CBS cited a library content licensing agreement for an outside digital platform as a big contributor to the 13% gain in content licensing and distribution for the quarter.

Ianniello disclosed during CBS’ conference call with analysts that CBS All Access will launch a kids programming section later this year with 1,000 hours of programming.

Lena Headey is no longer queen, but she continues to slay: Headey will headline a new Showtime dramedy pilot, TVLine has learned.

The Game of Thrones star will play the titular character in Rita, which she also will executive-produce. The series is based on a Danish format about “a headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother who takes on every kind of authority — as well as her family — in a messy and unfiltered way,” per the official logline.

“Rita is a deliciously subversive character who will make you laugh and cry as she continuously challenges the hypocrisy around her,” Jana Winograde,...

Karen O & Danger Mouse’s “Lux Prima” is one of the year’s best albums so far — but it’s more than an album. “An Encounter with Lux Prima – The Art of Collaboration,” a short documentary chronicling the 18-month development of their multisensory art installation “An Encounter With Lux Prima” premieres today exclusively on Variety. Watch the piece — directed by Luisa Conlon and Max Knight, produced in partnership with Dropbox and featuring interviews with many of the installation’s collaborators —below.

“An Encounter with Lux Prima” is described as “an immersive, communal listening experience intended to be the living nucleus” of the album, which was released in March on BMG (and received a rave review in Variety); the pair also gave a Times Talk about the album with a brief performance.

The show premiered last month at Los Angeles’ Marciano Art Foundation, with an opening gala attended by David Lynch,...

The Black Keys spent five years apart before reconnecting for their new album Let’s Rock, and during that time, rumors grew about possible friction between Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney (“Did the Black Keys split?” is one of the first Google questions that comes up if you search for the band.)

The duo poke fun at any possible animosity in the the video for their new song “Go,” directed by Bryan Schlam (who has made videos for Auerbach, James Bay and more.) Auerbach and Carney, refusing to speak with one another,...

On the morning of September 5th, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach walked into Auerbach’s Nashville studio, picked up their instruments and became the Black Keys again. By season’s end, they had finished their ninth album, the self-produced “Let’s Rock” (yes, that’s really the title). As usual, they created the entire album’s worth of songs from scratch in the studio, with nothing written in advance and very little discussion. It had been five years since they recorded together, but that didn’t seem to matter at all.

Karen O and Danger Mouse enlisted filmmaker Spike Jonze to direct a stunning performance of their new track “Woman” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday.

Filmed in black-and-white, the production featured a troupe of dancers who flanked O with intricate choreography as she tore through the thumping cut. The performance boasted several clever flourishes, including a dance section that involved audience participation – Stephen Colbert even appeared among the crowd to join in – and a wild finale that found O jumping on top of a burned-out car.

“Woman” appears...

Karen O and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton started making noise around the same time, with a similar irreverent zest. In the early 2000s, when Karen was rampaging around the world with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, rocking fishnets-and-lipstick classics like “Maps” and “Y Control,” Danger Mouse rewrote the rulebook with his pioneering Jay-z/Beatles mash-up, The Grey Album. So Lux Prima — a meeting of minds between the punk queen and the shape-shifting avant-funk producer — feels like the work of two kindred spirits. As Karen says, “Brian is as masculine as you get,...

Karen O and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton released “Turn the Light” ahead of their collaborative album, Lux Prima (out March 15th). The song features an upbeat groove that pairs Karen O singing about “starry, starry nights” in silky falsetto with Burton’s minimalist synth-and-bass sound. Astute listeners will recognize that funk throttle as a staple of Burton’s collaborative productions like Broken Bells, his project with Shins’ singer James Mercer.

O and Burton have both described their collaboration as an atmospheric experience — one that creates a world more than it creates a sound.

Broken Bells, the group featuring the Shins’ James Mercer and producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, have shared their new song “Shelter,” the duo’s first new recording in four years.

Touted as the first time Broken Bells have “combined their unmistakable melodies, lyrics, vocals and singular composition style with samples,” the expressive track boasts Danger Mouse’s “deconstruction and reconstruction of sampled beats” alongside Mercer’s knack for catchy hooks and incisive lyrics.

On the duo’s Instagram, Mercer and Danger Mouse posted photos of their summertime recording sessions together.

Grandaddy have unveiled their sprawling new song “Bison on the Plains,” the band’s first new music since releasing their reunion album Last Place in March 2017.

The synth-heavy song was inspired by the Cars’ 1984 single “Drive,” frontman Jason Lytle said in a statement. “Setting out with the intent of replicating the ‘feel and vibe’ of the song ‘Drive’ which is one of my favorite Cars songs …I got a little of the way into “Bison on the Plains” (Botp) and realized I had failed,” Lytle said.

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Danger Mouse: The Danger Games is a port of a (free) mobile game to the Nintendo Switch and the fact that, after paying for the game, the mobile games’ original paywall is still in effect feels like a poke in the eye and whilst some aspects of the game are fun, the repetitiveness and cynicism of the design eats away at the limited fun factor that exists.

I’m always dubious about mobile ports as the vast majority of the games are designed to pass time with a limited control scheme and design sensibilities that don’t translate well onto consoles. The case with Danger Mouse is that it’s clearly designed primarily for minute-long online races that may be a basic time-killer on a phone but just aren’t interesting when ported anywhere else.

The ‘Danger Games’ here are a series of races that are viewed from a third-person perspective.

On a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney explained how he and Dan Auerbach made “Tighten Up,” which hit number 96 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far). It was their first collaboration with Danger Mouse, and changed the Black Keys’ career forever — but first, they had to decide to release it.

To hear the episode, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

Here’s a condensed and edited version of Carney’s tale,...

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100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes

Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.

This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics

100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.

The Invasion

Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.

Minnie The Minx, the classic British comic book character, is to get her first starring TV role after Beano Studios teamed up with British production company Lime Pictures to develop a live-action comedy drama.

Minnie, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace, was one of the key characters in the Beano comic books, which starred Dennis The Menace, and first appeared in 1953.

Beano Studios and All3Media-backed Lime, which is behind Netflix’s teen horse drama Free Rein, are developing The Magnificent Misadventures of Minnie, aimed at kids aged between 8 and 12. The scripts are being developed by Julie Bower, creator of Cbbc’s So Awkward and writer on Disney’s Evermore Chronicles and Danger Mouse writer Danielle Ward.

It will feature the rebellious 13-year old heroine, a budding comic book artist herself, who together with her best friends Becky and Same tackle the trudgery of school and leave a trail of chaos in their wake.

Ever wonder what it would be like if Gandhi met up with Benjamin Franklin? Or if Galileo sat down for a chat with Queen Elizabeth? What about a dance-off between Joan of Arc and Albert Einstein?

All those things and more can be found on Netflix’s new kids and family series “The Who Was? Show,” which launched on the streaming service on Friday.

The sketch comedy series is based on the popular “Who Was?” children’s books published by Penguin Random House and features a who’s who of comedy producers and writers who can boast 900 Emmys between them, according to executive producer-showrunner Richard Korson and writer-executive producer Brian McCann (“Conan”), who recently chatted with Variety about the silly, yet slyly educational show.

The series is a show-within-a-show format about a group of kids that produce a show overseen by a clueless network executive, played by Andy Daly. Each episode,...

Awards season continues as the 60th annual Grammy Awards announce the recipients of outstanding achievements in music, taking place on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Hosted by James Corden, the show is broadcast live on CBS starting at 7:30 p.m. Et.

Follow People’s full Grammys coverage and check back throughout the night as the winners are announced!

Record of the Year

“Redbone” — Childish Gambino

“Despacito (Remix)” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber

“The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z

“Humble.” — Kendrick Lamar

“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars

Album of the Year

“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino

4:44 — Jay-Z

Damn.

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi are bringing What We Do in the Shadows to the small screen.

The duo, who originally wrote, directed and starred in the 2014 New Zealand vampire mockumentary, have landed a pilot-production order at FX for a reboot of the film.

Based on the feature of the same name, the half-hour comedy will be written by Clement and directed by Waititi. The latter is fresh off the success of helming Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok.

Set to star in the new What We Do in the Shadows are Kayvan Novak (Danger Mouse, Thunderbirds Are Go), Matt Berry (Toast ...

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Arguably horror is the most symbolic of film genres, as it relies heavily on senses and imagery to convey suspense and the moral message of the story. The mark of successful horror films as seen in the last few years such as The Babadook, Don’t Breathe, and this year’s sensation Get Out, have managed to balance tone and exposition well – paving the path for more sophisticated endeavours. Sadly, Caradog W. James’ Don’t Knock Twice seems to be taking backward steps down that path, in what can only be described as a juvenile and slapdash piece of cinema.

The film entails American sculptor Jess (Katee Sackhoff), reuniting with her teenage daughter Chloe (Lucy Boynton) who’s living in a foster home. Jess invites Chloe to come live with her but distraught at her mother’s abandonment, the latter refuses. That night Chloe and her boyfriend Danny...

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The first episode of Red Dwarf XI is an ideal series opener in which everyone gets a moment in the spotlight...

This review contains spoilers.

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The history of Red Dwarf is a series of jarring transitions, with the series evolving over the years to fit in with its surroundings (and, of course, its budget). The sprawling sci-fi of Red Dwarf V was different to the claustrophobia of Red Dwarf VI and VII, which underwent a massive transformation into the populated world and broader humour of Red Dwarf VIII, at which point the show went off air until the super low-budget real-world antics of Back to Earth… You get the idea.

The shift from Red Dwarf X to Red Dwarf XI echoes the biggest (and still the most divisive) of these regenerations - that of Red Dwarf II to Red Dwarf III. When Red Dwarf X...

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Cbbc has ordered another pile of Danger Mouse episodes, with Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon set to return...

Cbbc’s Danger Mouse revamp has been renewed for a second series. You’d expect the show’s impressive voice cast – including Alexander Armstrong, Kevin Eldon, Dave Lamb, Stephen Fry and Lena Headey – to assemble once again.

Alexander Armstrong is definitely coming back, and he had this to say about the renewal:

“I have had enormous fun playing Danger Mouse, whose style, bravery and wit I greatly admire. I am almost unbearably excited about what new magnificent missions and terrifying situations the writing team will come up with for Danger Mouse and Penfold in series two!”

Penfold himself, Mr Kevin Eldon, added this:

“It’s a funny old world. You get no series of Danger Mouse for 23 years and then two come along at once. All right, there’s been 18 months between them,...

"No threat is too small, no evil too great for this secret agent mouse and his sidekick! Villains: You've been warned.”

Netflix has released the first trailer for their upcoming animated action series, Danger Mouse. This is a remake of the original cartoon that aired in the UK from 1981 to 1992. I remember watching a few episodes of that show, but I was more into Mighty Mouse since that’s what was airing in the Us when I was growing up. The new Danger Mouse series updates the world’s greatest super spy rodent for the 21st century, and it looks like a lot of fun.

The world’s greatest secret agent, Danger Mouse, returns in dashing, globe-spanning style with a new animated series that features all the classic characters, catchphrases and comedy that made it an 80’s cult favorite. With the world once more teetering on the edge of disaster,...

The reanimated Thunderbirds are ready for takeoff.

Thunderbirds Are Go, a remake of the 1960s British television series which consists of a unique mixture of CGI animation and live-action model sets, will make its Stateside debut on Amazon Prime Friday, April 15, it was announced Thursday.

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Following a one-hour sneak preview entitled “Rings of Fire Parts 1 and 2,” the 13-episode Season 1 will be made available to binge in its entirety on April 22. Three additional seasons have already been ordered by Amazon (some of which have already aired across the pond).

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Brian Blessed and Richard Ayoade join the cast of Danger Mouse for its new Christmas Special, a festive classic in the making...

When we reviewed the pilot for the revived Danger Mouse back in September, it seemed like a promising start to the new series, albeit not one without issues: it was a bit too self-aware and the voices would take some getting used to. Fifteen episodes later, the team are unleashing Danger Mouse’s first-ever Christmas special upon the world, and we’re pleased to report that it’s set to go down in the grand pantheon of TV Christmas specials as a classic.

Running at twice the length of a regular episode, The Snowman Cometh features guest star Richard Ayoade as the titular Snowman, one of Danger Mouse’s least fearsome nemeses, whose initial attack on London is met with derision from rodent superspies and members of the public alike.

Update: Sony Pictures has reached out to inform us that the report picked up The Tracking Board is inaccurate, and there is no Danger Mouse movie in development at this time.

Original Story: It’s incredible what a small-screen revival can do for a dormant property. Take Danger Mouse, for instance. Fresh off its return to the airwaves last month – boasting a voice cast comprised of Alexander Armstrong, Kevin Eldon and Stephen Fry – The Tracking Board now reports that Sony and StudioCanal are keen on propelling the popular British spy series onto the big screen.

Both studios are said to be in the early stages of planning with Neal Mortiz and Toby Ascher attached to produce the diminutive adaptation. Rather appropriately, plot details are being locked away behind closed doors, though the outlet suggests the project could serve as an origin tale of sorts, documenting the day-to-day operations of the...

Sony Pictures has picked up classic British cartoon "Danger Mouse" with plans to turn it into an animated feature which Original Film, Fremantle Media and Neal Mortiz will produce.

The Tracking Board reports that the film could well be an origin story about the world's best secret agent, a white mouse with an eye patch, and his timid assistant Penfold. The cartoon effectively served as a kind of Bond spoof, with Danger Mouse often facing his evil toad enemy Baron Silas von Greenback.

The series ran from 1981 to 1992 and was recently rebooted and relaunched on Cbbc in the UK with the likes of Alexander Armstrong, Stephen Fry, Lena Headey and John Oliver lending their voices to the series. That reboot will screen on Netflix U.S. starting in the Spring.

Bringing back Danger Mouse is a big deal - and the stars of Cbbc's new revamp have promised they won't mess it up.

The team behind the new show were "respectful" of the classic '80s animation, said Kevin Eldon - who voices Dm's assistant Penfold.

"People are possessive of stuff that belongs to their childhood, and you can understand that," he said. "You don't want to it be 'Scrappy Doo' - coming back and doing a horrible thing to the memory of something brilliant.

"I think that the people involved in this were respectful of the original. It has hauled itself into the 21st century, but it hasn't done it at the expense of the original's spirit.

"The scripts were just great - so imaginative, and with the same anarchic spirit as the original."

Both Eldon and Alexander Armstrong - the new Danger Mouse - said they didn't revisit the original series,...

Get a sneak peek at the new Danger Mouse revival with this video of the new voice actors.

The clip shows stars Alexander Armstrong (Danger Mouse) and Kevin Eldon (Ernest Penfold) bringing their characters to life in the booth and on screen.

We also get a look at Stephen Fry as Colonel K, Shauna Macdonald as Professor Squawkencluck and Come Dine with Me's Dave Lamb as the Narrator.

Game of Thrones' Lena Headey stars as Jeopardy Mouse and Armstrong's Pointless co-star Richard Osman voices Professor Jelly.

The show will also star Ed Gaughan as the villainous Baron Greenback, Facejacker's Kayvan Novak and The It Crowd's Richard Ayoade.

A James Bond-themed trailer for the show premiered earlier this month.

The new series of Danger Mouse will start on September 28, the 34th anniversary of the premiere of the original series. Watch a promo below:...

Danger Mouse gives James Bond a run for his money in a brand new trailer for Cbbc's reboot of the classic show.

Danger Mouse (Alexander Armstrong) and his loyal sidekick Penfold (Kevin Eldon) are out to save the world in the clip, which looks forward to the return of the show later this month.

Joining Armstrong and Eldon on the show will be Stephen Fry and Richard Osman, who play chinchilla Colonel K and mastermind Professor Strontium Jellyfishowitz respectively.

Game of Thrones star Lena Headey and comedian John Oliver also joined the project back in July.

Appearing as well are Ed Gaughan, who will play the villainous Baron Greenback, FaceJacker's Kayvan Novak, Come Dine with Me's Dave Lamb, Shauna MacDonald and Morwenna Banks.

The new series of Danger Mouse will premiere on September 28, which represents the 34th anniversary of the original Danger Mouse premiere.

"Game of Thrones" star Lena Headey and HBO comedy show host John Oliver are set to lend their voices to the upcoming revival of hit 1980s animated series "Danger Mouse" which will premiere on Cbbc in the UK this Fall followed by a U.S. Netflix launch in Spring next year.

The series follows the world's greatest super spy, the eye patched and white Danger Mouse (Alexander Armstrong) and his reluctant civil servant hamster sidekick Penfold (Kevin Eldon) as they take on a host of villains. Headey will provide the voice of Us Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, while Oliver is mad scientist wolf Dr Augustus P. Crumhorn III. Stephen Fry also lends his voice as the character of Colonel K.

Lena Headey says: "I wanted to do it [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me. I have children now and it's just a treat to be involved in something that...

See Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon voice Danger Mouse and Penfold in this first look at the new series' theme song...

"The fate of the entire galaxy rests in the hands of our greatest, most beloved, heroes..."

Fresh on the tail of the latest casting news for Cbbc's new Danger Mouse series (Lena Headey and John Oliver are the latest to join up) comes this first-look teaser trailer of the revamped show.

The action starts following a Star Wars episode VII parody ("Penfold, we're home!"), and it's looking good. From what little we see of them, Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon are great choices for the roles of Dm and Penfold, the original theme song is intact, and so, by the looks of this brief teaser, is the sense of humour.

See what you think below:

Danger Mouse comes to Cbbc in the UK and Netflix (where the original series...

Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey and The Daily Show's John Oliver have joined the Danger Mouse telly reboot cast...

While I never could have predicted this news story, I'm very glad to be passing it on - Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones' Cersei Lannister) and John Oliver (The Daily Show's hilarious co-host, formerly seen on Community) have both signed up for roles in the upcoming Danger Mouse reboot.

Lena Headey will play Us Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, “a super-proficient American, female version of Danger Mouse” who has been described as “the unseen star of the Us Secret Service" who completes her missions “with the minimum of fuss.”

Said Headey of the role: “I wanted to do [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me. I have children now and it’s just a treat to be involved in something that you loved as a kid and be able to share it.

Lena Headey and John Oliver are joining the vocal cast of Cbbc's Danger Mouse.

It was announced during a Danger Mouse panel at Comic-Con this weekend that the Game of Thrones star and the Last Week Tonight host are joining the show's second series.

Headey will play Us Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, while Oliver will play the mad wolf scientist Dr Augustus P Crumhorn III.

Headey said: "I wanted to do it [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me.

"I have children now and it's just a treat to be involved in something that you loved as a kid and be able to share it. Those moments as an actor that come along once in while are not to be missed."

Oliver added: "I've loved Danger Mouse my whole life. Danger Mouse was a significant part of my childhood.

"So to get a chance to do it is like getting...

Netflix are making a grab for the kids market, adding Inspector Gadget, Danger Mouse and more to their streaming library…

As Netflix continue to make waves in the world of entertainment, with 2015 promising more original content than ever, kids TV is the next target in their sights.

The headline here is that Netflix has nabbed the rights to distribute the Boomerang network's new Inspector Gadget animated series, and will also do the same for Cbbc’s new Danger Mouse (with Alexander Armstrong and Stephen Fry). Danger Mouse isn’t expected until spring 2016, but Inspector Gadget (which will serve as a CGI sequel to the classic cartoon) will air on Netflix this March, we’re told. It's actually already started on Boomerang.

It's also announced Some Assembly Required, a summer comedy based on a 14-year-old who becomes the owner of a toy company, and Bottersnikes & Gumbles based on the Australian book...