"Constantine" TV Series update

We all know that NBC are working on their adaptation of the hugely popular Constantine comic, today we have some further plot details and characters we are likely to see in the pilot. These WILL BE SPOILERS if they come true, however for now they are still rumours, but could still be SPOILERS. Scroll down for the details, I repeat SPOILERS.
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Huge thanks to the guys and girls over at Shock Till You Drop, the main details of which are here;

• At the beginning of the first episode, Constantine has checked himself into a psychiatric institution after witnessing a 9-year-old girl have her soul taken to hell by a demon. When he checks himself out, he’s been there for six months.
• Constantine “is a clever wise-ass” who “masks his emotions with humor.” Hopefully, he’s more deadpan than, say, boisterously sarcastic.
• In the TV version of Constantine, Papa Midnite will be Cuban instead of Jamaican. Apparently, he can “dream the future” and when we meet him, he’s “doing a lot of cocaine because he has to stay awake.” For what reason? It doesn’t say. Though we do know that Midnite will be the primary villain of the show – for at least the first season.
• A regular girl named Liv Parsons – seemingly a vehicle to help viewers understand this supernatural world – discovers that something nefarious is coming for her. She teams up with Constantine, who used to be friends with her dead father and owes him a debt. Their team-up will apparently form the basis of the show.
• Constantine has an angel named Manny “assigned” to him to “help ease his soul into damnation.” Which seemingly confirms that his background will be similar to that of his comic book counterpart. In the comics, Constantine stopped a demon from taking the soul of a dying friend. For this, the demon promised to send Constantine to hell when he died.
• In the first episode, we’ll see all kinds of supernatural craziness, including “possessions, ghosts [...] and demons.”
• We’ll also meet “Chaz” – Constatine’s driver – a “tall, sensitive, quiet type” with a lot of knowledge about the supernatural. In the comics, his name is “Chas” Chandler, who was previously played by Shia LaBeouf in the 2005 Keanu Reeves film.
• And now for the most important thing: Constantine won’t be wearing his famous trenchcoat…at first. But he will eventually. So don’t get too up-in-arms.

"Heroes" returning in 2015!

I spoke last year about how "Heroes" could be returning in the X-Box for new episodes, turns out the rumour was partially true. "Heroes" is set to return next year in a new show called "Heroes Reborn", thirteen new episode will be produced with the original creator Tim Kring returning to helm the show. The announcement came today from NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke;

"The enormous impact 'Heroes' had on the television landscape when it first launched in 2006 was eye-opening," said NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke. "Shows with that kind of resonance don't come around often and we thought it was time for another installment. We're thrilled that visionary creator Tim Kring was as excited about jumping back into this show as we were and we look forward to all the new textures and layers Tim plans to add to his original concept. Until we get closer to air in 2015, the show will be appropriately shrouded in secrecy, but we won't rule out the possibility of some of the show's original cast members popping back in."

Matt Ryan cast as Constantine!

NBC have found their John Constantine! Deadline are reporting that Welsh actor Matt Ryan, who you might recognise from "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour" he also played the voice of Edward Kenny in "Assassins Creed IV".

The series will be the 4th DC related TV Series on air when the next TV schedule starts later this year the others being the returning "Arrow" and two new shows "Flash" on CW and "Gotham" on Fox.

NBC gives us a Constatine update

Bleeding Cool are reporting that they have a learned a couple of new details about the upcoming "Constantine" TV Series including that the titular character will not only be a blonde man but he will also stay true to his British heritage just like in the comic. The last live action incarnation of John Constantine was played by Keanu Reeves back in the 2005 film of the same now. It is also being touted that he will keep his British accent, which is epic!

Written by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel) and Daniel Cerone ("The Mentalist"), NBC has officially ordered a pilot for "Consantine" which will be helmed by The Descent's Neil Marshall.

Gonna do a quick little fancast of the top of my head;

Arthur Darvill,
Toby Kebbell - a buddy suggested he is a huge fan, I personally haven't seen much of his work just "Wilderness" which I seen once an wasn't a fan of the film itself.
David Tennant
Jude Law - too old?
Tom Hiddlestone?
James Marsters - American I know but who doesn't love Spike from "Buffy" I mean growing up I was convinced he was British! He may be a little old, but I love his work.
Stephen Graham - Scouse but Cockney in Snatch is pretty good from what I remember,
Paul Bettany,

You guys got an suggestions?

"Heroes" could return? Really?

TV Line are reporting that MSN are looking into reviving the hugely popular NBC series "Heroes" exclusively for the X-Box platform. Reports are suggesting that they are in extremely early talks with NBC about the possibility of the revival, they want the show to be a new creation that is set to feature "new stories and heroes, while mixing in cameos from the original series' cast."

NBC planning "Dracula" series...

With the success of "True Blood" and "Vampire Diaries", NBC is really pushing for their own Horror series. They already have "Hannibal" and "Mockingbird Lane" in the works, but they aren't stopping their they are working on a new Dracula series and it looks like we know who is set to play the leading female role. If reports are correct "Carnivale" creater Daniel Knauf has been hired as showrunner and head writer for the series. "Dracula" has already been given a 10 episode straight-to-series for its first season.

The beautiful Jessica De Gouw (currently playing Huntress on CW's "Arrow"), is going to play Mina although her character will differ from Bram Stroker's novel. In the show Mina Murray is a "striking medical student who is engaged to Jonathan Harker but upon meeting Grayson both are instantly mesmerized by the other’s uncanny resemblance to someone from their past."

NBC have also cast their Dracula an he is set to be played by Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, this isn't his first appearance on a TV Show he also played King Henry VIII in "The Tudors" plus he played Elvis Presley in "Elvis" which earned him a Golden Globe back in 2005.

“It centers on Dracula (Meyers), who arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Allen Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier, but he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.”

"Hannibal" TV series details

Bryan Fuller's new approach at one of the scariest characters of all time in my opinion. His show has been commissioned for a 13 episode first season, we now have details of what to expect from the upcoming series. How Hannibal is set to be portrayed and what to expect from future seasons.
Here are some of the major details that came from the recent interview that was done with Entertainment Weekly;

• The first two seasons will be based on the "Red Dragon" novel.
•  The series will involve: "Lecter teaming to solve crimes with empathic FBI profiler Will Graham… For the first time, viewers will spend quality time with Lecter while he’s at large and before the world knows his secrets, working side by side with a similarly brilliant man who is destined to catch him."
• Fuller mentions that his Hannibal won’t be the same we’ve seen in the movies: “There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal. He’s not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn’t know who he was, they wouldn’t see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock’s principle of suspense — show the audience the bomb under the table and let them sweat when it’s going to go boom. So the audience knows who Hannibal is so we don’t have to overplay his villainy. We get to subvert his legacy and give the audience twists and turns.”
• Entertainment Weekly describes the show as a: “crime procedural featuring two very smart investigators — but one of them is a serial killer”. They also say that the show format will change once it is discovered who Hannibal really is.
• Seven seasons are planned: “Doing a cable model on network television gives us the opportunity not to dally in our storytelling because we have a lot of real estate to cover… I pitched a seven-season arc including stories from various books.”