Marvel Television’s Helstrom will debut around the end of October as part of Hulu’s Huluween event, according to Deadline. Tom Austen as Daimon Helstrom, Sydney Lemmon as Ana Helstrom, and Elezabeth Marvel and Victoria Helstrom star in the series (see "’Helstrom’ Casting"), the final live-action show produced by Marvel Television before its absorption into Marvel Studios.
Lucifer Season 5 will debut on Netflix on August 21, according to Deadline. A sixth season is also in the works, according to the report, a reversal from a year ago, when the fifth season was planned as its last (see "Geek Show Renewed"). The series, featuring a character created for comics by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenbergk, ran for three seasons on Fox before being canceled. Netflix picked up the show beginning with Season 4.
Netflix has picked up Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai, and will debut the first two seasons, which first aired as original scripted series on YouTube, later this year, with a new third season produced for Netflix to follow, the streamer announced. IDW Publishing is publishing the Cobra Kai comics.
Y: The Last Man is moving from FX to Hulu, the same path taken by recent series Devs and Mrs. America, according to Variety. The property, based on Vertigo comic series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, has been in development for years. About a year ago the project got a new showrunner after the previous showrunners left over creative differences (see "’Y’ Gets New Showrunner").
Copernicus Studios has put Jim Zub series Skullkickers, written by Zub with art by Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens, into development as an animated adult action-adventure series, the company announced. The property was featured in comic series published by Image Comics.
HBO Max released a trailer for Doom Patrol Season 2, which will launch on the new streamer on June 25 (see "’Doom Patrol’ Key Art"). The series’ first season ran on DC Universe.
Geek TV News Round-Up
Posted by Milton Griepp on June 23, 2020 @ 4:34 am CT