The Boatman

The guy who wrote the spin-off trilogy also ghostwrote Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s autobiography. Which is the best selling book of all time in Sweden.

It’s a shame Apple never bought the rights (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/06/james-bond-distribution-rights-amazon-apple). Then the megalomaniac boss of a sinister tech corporation could be the hero, and James Bond could be the villain!

The circle is complete! Really need to get on with 6 now. And shame 5 is only virtual.

Season 19 has been confirmed for the next classic Blu-ray box set. Fasten your seat belt!

Is S3 still coming to Netflix UK, does anyone know?

More Deliveroo than Doctoroo really

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/showtime-announces-new-halo-tv-series-details https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/06/28/showtime-amblin-television-and-343-industries-bring-halo-to-television/

Could they bring Fumito Ueda on board to speed things up?

All of Classic Who being streamed on Twitch: https://blog.twitch.tv/the-doctors-will-see-you-now-370564b877c9

Will Amazon ever get tired of throwing money at adaptations of SF novels? Gibson works in trilogies so The Agency, his next one, will be set in the same universe(s).

I wonder what proportion of the Blu-ray sales are 4k? It must have helped Sony sell a few tellies...

4k UHD release of season 1 coming this summer: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Game-Thrones-Season-1-UDH/24093

It has struck me recently that with all the discussion of the ‘invisible border’ between Northern Ireland and the Republic post Brexit the book has become weirdly relevant recently.

Saw a trailer tonight for the BBC’s adaptation of China Miéville’s novel, starring David Morrissey, which means it must be fairly imminent. Love the book, hope this does it justice. https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/picador/the-city-the-city-coming-to-tv-in-2018