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There was only a slim chance that Robert Kirkman’s  Outcast could go to a third season, and that is now gone. "There are no further plans for Outcast at this time," a spokesman for the network said in a statement. The news comes as a little surprise. Outcast had been on the back burner at Cinemax, with its second…

Cinemax has set Friday, July 20 at 10 PM for the Season 2 premiere of Robert Kirkman’s suspense-horror series Outcast. The U.S. launch comes a year after the series’ second season aired on the Fox International channels. Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming talked about the series’ future…

Cinemax will officially kick off its rebrand as a destination for fun, mostly action-packed, original programming February 2 with the return of the series that started the network's foray into originals six and a half years ago, Strike Back. It will be followed by thriller Rellik; crime drama C.B. Strike, based on J.K…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinemax is recalibrating its original programming strategy, returning to the type of fare that launched its push into original primetime series: fun, high-octane, action, pulpy, straight-to-series dramas done in a cost-effective way primarily as international co-productions. It is fitting that one of the…

Chad Buchanan has landed a recurring role on Fox’s Star. Created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy, Star follows three talented young singers — desperate for a new start and with ambitions of stardom — as they navigate the cut-throat music business. Buchanan plays Hunter Morgan, a young NFL star. He's pure charm at first…

Covert Affairs alum Christopher Gorham is set for a recurring role on the second season of Syfy’s The Magicians. Based on the bestselling novels from Lev Grossman, The Magicians centers on Quentin (Jason Ralph), a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New…

We’ll be seeing more of Madeleine McGraw in the second season of Robert Kirkman’s Outcast. McGraw, who recurred as Amber Barnes in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the Cinemax exorcism drama. Amber is the daughter of Kyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit). From The Walking Dead creator Kirkman, Outcas…

M.C. Gainey (Django Unchained), Madelyn Deutch (Texas Rising) and Hoon Lee (Banshee) have joined the Season 2 cast of Cinemax exorcism drama Outcast from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Chris Black. Production on the second season has begun in South Carolina. Outcast follows Kyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit), a…

HBO is adding some comedy to its San Diego Comic-Con lineup this year with Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley and the new Danny McBride-Jody Hill series Vice Principals added to the mix. On Thursday, July 21 at 4PM in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront, Silicon Valley co-creator/EP Judge will join EP Alec Berg and…

Between The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead on AMC and now Outcast debuting on Cinemax on June 3, there is a Robert Kirkman-created series on television almost every week of the year – which means the end of the world or its terrors are almost always coming at you. And if you thought the blockbuster TWD or FearT…

Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa is scaring up a new experiment with the simultaneous debut of horror series Outcast in 61 countries via Facebook Live. This is the first time a broadcaster in Europe and Africa is using the service to launch a new drama. On May 20, at 10PM Central European Time, episode 1 of the…

Cinemax’s horror show Outcast had its world premiere at SXSW, and the premium cabler dropped two pieces of news at the panel afterward. The 10-episode series produced by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Chris Black will debut June 3, and it’s already been renewed for a second season. This comes eight months…