HBO and Sky Atlantic have finally released a proper trailer for their reinvention of Michael Crichton’s Westworld, the 1973 movie he wrote and directed about an amusement park where the exhibits go wrong (a theme he would return to with Jurassic Park). The new series is created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and stars Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel […]
Anton Yelchin, who played Pavel Chekov in the reboot of Star Trek, has been killed in a car accident. The 27 year old actor was killed in a fatal collision […]
Teen Wolf’s Tyler Hoechin has been cast as Superman for the second season of the CW’s Supergirl. “Greg [Berlanti] and I have wanted to work with Tyler for ages, so […]
A final ten-episode fifth season of BBC America’s Orphan Black will appear next year. “Orphan Black is a thrilling, genre-bending ride that has captured our fans’ imaginations and hearts like no […]
At a career retrospective at the Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France, Guillermo del Toro announced initial casting on Trollhunters, his epic animated family event series premiering in December 2016 on […]
There’s going to be a new Neverwhere adventure coming to BBC Radio courtesy of Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs. BBC Radio 4 Extra announced, “We love Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere and we’re thrilled that, […]
J. Michael Straczynski’s Rising Stars is finally heading for the big screen. According to a report at Deadline, MGM has optioned the comicbook that the Babylon 5 creator devised and […]
Following his appearance in The Husbands of River Song, Matt Lucas returns to Doctor Who from the opening episode of series 10 which starts filming on Monday 20 June. Commenting […]
In the wake of the Orlando tragedy, Class showrunner Patrick Ness was repeatedly asked if the teen drama would feature a gay character. “Will a lead character with a boyfriend […]
Writer, director and all-round comicbook fan Kevin Smith has his eyes on a directing gig on Netflix’s Defenders team-up series. Speaking to IGN, Smith said, “If I can get a piece of that Defenders mini-series holy s**t, could you imagine, dude? Because then you’re working with multiple suits at once, that’d be phenomenal. “Just doing a mini Avengers – even one episode […]
Smallville’s Aquaman, Hunger Games star Alan Ritchson, will be the lead of Syfy’s new Grindhouse-inspired show, Blood Drive. According to Deadline, the show is set in a near-apocalyptic future in Los […]
The Hunger Games, The Dark Knight and Harry Potter prequel composer James Newton Howard will be conducting a concert of his greatest hits at the Royal Albert Hall in November […]
The shortlists for the British Fantasy Awards 2016 have been revealed, with the winners set to be announced at Fantasycon 2016 in Scarborough. Four nominees in each category were decided […]
Guillermo del Toro, Travis Beacham and Star Trek veteran Rene Echevarria are behind one of the two new SF pilots that Amazon has ordered, according to Deadline. Carnival Row is set in the […]
The Man of Steel will be making a proper appearance in the first two episodes of the CW’s Supergirl. “Greg, Ali and I are beyond thrilled to welcome Clark Kent and his slightly-more-famous alter ego to the world of Supergirl,” Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, who co-created the series with fellow exec producers Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler, explained. “We […]
UKTV’s Dave has commissioned a new fantasy series, Zapped, which starts filming shortly for transmission in the autumn. The comedy comes from Baby Cow Productions, and stars James Buckley (The […]
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