Jasper Fforde’s Last Dragonslayer flying to Sky
Sky 1 plans to set Christmas ablaze with its brand new drama, The Last Dragonslayer. Based on the first of Jasper Fforde’s series of novels, and adapted by Tom Edge (Scrotal Recall), […]
SG1 exec Brad Wright’s Travelers heads to Netflix
Travelers, a new time travel series created by Stargate SG1’s Brad Wright, is a go at Netflix. The series is being co-produced with Showcase, who will air it in Canada, and […]
Netflix’s Iron Fist finds its Meachum siblings
Tom Pelphrey and Jessica Stroup have been cast as the Meachums in Netflix’s fourth Marvel series, Iron Fist, which is currently entering production. Pelphrey is best known for his role in Banshee as Kurt Bunker, and will play Ward Meachum; 90210’s Stroup will be his sister Joy. Their father Harold is being played by Lord of the Rings’ veteran David Wenham. […]
Petrie, Ramirez & Goddard to oversee Netflix’s Defenders
The Daredevil series 2 team will be at the helm of The Defenders, Netflix has announced. The Executive Producers and showrunners of the most recent Marvel Netflix show will unite […]
AMC renew Fear the Walking Dead for third year
The zombie apocalypse continues on AMC, as Fear the Walking Dead has been given a third season order, hot on the heels of the show’s recent return. “What Dave Erickson and Robert Kirkman have invented in Fear The Walking Dead is to be applauded,” Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios explained. “Watching Los Angeles crumble through the […]
Neil Gaiman adapting Good Omens for TV (updated)
Neil Gaiman has confirmed that he will be writing a six-part TV adaptation of Good Omens, the novel he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett. The announcement came at a special memorial for Pratchett held at the Barbican on April 14th. Although originally reports indicated Gaiman had previously said he wouldn’t be doing anything further following Pratchett’s death, but changed his mind after receiving […]
Scribe Award nominees announced
The 10th annual Scribe Awards will be handed out at the San Diego Comic Con in July, given by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers to make excellence in […]
In the Flesh’s Mitchell pens Creatures for TNT
In the Flesh creator Dominic Mitchell’s new series Creatures is set to appear as part of M. Night Shyamalan’s horror block for TNT. There will be a reinvented Crypt Keeper for a new series of Tales from the Crypt, who will oversee the block. This is now set to include anthology series Time of Death as well as Creatures. “I’m really thrilled […]
Jackie Earle Haley to bring Terror to the Tick
Watchmen and Robocop remake star Jackie Earle Haley will be juggling two comic book roles over the coming months – he’s already filming as Odin Quincannon in Preacher, and now […]
RIP Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas, best known to genre fans as the eponymous Blake in Terry Nation’s Blake’s 7, has died aged 71 of heart failure. The news was reported on Blake’s 7 […]
Torchwood returns to Titan
Titan Comics will be continuing the adventures of the Torchwood team with a new series of adventures starting this July. According to a report at i09, the stories will be […]
Ben Affleck confirmed to direct solo Batman movie
It wasn’t all Marvel news coming out of CinemaCon this week. Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara confirmed rumours that have been circulating for some time that Ben Affleck will be […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming details emerging
Along with confirmation of the title for the latest Spider-Man movie, Sony chairman Tom Rothman also revealed that at least one of the Avengers will be making their way across […]
Doctor Strange debuts in the MCU (video)
As part of the buildup for the release of Captain America: Civil War, Marvel has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the next instalment of adventures in the Marvel Cinematic […]
Defenders shoots this year; Inhumans pushed back
There’s good and bad news for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans – the Netflix Defenders series is set to enter production this year, but the Inhumans movie is leaving its current slot. Talking at the Netflix press event in Paris, Daredevil star Charlie Cox confirmed that the Defenders series – which will see the individual stars of Netflix’s series (Daredevil, Jessica […]
Meet Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts (video)
A trailer for J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has also hit the internet, seven months before the movie opens. Emphasising its connection to Harry Potter’s world […]
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