Some three years after it started to be shopped around, the TV pilot version of The Exorcist has found a home at Fox. Described as “a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil”, the script is by Jeremy Slater who will also executive […]
Broadchurch creator and Torchwood showrunner Chris Chibnall is taking over as head writer of Doctor Who from Steven Moffat. Moffat will oversee the 2016 Christmas Special and Series 10 which is being broadcast in Spring 2017. Chibnall’s first season will appear in 2018. This means that new broadcast Who seems likely to consist solely of the BBC3 spinoff Class and […]
Although one of the core elements of CBS’ Supergirl series is the age difference between Kara and her cousin, Superman, as a result of the period she spent in the […]
Casting has now been announced for the World Stage Premiere of The War of The Worlds at the Dominion Theatre, London. Alongside the onscreen appearance of Liam Neeson and the […]
The release of a new Star Wars movie seems set to become as much part of the Christmas routine as Slade’s song or the Charlie Brown special. Disney has moved the release of Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII from May 2017 to a December slot. Rogue One will be out this December, and it’s anticipated that the young Han Solo movie […]
The proposed continuation of the Terminator Genisys timeline seems to have reached a premature conclusion. According to a report at Deadline, the sequel to the underperforming latest reboot of the saga has quietly disappeared from the Paramount schedule. Due to be released on May 19, 2017, its slot has been taken by the Baywatch movie. It now seems as if […]
Bohemian Rhapsody is a very appropriate soundtrack for the teaser trailer for DC Comics’ Suicide Squad movie, opening August 5th. The trailer sets up the Dirty Dozen vibe of the […]
Highly respected editor David G. Hartwell has died following a massive brain hemorrhage. The news was confirmed on the Tor Books website on the evening of January 20th. Hartwell had been […]
Emma Reeves’ Control Alter Delete – the final episode of Eve’s first series – won the prestigious Writers Guild of Great Britain Best Children’s TV Episode at the ceremony held […]
Amid speculation that Netflix is commissioning a Punisher series, another Marvel series has got a confirmed second year. Krysten Ritter will be returning as Jessica Jones for a fresh run of 13 episodes following the critically acclaimed first series released last November. No date for the second series has been revealed. The second season of Daredevil launches in March with […]
Robert Banks Stewart, creator of the Zygons and the Krynoids for Doctor Who, has died at the age of 84. A prolific writer, he worked on Danger Man, Adam Adamant Lives! and The Avengers in the 1960s alongside episodes of Undermind, as well as many spy and detective series in later years including Jason King, The Protectors, Callan and The Sweeney. He was the creator […]
Paramount has released a teaser trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a belated “sequel” to Matt Reeves’ SF horror movie. “Waking up from a car accident, a young woman finds herself […]
British actor Alan Rickman has died, aged 69. Rickman’s many genre appearances include Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, as well as Galaxy Quest. Primarily a theatrical actor for […]
With less than a week to the start of Agent Carter’s second season of adventures, the producers have revealed links to upcoming elements of the third phase of the Marvel Cinematic […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin are proud to host the cover reveal for Matthew De Abaitua’s second novel for Angry Robot, The Destructives, which will be published on 1st March in the US […]
CBS Entertainment president Glen Geller has confirmed that the network has no creative input into the new Star Trek TV series which will be appearing on CBS All Access next year. Speaking at the TCAs, Geller said, “I don’t have anything to do with it. It really is for All Access. While the network will be broadcasting the pilot, I […]
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