Kim Dickens to star in Walking Dead spin-off
Kim Dickens has been cast as the female lead in the new Walking Dead spin-off, according to a report at Deadline. The Gone Girl and Sons of Anarchy star will […]
RIP director Joseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent, the Emmy award winning director who helmed one of the most important Star Trek episodes, has died aged 89. Sargent initially began studying as an actor after service […]
Fast & Furious’ Justin Lin set to helm next Star Trek (updated)
After considerable debate over who would succeed J.J. Abrams in the director’s chair for the thirteenth Star Trek movie – the third of the reboot series – it has now been confirmed that Fast & Furious 6’s Justin Lin will be helming the film. Lin is credited with reviving the fortunes of the street-racing franchise, and will replace Roberto Orci […]
BFI chooses the Doctor as the Best Sci-Fi Character of All Time
The Time Lord has been triumphant again, winning a poll carried out by the British Film Institute to find the Best Sci-Fi Character of All Time. Thousands of votes were […]
McMahon & Betts join Childhood’s End
Syfy’s epic adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End has added further stars to its cast. Former Fantastic Four foe Julian McMahon (he played Doctor Doom in the FF movies a few years back) and Daisy Betts will be appearing alongside Mike Vogel, Charles Dance, Ashley Zukerman, Osy Ikhile and Yael Stone. McMahon will play Rupert Boyce, an enigmatic American […]
ITV order more fantasy with Beowulf adaptation
With Jekyll & Hyde , a Merrily Watkins adaptation and a new version of Frankenstein already announced, it seems as if the ITV network will be the home for genre output during 2015, with the announcement of a new 13 part adaptation of the classic tale Beowulf. “Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors listened to the story of Beowulf because […]
Krypton’s past revealed in new Syfy series
In addition to the new Supergirl series heading our way courtesy of CBS, Syfy are taking us back into the realms of the Superman mythology with a new series named […]
New Adventures for Lethbridge-Stewart
We know what happened to the Brigadier after he died, as revealed in the recent Peter Capaldi episode Death in Heaven, but a new series of novels now charts his […]
E4 picks up Supernatural for UK fans
UK fans who have been deprived of legal ways of watching Supernatural since Sky Living stopped running the episodes at the end of season 8 can now relax, as E4 […]
Toho producing new Godzilla for 2016
Toho Studios, the original home of the “Godzilla” movies, is producing a new version of the story in the wake of the success of the reboot earlier this year by Gareth Edwards. The 2016 movie will be the first produced directly by Toho since 2004, and will be their 29th original Godzilla film. “This is very good timing after the […]
Wizards vs Aliens gets Writers Guild Award nomination
Phil Ford’s script for the second part of Wizards vs Aliens’ The Thirteenth Floor has been nominated for a Writers Guild Award. It’s up for contention for the Best Children’s TV […]
Cumberbatch confirmed as Doctor Strange
Although it’s been pretty much regarded as a done deal for the past few weeks, Marvel have finally officially announced that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing Doctor Strange […]
Krysten Ritter is Netflix/Marvel’s Jessica Jones
According to reports at Deadline, Breaking Bad’s Krysten Ritter is going to be playing Jessica Jones in the second of Marvel’s TV series on Netflix. The actress, also well known […]
Cliff Curtis starring in Walking Dead spin-off
Missing’s Cliff Curtis has been cast as the divorced teacher at the heart of the new spin-off series to The Walking Dead, AMC has announced. The show, officially untitled but codenamed Cobalt, takes place simultaneously with The Walking Dead in a different location, and focuses on Curtis’ character and a woman guidance counsellor, whose children will be played by Frank […]
Bellucci, Bautista and Waltz join Bond 24 aka SPECTRE (updated)
At a live event held on December 4th, details of the 24th film in the official James Bond movie series were released. Sam Mendes and Barbara Broccoli introduced the event […]
The Preacher goes to pilot at AMC
AMC has picked up Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s take on the cult comic book series Preacher to pilot. Breaking Bad’s Sam Catlin wrote the script, based on the series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and will be showrunner if it goes forward. “Preacher has been our favorite comic since it first came out,” Rogen and Goldberg said. “Garth […]
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