Horror franchise Scream is heading to the small screen, thanks to MTV. The music channel has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which will premiere in October 2015. A pilot was ordered way back in May 2013, but now the channel is confident that the show will be a hit with Harper’s Island’s Jill Blotevogel as showrunner. Scream creator Wes Craven […]
The Black Panther, The Inhumans and Captain Marvel are all part of the new line-up of Marvel films, announced at a special event on October 28. The third Captain America […]
According to a report at Deadline, Sherlock and Star Trek Into Darkness star Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, in the new Marvel movie. Joaquin Phoenix had been in the frame for the part, but negotiations didn’t progress; other names connected to the role include Jared Leto and Tom Hardy. Cumberbatch has not yet signed to […]
Frankenstein is coming to Fox, courtesy of former X-Files and Buffy producer Howard Gordon, and Crisis’ Rand Ravich. It’s not a proper retelling of Mary Shelley’s story, but yet another update. According to Deadline, this new Frankenstein focuses on on Adam Tremble, “a morally corrupt FBI agent who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back […]
A third generation of witchy Stephens is heading for the small screen with the news that NBC has picked up a reboot of the classic comedy Bewitched with a put pilot commitment. The original 1964-1972 series starred Samantha Montgomery as Samantha Stephens, a suburban housewife who was also a witch; a short-lived spin-off in 1977 focused on her daughter Tabitha. […]
Firefly, V and Homeland star Morena Baccarin has signed up for a stint in Fox’s Gotham Baccarin will play Dr. Leslie Thompkins, described as “a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of Bruce Wayne’s parents, Thomas and Martha”. Determined to use her skills to aid Gotham’s most in need, she gets work at the new Arkham Asylum’s Home […]
American Horror Story‘s Ryan Murphy is reuniting with his Glee creative partners to produce Scream Queens, a horror anthology series for Fox. The series is created by Murphy, Falchuk and Ian Brennan and received a 15 episode straight to series order from the network. The first season is based around a college campus which is rocked by a series of murders. […]
Actress Lynda Bellingham, best known to genre fans for her role as the Inquisitor in the season-long Doctor Who story The Trial of a Time Lord, has lost her battle […]
Mr Selfridge star Poppy Lee Friar has been cast as robot Eve in CBBC’s new 13 part series, airing next year. The series, which completed filming in Glasgow recently, follows […]
Constantine and Da Vinci’s Demons‘ David S. Goyer has another genre show on the way – an adaptation of Peter Straub’s Shadowland. The 1980 novel follows two young boys, Tom Flanagan […]
In the run-up to the new Showtime series of Twin Peaks airing in 2016, fans will get a chance to find out what’s been happening over the preceding 25 years […]
Merlin and Good Omens star Colin Morgan will be returning to the SFF genre with his new series, Humans for AMC. William Hurt (A History of Violence, Damages), Katherine Parkinson […]
Syfy has commissioned Dark Matter, a new series from Stargate producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mulie based on their graphic novel published in 2012. In the 13 part series, the […]
British director Michael Hayes, whose genre work included A for Andromeda and the classic Doctor Who story City of Death, has died aged 85. Hayes initially performed as an actor […]
Jim Gordon is getting at least an extra six hours to clean up the city, after Fox decided to give a back-six order for Gotham. “Gotham debuted as one of the most buzzed-about shows of the fall, and with good reason,” Fox TV Group chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman pointed out. “Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon have created an […]
Details on Daredevil, the first of Marvel’s new live action TV series, are beginning to be confirmed. At the New York Comic Con held in mid-October, the first photos of […]
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