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 […]
Moffat confirms Master’s return for Series 9
In an interview promoting the new Doctor Who Christmas Special in the Radio Times for week of 13th December, now hitting shops, Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat has confirmed […]
Merlin’s Bradley James takes Omen sequel lead
Bradley James is moving from being The Once and Future King to playing the Antichrist himself in Lifetime’s sequel to the Omen films, Damien, according to a report at Deadline. The star of the BBC Merlin series will appear as Damien Thorn in the six episode miniseries, written by Glen Mazzara with the first episode directed by Elizabeth’s Shekar Kapur. The […]
Jared Leto & Will Smith headline Suicide Squad movie
After weeks of speculation following DC’s confirmation of a Suicide Squad movie at their recent press conference, Warner Bros. has released the cast list for the August 2016 movie about […]
Early start for Capaldi’s Doctor Who Christmas Special
Peter Capaldi’s first full Christmas Special will be airing at the earliest time one of his episodes has been seen, by a considerable distance. According to the BBC One schedules, […]
Walking Dead showrunner promises rule changes
[NB This article contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Walking Dead] The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple has indicated that “the rules that were a part of […]
Scott switches seat for Blade Runner sequel
Ridley Scott won’t be directing the long-awaited sequel to his 1982 film, Blade Runner, according to an interview he gave to Variety to promote his new film Exodus: Gods and Kings. Talking about upcoming films, including the movie of Andy Weir’s The Martian, Scott explained that he and the sequel’s co-screenwriter Hampton Fincher “talked at length about what it could be, […]
Wonder Woman director confirmed
Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad director Michelle MacLaren will be developing and directing Warner Bros.’ 2017 Wonder Woman movie, according to reports at Variety. The movie is one of […]
Doctor Who Christmas title & series 9 writer revealed
In a triple hit of Doctor Who news, the BBC revealed on November 25th that the title of this year’s Christmas Special is Last Christmas, hinted at by those in the know the day before who were predicting a rise in George Michael’s sales as a result of the new special. They have also released another poster image, showing Jenna Coleman, […]
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