New "Human" Villain for Penny Dreadful's Second Year
Speaking at Comic-con, Penny Dreadful creator and showrunner John Logan revealed some of the plans for the series’ second extended season. “The biggest change for me in the second season, […]
Anthony Hopkins leads Abrams' Westworld revamp
Sir Anthony Hopkins will be the lead in JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan’s reworking of the classic 1973 Michael Crichton film Westworld. In the pilot, Hopkins will play Dr Robert […]
Manimal roars again!
Manimal is returning, courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Jimmy Miller, according to a report at Deadline. The cult 1980s series, which starred Simon MacCorkindale as […]
Syfy's Killjoys enlists Warehouse 13's Aaron Ashmore
Warehouse 13’s Aaron Ashmore is staying with Syfy for his next TV job, the 10 part SF series Killjoys from Temple Productions and Lost Girl creator Michelle Lovretta. Killjoys follows a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, […]
Not one 21st Century movie in Time Out Top 10 SF movies
Time Out magazine has carried out a poll of 150 sci-fi filmmakers, sci-fi authors, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, experts and film critics to rank their top 10 favourite sci-fi films of all […]
Lucy Lawless joins SHIELD Season 2
Former Xena and Battlestar Galactica star Lucy Lawless is signing up for the second season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, according to a report at TV Guide. As yet, no further […]
Locke & Key's Romanek heading to The Overlook Hotel
Mark Romanek, who directed the pilot of Locke & Key, based on the comic book series by Joe Hill, seems set to helm The Overlook Hotel, a prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror movie The Shining. The script for the movie was written by former Walking Dead producer Glen Mazzara, and is based on the prologue to Stephen King’s book, which […]
TNT renew Falling Skies for fifth final season
TNT’s alien invasion drama Falling Skies is drawing to a close, with the announcement that the channel has ordered a final season of 10 episodes to wrap the series up. “Falling Skies has begun an ambitious and thrilling story arc this summer as it sets the stage for next year’s climactic final season,” Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT […]
BBC Worldwide update on Who leaks
With confirmation today that there will be an official screening of the opening episode of Series 8 as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder series on August 7th (tickets will be available via ballot), BBC Worldwide has issued an update about the leak of the material, confirming that rather more was lost than first thought. “We […]
Alex Kurtzman & Chris Morgan reviving Universal's Monsters
Star Trek/Transformers writer Alex Kurtzman and The Fast and the Furious franchise scripter Chris Morgan will be revitalising Universal’s classic roster of horror characters, according to a report at Deadline. The idea is that the films will be interconnected in a similar way to the Marvel Universe, starting with a new version of The Mummy, to come out in 2016. Horror icons involved in this […]
Good and Evil rise in Gotham promo (video)
Fox are pushing the boat out for their new pre-Batman series set in Gotham, with a slew of trailers and character posters released in the run up to ComicCon in San Diego, where the pilot will be aired. The latest, which can be seen below, sees Ben Mackenzie’s James Gordon crossing paths with a number of the city’s present and […]
Changes on Constantine explained
Speaking at the Television Critics Association tour on July 13, the producers of NBC’s new version of Constantine explained their reasoning behind the departure of Lucy Griffiths from the series. […]
Shirley Jackson Award winners announced!
The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented at Readercon 25 on Sunday July 13. The Awards recognise exceptional work in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and dark fantasy. NOVEL Winner: American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit) NOVELLA Winner: Burning Girls, Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com) NOVELETTE Winner: Cry Murder! In a Small Voice, Greer Gilman (Small Beer Press) SHORT FICTION Winner: “57 […]
More Doctor Who leaks!
When the five scripts for the start of Doctor Who’s Series 8 leaked onto the internet earlier this week, it was understood that the actual episodes themselves had not been […]
Terry Brooks' Shannara goes straight to series at MTV
Terry Brooks’ best-selling Shannara series is heading straight to the small screen, courtesy of MTV, Susanne Daniels, President of MTV Programming, has confirmed. The ten-episode show will be executive produced by the […]
Sanjeev Bhaskar cast in Doctor Who Series 8 finale (updated)
Comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar is joining in the Doctor’s final battle of series 8, it has just been announced. Bhaskar, who recently was seen in a reunion episode of […]
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