Michael Douglas joins Paul Rudd on Marvel’s Ant-Man
The Marvel moviemaking tradition of involving major veteran actors in its series – such as Sir Anthony Hopkins in the Thor films – is continuing with the casting of Michael […]
Fox’s Gotham to feature teenage Bruce Wayne
Although it seemed from the original announcement that Fox’s new Gotham series would be set in Batman’s home city without the presence of its most famous resident, it now transpires […]
RIP Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Bastedo, who starred alongside William Gaunt and Stuart Damon as Sharon Macready, one of The Champions, the heroes of the super-powered ITC series, has died, aged 67. Bastedo had […]
John Simm to battle Michael Marshall Smith’s Intruders
Life on Mars and Doctor Who star John Simm has signed up to play Jack Whelan in BBC America’s adaptation of Michael Marshall Smith’s novel The Intruders. In the series, […]
Robert McCammon’s Wolf’s Hour has come
Michael Gallatin, the Nazi-fighting werewolf created by Robert R. McCammon, is coming to the big screen in an adaptation of his debut story, The Wolf’s Hour, courtesy of Universal Pictures. According to the story at Deadline, Universal Pictures has acquired the novel for Chris Morgan and Emile Gladstone to produce through their Universal-based Chris Morgan Productions banner. The script has […]
Iron Man 3 leads high genre showing at People’s Choice Awards 2014
Iron Man 3 was one of the many genre hits to be recognised at the People’s Choice Awards 2014, which were given out on January 8. Robert Downey Jr. was the Favourite Action movie star, with the film winning Favourite Movie and Favourite Action Movie. Gravity also did well, with Sandra Bullock the Favourite Movie Actress, and Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress, and […]
Moffat confirms Who series 9 & Sherlock 4 and 5
Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat has confirmed to Doctor Who Magazine that the series will be back for a ninth run in 2015. “We’re not going to do splits, and the same format will repeat exactly the following year like that. So it will be the traditional form,” he stated. Since Series 8 is expected to run for 12 […]
HBO & Sky Atlantic set Game of Thrones return date (updated)
The fourth season of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones will begin on Sunday April 6th in the States, according to the network’s announcement at the Television Critics Association tour. Sky Atlantic has confirmed that it will air the episodes a day later, beginning on Monday April 7th at 9 pm. This comes hot on the heels of the news […]
Zoe Saldana starring in NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby
Star Trek star Zoe Saldana is taking the lead in NBC’s new miniseries version of Ira Levin’s classic horror novel, Rosemary’s Baby. The updated version, scripted by Scott Abbott sees Saldana’s […]
Gravity leads BAFTA nominations
Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity has been nominated in the most categories at the 2014 EE BAFTA Awards. The nominations were announced earlier today (8th January) with the SF film receiving eleven separate nods: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress, Best Original Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Sound and Best Special Visual […]
Dawn director Matt Reeves signs for Apes 3
Even before his first contribution, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, has hit cinemas, director Matt Reeves has signed up to helm the third in the reimagined series which […]
Peter Capaldi begins shooting Doctor Who
The reign of the 12th Doctor has officially begun, with filming starting today on the first episode of Series 8, written by Steven Moffat, and featuring Peter Capaldi in his […]
New poster hints at new direction for The Walking Dead
With the release of the key art poster for the second half of The Walking Dead‘s fourth season, the show’s new direction is starting to become clearer. “The prison has […]
David Morrissey teases future Walking Dead appearances
NB Spoilers ahead for the fourth season of The Walking Dead. Despite the events of the mid-fourth season finale, David Morrissey has hinted that his time on The Walking Dead may not have come to an end. The actor, who has played the Governor, aka Philip Blake, throughout the third season, and the first half of the fourth, commented to […]
Vampire James recast for True Blood’s final season
While the brooding vampire James may be part of True Blood‘s seventh and final season, he’ll have a new face, after Luke Grimes decided not to return, apparently after seeing […]
Gal Gadot to play historically correct Wonder Woman?
In her first interview since the announcement that she would play Wonder Woman in the upcoming DC feature film which pits Ben Affleck’s Batman against Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel, […]
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