Doctor Who 50th anniversary plans fully revealed
The full official BBC plans to mark Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary have now been released. In addition to the 75-minute special The Day of the Doctor, featuring Matt Smith, David […]
Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special title confirmed
Just over two months before its premiere, the BBC has confirmed that the 50th anniversary story, to be broadcast on November 23rd, will be entitled The Day of the Doctor. The “film length” episode will in fact run for 75 minutes (the same length as David Tennant’s last episode as the Doctor, The End of Time part 2) and will […]
Spider-Man joins Bond stars for Showtime’s Penny Dreadful
Reeve Carney, who originated the role of Peter Parker and Spider-Man for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, is to play Dorien Grey (sic) in Penny Dreadful, the […]
Doctor Who honoured at TV Choice Awards
At the TV Choice Awards held on September 9th at the Dorchester Hotel in London, Doctor Who was honoured in two categories. The show won both the Best Drama Award, and the Outstanding Contribution to Television at the 17th Awards, presented this year in association with Daz. The awards are voted for by members of the public via the magazine’s website. […]
UKTV commissions original supernatural drama Legion
UKTV has ordered a new ten part drama series for its flagship channel, Watch, which will mark the channel’s first original drama commission. Legion is the creation of Tony Jordan and […]
Syfy’s Legion spin-off Dominion sets cast
Chris Egan will join Alan Dale and Tom Wisdom in Dominion, Syfy’s pilot continuation of the mythology begun in the 2010 film Legion. According the channel, Dominion “is an epic supernatural […]
Heroes’ Tim Kring joining the Oz bandwagon
On top of medical drama Dorothy, dark reimagining Emerald City, and the fantasy miniseries Warriors of Oz comes Dorothy Must Die!, yet another project based on L. Frank Baum’s classic […]
Warners to update Island of Dr Moreau?
Warner Bros. are considering updating H.G. Wells’ classic tale The Island of Dr Moreau for a contemporary audience, according to a report at Deadline. Hemlock Grove‘s Lee Shipman & Brian […]
Dhawan, Castle, Jameson and Stubbs headline Gatiss’ MR James adaptation
The History Boys’ Sacha Dhawan and I Claudius’ John Castle will star alongside Doctor Who’s Louise Jameson and Sherlock’s Una Stubbs in Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of The Tractate Middoth for BBC Two this Christmas. The half-hour drama based on the story by MR James will also feature David Ryall, Eleanor Bron, Nick Burns and Roy Barraclough. According to the BBC press release, […]
Jamie Anderson launches Gerry Anderson’s Gemini Force One
Although Gerry Anderson – the creator of such shows as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, UFO and Space Precinct – passed away in December 2012, his legacy lives on. Anderson was working […]
Warner Bros. release official Gravity trailer
After various clips have appeared on line, Warner Bros. has now finally released the full trailer for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Described by Bullock at […]
True Blood to end with seventh season
Next year’s run of True Blood, HBO’s vampire series based on Charlaine Harris’ novels, will be the last, the cable channel has announced. The final ten episodes will feature all the key castmembers – including Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard – and will be produced by season 6 showrunner Brian Buckner. True Blood has been nothing short of […]
RIP Frederick Pohl
Frederick Pohl has died, aged 93. The highly respected author and editor (as well as ‘about everything that it is possible to be in the field of science fiction’ to quote […]
RIP Journey into Space star David Jacobs
Veteran broadcaster David Jacobs, who was well known to genre fans for his multiple roles in the ground-breaking radio series Journey into Space, has died aged 87. Jacobs recently retired from his regular radio spot having broadcast regularly for over sixty years. He most recently reprised one of his roles, Jet Morgan, for the Journey into Space specials Frozen in Time […]
Hugo Awards 2013 results
John Scalzi, Brandon Sanderson, Pat Cadigan, Ken Liu and Mur Lafferty were among the honorees at this year’s Hugo Awards, announced in a ceremony compered by Paul Cornell on September 1st. Scalzi’s Redshirts won Best Novel, with Sanderson’s The Emperor’s Soul awarded Best Novella. Pat Cadigan’s ‘The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi’ won Best Novelette, while Liu’s ‘Mono no Aware’ […]
Bad Robot reboots Westworld for HBO
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is working with Person of Interest‘s Jonathan Nolan, producer Jerry Weintraub and Warner Bros. Television to reboot Michael Crichton’s classic tale of robotics, Westworld for HBO. […]
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