New SF TV: 12 Monkeys and the return of Chris Carter!
SyFy have announced they’ve commissioned a pilot episode for a potential SF TV series based on Terry Gilliam’s time-twisting 1995 Brad Pitt-starring movie 12 Monkeys. At the same time, The […]
Paul Cornell: Why I’m Not Writing TV Doctor Who—The Truth!
Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last night (25 August 2013), screenwriter and author Paul Cornell finally honestly answered a long-asked question—why is he not writing any more for Doctor Who on TV? “It’s upsetting,” he admitted. “I get asked this regularly,” he said. “Sometimes several times a day on Twitter. You know what? I’m gonna do something I don’t normally […]
Oz meets Game of Thrones in Emerald City
According to a report at Deadline, yet another version of The Wizard of Oz is heading to TV screens shortly. After the announcement of Dorothy, the medical-based update from the Elementary team, comes news that NBC has bought Emerald City from Siberia writer and producer Matthew Arnold. Described as “a dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the […]
RIP Doctor Strangelove & Star Wars Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
Gil Taylor, the cinematographer for the original Star Wars, Doctor Strangelove, The Omen and many other key movies, has died, aged 99. Taylor’s long career saw him work with notable […]
Ben Affleck confirmed as Batman for Man of Steel 2
Daredevil and Hollywoodland star Ben Affleck will pull on the Caped Crusader’s cowl for the second Man of Steel film, Warner Brothers have confirmed. Man of Steel director Zack Snyder […]
E4 acquires new Tomorrow People
The new revamp of The Tomorrow People is coming to E4 in the UK, but you’re going to have to wait till early 2014 to see it. “They are the next evolutionary shift of mankind – a generation of humans born with paranormal abilities. They are the Tomorrow People. Based on the original UK TV series from the 1970s, the […]
Moffat confirms “trickier” 12th Doctor
In an interview in the new Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat confirms that the writers for series eight were already working on an ‘older, trickier’ incarnation […]
Superheroes come to town with Marvel Experience
Michael Cohl, who worked with the Rolling Stones and put Spider-Man on Broadway, has teamed up with Marvel and Hero Ventures to produce The Marvel Experience, a live-action superhero spectacular […]
RIP Apes director Ted Post
Ted Post, the director of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, has died aged 95. Post was a prolific director of films and TV, with other genre credits including the Prescott/Scheimer […]
Luther’s Neil Cross to write for Capaldi on Doctor Who!
Writer Neil Cross, who is based in Wellington, New Zealand, has confirmed to Fairfax News that he is set to write an episode for new Doctor Peter Capaldi in the next series of Doctor Who. Cross, best known for Luther starring Idris Elba, wrote two episodes for Matt Smith’s final full series, The Rings of Akhaten and Hide. “I am […]
Novelist A. L. Kennedy on Peter Capaldi and writing Doctor Who!
A. L. Kennedy (The Blue Book) announced she was vey pleased with the casting of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor on Doctor Who during her session at the Edinburgh […]
Elementary producers to update Wizard of Oz
Dorothy, a new contemporary retelling of The Wizard of Oz, is being developed by Elementary executive producers Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman for CBS. Described as “a medical soap based […]
Hugh Grant joins UNCLE movie
With filming only a few weeks away, the cast for Guy Ritchie’s reboot of The Man From UNCLE is building. Joining Henry Cavill and Arnie Hammer as Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are Alicia Vikander and The Great Gatsby‘s Elizabeth Debicki as the female leads, with Hugh Grant the most recent addition, set to play the Director of British Naval […]
Peter Capaldi is new Doctor Who star!
Actor Peter Capaldi was named as the twelfth actor to play the lead in Doctor Who tonight (Sunday 4 August) in a live showbiz extravaganza broadcast around the world. Capaldi […]
Michael Ansara, Star Trek Klingon, dies aged 91
Actor Michael Ansara has died at the age of 91 following a 55-year career in film and television. He’s best known to television viewers as Star Trek‘s Klingon Kang, appearing […]
Kathy Bates headlines American Horror Story: Coven
Misery star Kathy Bates is heading a strong female cast for the third season of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story when it returns in October with a new self-contained story, […]
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