Netflix Instant will air ten episodes of the new sci-fi TV series Sense8 starting in late 2014, created by The Matrix‘s Andy and Lana Wachowski and Babylon 5‘s J. Michael Straczynski. Sense8 is described as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted” that incorporates Wachowskis’ storytelling style. “Andy and Lana Wachowski and Joe Straczynski are among the […]
The BBC has announced the cast for its new version of the Atlantis myth, coming from the creators of the recent highly successful reinvention of Merlin. Mark Addy, Juliet Stevenson […]
In an interview in the new Radio Times, Doctor Who star Matt Smith has confirmed categorically that he is committed to Doctor Who for the next year – taking him […]
Following the overwhelming success of their Doctor Who at 50 season, the BFI has decided to make future events, beginning with next month’s 5th Doctor story The Caves of Androzani, […]
In a tweet earlier today, John Barrowman – alias Captain Jack Harkness – confirmed the situation regarding his often-repeated plea to be involved with the special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, which is currently being filmed for broadcast, hopefully on November 23rd this year. There has been considerable debate regarding who will actually be involved in the special. Much […]
New England horror writer Rick Hautala has died, aged 64. The winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Horror Writers Association in 2011 died from a […]
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to his seminal horror tale The Shining, is heading our way in September, and Hodder & Stoughton are launching the cover in style. The full interactive version can be seen at the book’s Facebook page According to the press release from Hodder: King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the […]
James Herbert, author of a series of popular horror novels, died today, March 20th, aged 69. Herbert, who lived in the Sussex village of Ditchling, shot to fame in 1974 with his novel The Rats, to which he later added two sequels. According to Pan Macmillan, he wrote 23 novels and was published in 34 languages, selling more than 54 million […]
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to Ramez Naam’s debut novel for Angry Robot, Nexus, which was published late last year. It will be produced by Mary […]
Executive producer Caroline Skinner has moved on from Doctor Who to join BBC Drama Production in London, the BBC has announced. Skinner told the Doctor Who blog: “It has been an honour to have been a part of Doctor Who, and a privilege to have worked with Steven Moffat and Matt Smith on this extraordinary show. I have hugely enjoyed […]
Laura Vandervoort, who starred as Kara in the young Superman series Smallville, has been cast as werewolf Elena Michaels in the TV adaptation of the first of Kelley Armstrong’s Women of […]
It’s official: after a short fan campaign to save the series, Lucasfilm today announced there will be no sixth season for the Cartoon Network show Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This follows the abandonment of plans to release Episode II and Episode III in 3D. The move appears to be part of the Disney plan to clear the decks of […]
Spoilers for episode 6! According to creator Toby Whithouse, an extra scene on the DVD – which they were contractually obliged to provide – will give a clearer explanation of the ambiguous ending to the series. The final episode of series 5 concluded with a panning shot which could suggest that our heroes weren’t as triumphant as they initially thought. In […]
Battlestar Galactica‘s Ronald D. Moore is returning to Syfy for his new project, Helix, which has been given a 13-episode straight to series order. Helix, written by Cameron Porsandeh, is […]
Carrie Fisher has been the first cast-member to unequivocally confirm she’s returning to Star Wars for Episode VII. Asked directly by Palm Beach Illustrated in the context of Star Wars: […]
Aaron Yoo is the latest cast member to join the reboot of The Tomorrow People that is currently underway at the CW. The 21 star will play Russell, described as the “resident badboy of the Tomorrow People who is a lightning bolt of energy and fun.” He joins Robbie Amell as Stephen, “a tormented man who longs to be normal and […]
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