Spinrad’s lost Star Trek script no longer coming to Phase II
Star Trek fans’ hopes of seeing a version of Norman Spinrad’s lost Star Trek script, He Walked Among Us, have been dashed, following intervention by CBS. The story, written to […]
Terra Nova not moving to Netflix
It looks as if Terra Nova is well and truly buried 85 million years in the past, as news comes that negotiations between 20th Century Fox and Netflix have failed to achieve a deal. Deadline notes that Fox has not yet released the actors, despite Jason O’Mara and others signing up for other pilot duties, and Christine Adams gaining her […]
NYPD Blue’s Bochco travels 3 million years forward in Evolution
Haven producers Entertainment One (eOne) are working with NYPD Blue co-creator Steven Bochco on a new sci-fi drama series, set three million years in the future. Evolution is created and written […]
Rory and Amy to exit Doctor Who in New York
According to Doctor Who producer Caroline Skinner, the fifth episode of the seventh series will be filmed in New York City. The story, which will feature the departure of Rory and Amy as well as the return of the Weeping Angels, has been written by executive producer Steven Moffat, who promised that not everyone will “get out alive”. The news […]
BBC confirms a fifth series of Being Human (updated)
Following the climactic events of the series four finale, broadcast in the UK on March 25, the BBC has stated that Being Human will return next year for six new episodes. The show’s official Facebook page contained the statement “Fifth series of beinghuman coming your way, my friends” soon after the end of transmission. Although Annie’s actions meant that some […]
New Life For Terra Nova and The River?
Could both Terra Nova (already cancelled, with star Jason O’Mara signed up for a new show already) and The River (now on ‘death watch’) be saved from single season runs […]
Producers Team Up on New 1984
A new version of George Orwell’s acclaimed dystopia novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is to be produced by Image Entertainment and LBI Entertainment, with the hunt underway for a screenwriter. When Ron […]
Fringe Producers Promise Fifth “Season”
Whether or not Fox renews the series for a fifth year, the producers of Fringe are set on making a fifth season of the show regardless; it just might not […]
No TV series for Galactica’s Blood and Chrome
Within a few hours of the release of a trailer for the CGI heavy Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood and Chrome, starring Luke Pasqualino as William Adama, it has been confirmed that the show will not be proceeding forwards as a TV series. The pilot movie will get an airing though, Syfy President Mark Stern has confirmed. “Though the vision for Battlestar Galactica: […]
Galactica’s Blood and Chrome revealed
A trailer for the Syfy continuation of the Battlestar Galactica saga has been released, and can be watched by clicking here. Apparently following William Adama’s progress through the Cylon Wars, this was originally intended to be a TV movie, but the last news indicated that Syfy were relegating it to a web-only series, following the premature cancellation of the Galactica […]
Only six Doctor Who episodes in 2012: official
The BBC has confirmed that there will only be six new episodes of Doctor Who broadcast during 2012 – five episodes of the regular series 7 and the Christmas Special. There will then be eight episodes broadcast during 2013. The Ponds will leave during episode five of the autumn run: “Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with […]
Jenna-Louise Coleman is the new Doctor Who companion (updated with BBC statement)
The BBC has announced officially that Jenna-Louise Coleman will be playing the new companion accompanying Matt Smith during the seventh series of Doctor Who, which began shooting a few weeks […]
New-Look Arrow Revealed!
Entertainment Weekly has published the first image of actor Stephen Amell (Private Practice) as the title character in The CW’s new comic book-inspired superhero show Arrow. Designed by Oscar-winner Colleen […]
Doctor Who’s Spanish Adventure!
Filming on the next series of Doctor Who recently wrapped in Spain, with cast and crew returning to Cardiff to continue production on the much-anticipated seventh season of the revived […]
The Walking Dead Finale Sets Basic Cable Ratings Record
The barn-storming (literally) finale of the second season of post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead set a ratings record for basic cable with over nine million viewers. ‘Beside the Dying […]
NBC renew Grimm
The battle between the descendants of the storytelling Grimm clan and the various creatures in and around Portland, Oregon is set to continue into a second year, with NBC giving an early renewal to fantasy series Grimm. The news was broken by writer Akela Cooper, who tweeted, “Walk into the office this morning & our showrunners David Greenwalt & Jim […]
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