Primeval’s Ruth Bradley joins Paul McGann’s Doctor Who
Primeval star Ruth Bradley – whose new movie Grabbers was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last week – has been cast as the new companion for Paul McGann’s […]
Friedkin strongly denies Exorcist TV series
Although there were multiple reports around the internet last month that a TV series based on William Friedkin’s 1973 film The Exorcist was in development, the director himself has told […]
Jeff Pinkner leaves Fringe
Joint Fringe showrunner Jeff Pinkner won’t be seeing the show through its final 13 episodes, it was announced on June 19th. According to a statement from co-creator J.J. Abrams, “We’re so excited to begin work on a fifth season of Fringe and to be able to deliver the 13 final episodes to our passionate and devoted fans. For four years, J.H. Wyman […]
RIP Caroline John 1940-2012
Caroline John, who played the Third Doctor’s first companion, Liz Shaw, has died aged 72. The news of her passing was confirmed on Twitter today by the official BBC Doctor […]
Doctor Who theme plays at Olympic Opening Ceremony (updated)
According to reports in today’s British newspapers, Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme will be one of four television themes played as part of the Olympic opening ceremony. Although The Mail […]
HBO apologise for beheading Bush on Game of Thrones
HBO has issued an apology after a prosthetic head of former US president George W. Bush turned up in Game of Thrones’ first season. The scenes in episode 10 were commented on by the executive producers on the DVD: “The last head on the left is George Bush,” the pair say. “George Bush’s head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. […]
Joe Cornish to adapt Stephenson’s Snow Crash
Attack the Block’s Joe Cornish is to write and direct an adaptation of Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash for Paramount Pictures. According to Deadline, Kathleen Kennedy and Kennedy/Marshall will […]
Brent Spiner joins Warehouse 13
Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner has signed up for a stint as the leader of a secret sect in the fourth season of Syfy’s hit series Warehouse […]
Little Shop of Horrors gets its proper ending at last!
Fourteen years after it was pulled from DVD shelves, the full version of Little Shop of Horrors is finally returning to stores. Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut is […]
RIP Ray Bradbury
Legendary writer Ray Bradbury has died, aged 91. He passed away in Los Angeles on June 5 after a lengthy illness, according to the statement from HarperCollins. “In a career […]
BBC axe Dirk Gently!
Star Stephen Mangan has announced that Douglas Adams’ holistic detective Dirk Gently has solved his last case on BBC Four. “It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to report that the BBC have decided not to make any more Dirk Gently,” he tweeted earlier today. The BBC have made four episodes of the show – a pilot that aired in December […]
The Fades triumphs at BAFTAs
This year didn’t see the strongest showing by genre shows at the BAFTAs, but in addition to the special award given to Steven Moffat by the stars of his two shows, Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch, BBC Three’s underestimated series The Fades won Best Drama. Unfortunately cancelled by the BBC after only one series, the apocalyptic series at least can take […]
The Doctor carries the Olympic Torch – for real! (updated)
A prediction in the 2006 Doctor Who story Fear Her has come true – in a roundabout way. In Matthew Graham’s episode, swathes of people disappear from London and it’s […]
China Mieville signing at Forbidden Planet
Multi-award winning author China Miéville kicked off the promotional activity for his latest novel Railsea in London on May 23rd, and Sci-Fi Bulletin’s Alice Wybrew was there: Appearing at Forbidden […]
Big Finish solve a Klein problem
Those listeners who have caught Radio4Extra’s recent broadcast of the Doctor Who Klein trilogy, featuring Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor re-encountering Tracy Childs’ Elizabeth Klein, may be wondering if they’re missing […]
Syfy officially cancels Sanctuary
Syfy has confirmed that they will not be picking up a fifth season of the sci-fi fantasy series Sanctuary. The show, which starred former Stargate lead Amanda Tapping, aired its […]
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