Impossible Pictures has confirmed to Sci-Fi Bulletin that the fifth series of Primeval will not be heading to BBC America until next year. There had been speculation that the final six episodes from the batch filmed in Dublin during 2010 would air later this year, but it had yet to appear on the broadcaster’s schedule, with the concluding episodes of […]
According to a report in The Times of India, production of the as yet untitled 23rd official James Bond film may move from the Indian subcontinent across to South Africa. […]
Giorgio Moroder’s unusual version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is going to be unveiled for a new generation later this autumn. The 1984 film attracted controversy for its rock music soundtrack, […]
The BBC has announced that a special one-off three minute Doctor Who episode will air on BBC Three on Saturday October 1st, the same day as the season finale of […]
Speaking to the Daily Beast, Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has made it clear that there has been no reduction in the number of episodes in the next season of Doctor Who and that fans may be seeing more, rather than less, of the programme as it approaches its 50th anniversary. On the same day that the Radio Times […]
Syfy have given details of the fourth season of Sanctuary, which premieres in the US on October 7. Following the cataclysmic events in the third season finale, the balance between […]
HBO has confirmed that the second season of Game of Thrones will again include location filming away from the show’s Belfast base. Season 1 saw scenes shot in Malta, and the second year will feature material filmed in Croatia and Iceland. The former will represent the Southern locations, while Iceland will stand in for scenes set in the uncharted land beyond […]
With the new movie featuring Johnny Depp heading for cinemas next year, interest in vampire soap opera Dark Shadows is increasing, with Dynamite Entertainment preparing a comic book for release […]
No sooner has NBC ordered an update of the Frankenstein story than rival network ABC plunders the horror vaults for a new version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of […]
Steven Moffat’s two-part finale for Matt Smith’s first season as the Doctor has won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, at the Awards ceremony held at the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, Nevada, on August 20th. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang won the show’s fifth Hugo Award in the category, making Doctor Who, as writer Paul Cornell […]
Buzz Lightyear and Woody will be sharing a screen with the Muppets later this year, when the next Toy Story short film, Small Fry, is attached to The Muppets movie released in November. The latest installment for the Pixar franchise was directed by Angus MacLane. Disney announced the news on its Twitter feed on Friday August 19: “Extra! Extra! The next […]
Contrary to suggestions made by Walter Koenig at the recent Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) is not preparing to bring his epic space saga Babylon 5 […]
British screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster has died, aged 83. Best known for his work for Hammer Film Productions, Sangster wrote the scripts for X: The Unknown, The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and many other horror classics. He also directed The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire and Fear in the Night, although he admitted that directing was not […]
According to breaking news at Deadline.com, director Ridley Scott is preparing to produce and direct a “new installment” of Blade Runner, creating a successor to the classic science fiction film […]
Actors James Marsters and Charisma Carpenter, who played Spike and Cordelia on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, are to appear as husband and wife in an upcoming episode of Supernatural. In the fifth episode of the seventh season, “Shut up, Dr. Phil,” Carpenter will portray a witch on the rampage after Marsters’ character “does her wrong”, according […]
Alison Scagliotti, who plays whizkid Claudia Donovan on Syfy’s hit series Warehouse 13, is hoping to show a different side to her character in the show’s fourth season. Speaking to […]
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