Scanners – the TV series?
Following the success of The Walking Dead, Dimension Films are considering a TV series based on the David Cronenberg film Scanners, to which they hold the rights. Dimension have been […]
Pierce Brosnan to star in Stephen King's Bag of Bones
Former 007 star Pierce Brosnan will headline A & E’s miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones, which Mick Garris will be directing from next month for broadcast […]
A Clockwork Orange comes to life on stage – twice!
Two new stage productions of Anthony Burgess’s classic novel A Clockwork Orange will be appearing in the coming year. To mark the book’s 50th anniversary next year, graduates of the Royal […]
Scott promises "fresh notion" on artificial life in Promethus
Speaking to ComicCon via a video link from Prometheus‘s set in Iceland, director Ridley Scott dropped multiple hints about the content of his new movie and its link to the Alien saga. Asked whether there would be androids in the film, like Ash and Bishop in the earlier movies, Scott said there “may be two”, but added, “Robots and androids […]
Sir Lancelot goes undercover!
Regular Merlin guest star Santiago Cabrera is reuniting with his former Heroes colleague Sendhil Ramamurthy in the new season of USA Network’s thriller Covert Affairs. Cabrera, who plays Sir Lancelot […]
Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods finally gets release date
After its release was delayed following the MGM bankruptcy saga, The Cabin in the Woods – described by co-writer Joss Whedon as “the horror movie to end all horror movies” – […]
Christopher Eccleston explains Doctor Who departure
According to a posting at the Bad Wilf podcast site, Christopher Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor when Doctor Who returned to BBC One in 2005, has given the reasons […]
Interview with the Vampire retold
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is getting a makeover for a new graphic novel version. The story will be told from the perspective of Claudia, a 12 year old […]
Outcast Liam Cunningham joins Game of Thrones
Outcasts and Camelot star Liam Cunningham has signed up for the second season of HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones. Cunningham, who played President Tate on the short-lived BBC […]
1984 meets Terminator in 2084
Former X-Files writer/producers Howard Gordon and James Wong have teamed up to create 2084, a new science fiction saga being developed simultaneously as a movie and a young adult book […]
Captain America director for Boba Fett movie?
Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston has said that he wants to make a movie about Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett — and that he is in […]
Universal refuses to scale King's Dark Tower
Universal Studios has declined the opportunity to finance the ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower septet of novels. The project would have encompassed a trilogy of movies and […]
Glee team's American Horror Story
Deadline.com has confirmed that FX has ordered a full 13 episodes of new psychosexual thriller, American Horror Story, for an October premiere. The series, which has been in development for […]
Watch the Thing prequel trailer!
Universal Pictures has released the trailer for their new version of The Thing, which acts as a prequel to John Carpenter’s classic horror movie of the same name. Directed by […]
Death stalks Haven's second series
According to star Emily Rose, the second season of Syfy’s Haven will see characters “dying left and right.” The show, loosely based on Stephen King’s novella The Colorado Kid, is […]
DiCaprio to produce Akira movie
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way company is set to produce the long-awaited live action version of the Japanese manga Akira for Warner Bros. The most recent draft of the screenplay has […]
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