HBO has confirmed that True Blood showrunner Alan Ball will be moving to a consultative role if series moves into a sixth season and beyond. When Ball renewed his contract with HBO in July 2011, “we always intended that if we proceeded to True Blood’s sixth season that Alan would take a supervisory role on the series and not be […]
British actor David Morrissey has been cast as The Governor, the sadistic leader of a group of survivors, in the third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. The character has become a fan favourite in the original comicbook series on which the series is based, and is the focus of a sequence of prequel novels which began last year. Morrissey […]
This could either be the recipe for a terrific film, or a total disaster, as Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs the World director Edgar Wright has signed […]
Terry O’Quinn is continuing his association with the supernatural in his latest role as the owner of the mysterious 666 Park Avenue in the new ABC series. According to Deadline, […]
Although chances are that not all of these will go to series, the CW has an impressive list of genre shows at the pilot stage, ready for the 2012/13 season. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the CW’s development head Thom Sherman promised that “the overall quality is as high or higher than we’ve ever had.” Shows include their update of Beauty […]
Only four episodes into transmission of the second season of their version of Being Human, Syfy has announced that it has ordered a third 13-episode season. “With the success of […]
According to the show’s creator Ryan Murphy, award-winning actress Jessica Lange will be “making an appearance” during the second season of American Horror Story. Although each season of the show is designed to be a self-contained unit, Murphy has previously said that some cast members may turn up in later years, although probably playing different roles. While appearing on chat […]
News of various changes in Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy The Munsters is enough to make many fans wonder whether they’ll even bother linking it to the original, […]
Even as the fourth season gets set for UK broadcast on FX, HBO is ramping up for the start of the fifth year of True Blood, with a teaser trailer that promises that hints at dark things to come. “In Bon Temps, nothing stays buried forever,” runs the slogan, which would indicate that there are some unpleasant people on the way […]
Jessica Lange’s role in American Horror Story has brought her yet more honours, as the Screen Actors Guild awarded her the Outstanding Female Role in a Dramatic Series at the ceremony on January 29. “Once I threw my lot in with this project, the ride was actually quite great,” she told Deadline back stage. “You couldn’t second guess or over think. […]
Hammer Studios has announced that it is overseeing a global restoration of its film library, with Dracula Prince of Darkness the first title to benefit. According to their press release, Hammer is teaming up with STUDIOCANAL, Anolis Entertainment (Germany), Pinewood, illuminate Hollywood fka HTV and others to update the films into HD and 3-D. Some production materials are being furnished […]
The CW has added a further three pilots to their slate for 2012, in addition to Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Cult. As expected, the new version of DC’s Green Arrow, simply entitled Arrow, has been picked up, as has the new version of the 1980s series Beauty and the Beast. Described as “loosely based” on the CBS show starring […]
Following his successful turn as the ancient Volturi vampire Marcus in the Twilight series of movies, Sanctuary star Christopher Heyerdahl has signed up to play another ancient bloodsucker in season five of True Blood. Heyerdahl will play the recurring role of Dieter Braun, “an ancient, powerful vampire who plays a large part in the intelligence of the Authority and especially […]
Genre films and television shows didn’t do particularly well at this year’s Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais on January 15, but actors in current cult hits American Horror Story and Game of Thrones walked away with honours. Veteran actress Jessica Lange beat off stiff competition to win the TV Best Supporting Actress award for her role in American Horror Story, […]
The final film in the Harry Potter saga, and CW’s long-running Supernatural were the biggest genre winners at the People’s Choice Awards held on January 11 in Los Angeles. Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 2 was Favourite Movie, Favourite Action Movie, and had the Favourite Ensemble Movie Cast as well as the Favourite Book Adaptation. Supernatural was the […]
Hot on the heels of the release of a prequel featuring new character Hal comes confirmation that Sinead Keenan is not reprising her role as werewolf Nina for the fourth season of Being Human. “It is with a very heavy heart & a little relief that I can now tell you that I will not b appearing in S4 of Being […]
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