Frances Conroy, recently seen in the first season of American Horror Story, has signed up for a leading role on NBC’s new pilot, Beautiful People. Conroy will play Lydia, the mother of Primeval actor James Murray’s character, whose husband created the Mechanicals at the heart of the series. The Six Feet Under star played the older incarnation of the creepy […]
Former EastEnders actress Lacey Turner is continuing her association with the fantasy genre, joining the second season of Sky Living’s ghostly drama Bedlam. Turner, who was seen as Lia in […]
Canadian fantasy series Lost Girl has been picked up for a third run by the Showcase channel. The series, which stars Anna Silk as succubus and private detective Bo, will pick up again in the spring, presumably for an autumn transmission, following the pattern of the first two years. Series 1 recently completed airing on Syfy in the UK, with […]
Although the character of Castiel was apparently written out from Supernatural early in the seventh season, actor Misha Collins is returning to the series for at least three episodes later this year. Executive producer Sera Gamble had promised that “It has always been our intention to bring back Misha in some form” and now a WB spokesperson has confirmed to […]
Hammer Films have acquired the rights to Cherie Priest’s steampunk zombie novel Boneshaker, which will be adapted by John Hilary Shepherd. The Hugo Award-nominated novel is the first in a […]
X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer will executive produce and direct the pilot of Bryan Fuller’s reboot of The Munsters for NBC. According to the report at Deadline, Singer has monitored the project, and has now signed up to helm the opening hour. In addition to his feature film work, he also directed the pilot for House. The new […]
While the final season of Chuck rolls out in the States, star Yvonne Strahovski has found her first major post-Sarah Walker role, playing a “beautiful and gifted scientist” in the […]
Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the classic 1960s TV series The Munsters has received a pilot order from NBC less than two weeks after he delivered the script. According to the report at Deadline, NBC is looking at making The Munsters either a summer or an “event” series. The Pushing Daisies creator is also working on the script for his adaptation […]
A few weeks ago, fantasy fans were surprised by the news that the Harry Potter team of director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves were going to tackle Stephen King’s The Stand as their next project. They were more surprised a little later when it was announced that Ben Affleck was taking both roles on the Warner Bros. film. Promoting […]
Although it has been rumoured for some time that he would not be continuing on the hit BBC Three show, Russell Tovey has finally officially announced that he will be leaving Being Human. “I’ve actually left Being Human but no one [outside the production] knows yet,” he told The Guardian, explaining that Aidan Turner’s exit at the end of the third series […]
As preparations for the fifth season of HBO’s vampire hit series continue, TV Line has revealed that My Name is Earl star Dale Dickey has been signed up for a recurring role as Annie, the werewolf mother of Marcus, the former werewolf packmaster. “Powerful and respected within the pack due to her late son’s position, Annie is determined to perform […]
The Showtime adaptation of Stephen King’s mammoth novel Under the Dome has finally got a writer, with comicbook scribe and Lost alumnus Brian K. Vaughan set to turn the thousand page novel into a workable miniseries screenplay. According to Deadline’s report, the Dreamworks series will be Showtime’s first foray into the genre field since the end of the supernatural series […]
Lucy Griffiths, best known in the UK for her role as Maid Marian in the BBC’s recent version of Robin Hood, has signed up for a regular role in the fifth series of True Blood. She will play Nora, a centuries-old vampire “sister” of Alexander Skarsgard’s character Eric – both were turned by Godric. According to TV Line, the character […]
The production team behind the BBC Three hit Being Human are working on another supernatural drama, this time to do with witches. Appropriately announced just before Halloween, Switch follows four twenty-something […]
As may be obvious from his films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright knows and loves cinema, and to mark Halloween next week, he’s come […]
After the stellar ratings achieved by the opening episode of the second season, and only a very minor drop-off for the second on October 24, AMC has announced that it has ordered a third season of the zombie drama The Walking Dead. “Today we are pleased to announce that the ‘dead’ shall live as we proudly renew The Walking Dead for a third […]
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