After decades of discussions and false starts, it does seem as if Stephen King’s epic seven book series The Dark Tower is heading for the screen, with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in the lead roles of the Gunslinger and the Man in Black. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, it was confirmed that Nikolaj Arcel will start directing the movie […]
Alan Moore and George A. Romero will be the recipients of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural StokerCon in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 14. […]
Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are the latest Doctors to encounter the force of nature that is River Song in Big Finish’s next box set of adventures featuring the character created by Steven Moffat, to be released next year. From the space exploration vessel Saturnius – which is heading to a destination that never gets any closer – to a […]
Mad Max: Fury Road made an impact at the 2016 Academy Awards, walking away with the highest number of trophies on the night. The reboot of the post-apocalyptic series garnered 10 nominations and won for six of them: Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design. Sam Smith’s […]
Nicholas Meyer, whose even-numbered Star Trek films are regarded as amongst the best of the series, has joined the team working on the new Star Trek TV show. “Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan ’round the Mutara Nebula and ’round Genesis’ flames, he saved the whales with the Enterprise and its crew, and waged war and peace between Klingons and […]
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is going to play a vital role in Val McDermid’s adaptation of John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes for Radio 4 later this year. The two-part […]
Spike has given a pilot order to Dimension Television’s new version of The Mist, Stephen King’s novella about a small town covered by a small mist within which lurk monsters. “We are thrilled to join forces with the incredibly creative Christian Torpe and Dimension Films to develop Stephen King’s enthralling novella to a compelling series unlike anything else on television,” […]
Marvel and Netflix have released the second part of the trailer for the new season of Daredevil, focusing on Elektra, the breakdown of Matt’s relationship with his friends and allies, and the revelation/confirmation of the new enemy that Daredevil, Elektra and the Punisher will be facing. Charlie Cox, Elodie Yung and Jon Bernthal star. Daredevil is released at 8.01 a.m. […]
According to a post at FilmRatings.com, an Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is going to be released with an R rating. Warner Bros. seem set to capitalise on the success of Fox’s R-rated Deadpool with a new edition that will allow the violence of the fight between the two superheroes to exceed the PG-13 version. The […]
Pacific Rim 2 is finally going ahead – but with Steven S. DeKnight in the director’s chair rather than Guillermo del Toro. Daredevil supremo DeKnight will be making his feature debut with the sequel for Legendary Pictures, which will be based on a script by Jon Spaihts from the characters created by del Toro and Travis Beacham. According to the […]
The CW’s reboot of Frequency and its new monster show Transylvania both feature female leads, who have now been cast with genre veterans. The Tomorrow People, FlashForward and The Flash […]
Jon Rollason, who appeared opposite Patrick Macnee in early episodes of The Avengers, has died aged 84. Rollason stepped in to play Dr. Martin King in three stories in the […]
Legendary cinematographer Douglas Slocombe has passed away at the age of 103 following a fall. Renowned for his work with Steven Spielberg on the first three Indiana Jones movies, Slocombe […]
Titan Comics will be producing new stories featuring characters and situations from the classic Hammer horror range. Founded in 1934, the legendary British studio Hammer Films produced hundreds of motion […]
The Batmobile has had a makeover for its latest appearance and you can get up close with it this weekend in London’s Leicester Square. Ahead of the release of Batman v […]
Freddie Stroma’s H.G. Wells will be chasing after Josh Bowman’s Jack the Ripper in Kevin Williamson’s new pilot of Time After Time for Warner Brothers. The proposed series will use both Karl Alexander’s 1979 novel and the movie version directed by Nicholas Meyer as its starting points, as Stroma’s HG Wells moves forward in time in hot pursuit of Bowman’s John […]
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