As websites worldwide crash beneath the weight of Star Wars fans who can’t possibly risk missing the very first showing in their area of Episode VII, Disney have released the main trailer – which, it has to be said, lives up to the hype around the film. Although the trailer concentrates on the new characters, there are sightings of Han, […]
Christopher Wood, who co-wrote the screenplay for two Roger Moore Bond movies, has died aged 79. Wood’s screenplay for The Spy Who Loved Me may have reworked many elements of […]
Defiance is no more. After three seasons, Syfy has cancelled the TV part of the multiplatform adventure. “Defiance was a truly groundbreaking series, delivering an immersive, cross-platform experience that transcended the television screen in a way that viewers had never seen before,” Syfy said in a statement. “We are incredibly proud of the work of the extraordinary cast, writers, artists and […]
Mark Ruffalo will be reprising his role as Bruce Banner / The Hulk alongside Chris Hemsworth in the third Thor “solo” movie, Ragnarok, out in 2017. As is becoming increasingly common […]
The legendary monsters King Kong and Godzilla will fight once more, Warner Bros. and Legendary have confirmed. Following Legendary’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ 2014 success with the global reinvention of the […]
FX and FOX are forging ahead with two new Marvel TV series set in the X-Men universe. FX Networks has ordered a pilot for Legion, the story of David Haller, a […]
Dominion, the Syfy series spun-off from the 2010 movie Legion, will not be returning for a third year, the channel has announced. “Led by Vaun Wilmott, the talented cast, producers, writers and crew of Dominion have done a tremendous job bringing this ambitious, cinematic series to the screen over the past two seasons,” Syfy said in a statement. “We thank them, […]
The adventures of Vincent and Catherine won’t be continuing for a fifth season, the CW has announced. Production will shortly wrap on the fourth season, which will be the show’s last, according to a report at Deadline. The fourth year was commissioned before the third had aired. The show, a remake of the 1980s classic, stars Kristin Kreuk and Jay […]
Big Finish has announced that respected stage actor Mark Elstob will be playing Number 6 in Nicholas Briggs’ reimagining of the classic ITV serial The Prisoner. “I knew, of course, […]
Whitney Frost, aka Madame Masque, is coming to post-war Hollywood where she will encounter Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter in the SSR agent’s second season of adventures. The Newsroom’s Wyn Everett […]
DisneyXD has given a rapid second season order to the animated adventures of Peter Quill and gang. “We’re pleased to give fans another season of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, taking them deeper into the Guardians’ universe,” Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming and General Manager, DisneyXD said. “The team at Marvel Animation continues to deliver great stories that capture […]
Both Dominic Cooper and Bridget Regan will be reprising their roles in the second season of Marvel’s Agent Carter, the company has confirmed. Howard Stark, played by Cooper, has moved to Los Angeles since season 1 to open his own film studio and has brought Jarvis (James D’Arcy) with him to help manage his Hollywood estate. “Dominic has been a fantastic addition […]
At the New York Comic Con last weekend, various pieces of footage from upcoming Marvel TV productions were shown, including the first episode of Jessica Jones. Not all have been […]
George R.R. Martin’s “werewolf noir” novella The Skin Trade is being developed as a series by Cinemax. According to Deadline, the series will be written and executive produced by Once […]
Although they haven’t actually cancelled the show, Fox has curtailed the first season of Minority Report to 10 episodes, rather than the original 13. The show had been set for 10-episode fall run, but what was intended as a “fall finale” will now act as a season finale – and possibly the end of the series. Production will wrap after episode […]
Derek Ware, the stuntman who worked on multiple Doctor Who stories during the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 77. His first story was the show’s premiere, An Unearthly Child, in […]
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