ABC has renewed both of their current Marvel shows: Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. SHIELD, which is currently tying in to the Avengers movie Age of Ultron as well as setting up the Inhumans in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be back for a third year – although Deadline suggests that the mooted spin-off featuring Adrienne Paliacki and Nick […]
The CW has made its choices for the new season, with orders given to DC’s Flash/Arrow spin off, known as Legends of Tomorrow and Cordon, a series about an epidemic in Atlanta. However the pilot for Tales from the Darkside has failed to make the cut. Legends of Tomorrow‘s official description: “When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs […]
Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven was declared the winner of the 29th Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction at the ceremony held in London on May 6th. Chair of the judges, Andrew M Butler, explained: “While many post-apocalypse novels focus on the survival of humanity, Station Eleven focuses instead on the survival of our culture, with the novel becoming […]
Katherine McNamara has been cast as Clary Fray in ABC Family’s adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series. Clary is the central character of the series, a promising art student who learns […]
The CW’s comedy drama iZombie will be sucking viewers’ brains for a second year. “#iZOMBIE officially renewed for a second season!” executive producer Rob Thomas announced on Twitter on May 6th. The series is based on characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred and stars Rose McIver as Olivia “Liv” Moore, a medical resident who is turned into a […]
In perhaps the least surprising news so far of this renewals/pick-up season, CBS has given a series order to Greg Berlanti’s version of the DC Comics character Supergirl. Melissa Benoit […]
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin is creating a TV version of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World for Syfy, according to a story at The Hollywood Reporter. “Brave New World is one of […]
According to reports at Variety, Will Poulter has been cast as Pennywise the Clown in the new two-movie adaptation of Stephen King’s blockbuster, IT, about an evil that affects a […]
Syfy has confirmed that it has given a full 12-episode order to the adaptation of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. The series stars Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater, a brilliant grad student who enrols in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his 20-something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world […]
Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s yeoman Janice Rand on the first season of the classic show, has died aged 85. Whitney was one of the most featured actors […]
Big Finish announced on May 3rd that they are creating six new stories featuring the Torchwood team, as seen in the Doctor Who spin-off. The announcement was expected to be made […]
Series XI and XII of Red Dwarf have been given the green light. They will begin production in the autumn before airing on Dave in 2016 and 2017. Co-produced by Grant Naylor Productions and Baby Cow Productions, Red Dwarf XI and XII are written and directed by Doug Naylor. The series once more reunites Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles […]
Fantastic Four and Chronicle director Josh Trank won’t be heading to that galaxy far far away: Lucasfilm has confirmed that he is no longer helming one of the Star Wars Anthology movies. “After a year of having the incredible honour of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a […]
American Horror Story: Hotel continues to attract top names to its ranks, with the news that Angela Bassett will be joining the team once more. Bassett, who starred as Desiree Dupree […]
Following its successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, and the upcoming season around the UK, the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is heading for America. It will be staged for the first time in the U.S. at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday October 7, 2015. The concert of Murray Gold’s music for the series will be hosted by Missy […]
Only two weeks after the season two finale aired in the US, Syfy has decided not to bring back Ronald D. Moore’s SF horror series Helix. The news, broken by the Hollywood Reporter, was confirmed by stars of the series on Twitter, with Mark Ghanime posting “My tweeps, saddened to hear about @helix‘s demise. Thx for all the fan loyalty & making […]
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