The Messengers are not going to save the world – the CW has pulled the plug on the religious Rapture series. Executive producer Trey Callaway posted a slightly desperate tweet in the aftermath of the news, “Please stay tuned! We’re incredibly proud of the story we’ve told this season– and you’ve got to see how it ends!” The network has […]
Neither Forever nor Resurrection will be returning to ABC next season. It seemed as if Forever might make a last-minute rally, after strong ratings for its closing episode, but ABC elected not to continue. Star Ioan Gruffudd posted a message to Instagram (which can be read here) thanking fans for their support and creator Matt Miller tweeted “Was a joy […]
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 […]
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