New Alien pic from Blomkamp & Scott confirmed
A new Alien movie is on the way, courtesy of District 9’s Neill Blomkamp, to be produced by the franchise’s original director, Ridley Scott. “Um… So I think it’s officially […]
Man in the High Castle gets series pick-up from Amazon
All of us who wanted to see where Amazon’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle was going to go following the highly enjoyable pilot will be delighted by the news that Amazon have picked it up to series. The new series will premiere exclusively for Prime Instant members in the U.S., UK and Germany later […]
Singer casts a new Nightcrawler for X-Men Apocalypse
We’ve had cast announcements for most of the new incarnations of the original X-Men characters, but Bryan Singer has waited till now to reveal who will be donning the blue […]
Starlin’s Dreadstar brings his battle to TV
Jim Starlin’s epic tale of Vanth Dreadstar, the last survivor of the Milky Way, is heading to TV, courtesy of Universal Cable Productions and Benderspink. The character first appeared early in […]
RIP Louis Jourdan (updated)
Louis Jourdan, whose long acting career included an appearances as 007’s nemesis in Octopussy as well as starring as Count Dracula for the BBC, has died aged 93. Jourdan started appearing in movies before the start of the Second World War, but after France was occupied by the Nazis, refused to make German propaganda films. He moved to America after […]
RIP Gary Owens
Gary Owens, whose voice was instantly recognisable to generations of American children for his appearances in everything from Space Ghost to Batman and Garfield, has died age 80. Owens was […]
Beauty And The Beast gets fourth year
Although it wasn’t listed in the batch of genre shows given an early pick up by the CW, Beauty And The Beast will be heading back next season. The series, […]
James Franco starring in King’s 11/22/63
Oz the Great and Powerful’s James Franco will play time travelling teacher Jake Epping in the new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s epic novel about the Kennedy assassination, 11/22/63. Franco […]
New exorcism series from Walking Dead’s Kirkman confirmed
Robert Kirkman’s new exorcism drama Outcast has been given a series order by Cinemax, with Life on Mars’ Philip Glenister returning to the battle of good vs. evil after his […]
TNT renews The Librarians
The Librarians will return! A second 10-episode season of the drama, spun off from the TV movies starring Noah Wyle, will be broadcast on TNT later this year. The series […]
New Spider-Man movie alters Marvel release schedule
With the addition of a standalone Spider-Man movie to the Marvel roster, various previously announced projects have had their release dates amended. The as yet untitled Spidey flick will open on July 28, 2017. Thor: Ragnarok will move from that date back to November 3, 2017. Black Panther therefore moves from November 2017 to July 6, 2018, pushing Captain Marvel […]
Stewart and Jackman for Wolverine 3?
According to Sir Patrick Stewart, he and Hugh Jackman will be appearing together in the third solo Wolverine movie, due out in 2017. Talking to Oregon Live, Stewart confirmed that […]
Spider-Man joins the MCU! (updated)
At long last, Spider-Man will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel and Sony will work together on the next Spider-Man movie, with Marvel’s Kevin Feige and former Sony […]
Big Finish add modern-day UNIT adventures with Jemma Redgrave
Big Finish will be presenting new stories featuring Kate Stewart and the team from UNIT, with Jemma Redgrave reprising her role from the new TV series. “We’re thrilled that Jemma is […]
Luke Mitchell will be Inhuman on SHIELD
Former Tomorrow People star Luke Mitchell is going from Homo superior to Inhuman for his latest role, on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Mitchell played John Young in the short-lived CW […]
Big Hero 6 sweeps Visual Effects Society awards
Disney’s animation Big Hero 6 won all five of its categories at the Visual Effects Society awards held on February 4th, including Outstanding Animation. Its other triumphs were for Outstanding […]
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