No, this isn’t an April Fool’s gag very early – you read that right. William Shatner, Captain Kirk himself, is to be the voice of the Clangers for the new Smallfilms series coming this year. You might have thought that American audiences would have been able to cope with Monty Python’s Michael Palin, who is still the British narrator, but clearly […]
We don’t often push our own material here on Sci-Fi Bulletin, but this is a bit of an exception: Who Beyond 50, a series of essays by Brian J. Robb […]
With filming now underway on the ninth series of Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed that Paul Kaye will be leading the guest cast for a two part story by […]
Robert Kinoshita, the designer responsible for both Forbidden Planet‘s Robby the Robot and the Robot in Lost in Space, died on 9 December, 2014, aged 100. Los Angeles born Kinoshita started […]
Stephen King’s detective novel Mr Mercedes is heading to TV as a miniseries, courtesy of David E. Kelley. The Ally McBeal creator is writing the script for Sonar Entertainment’s proposed miniseries based on the novel, published last summer about a retired cop on the trail of a psychopathic killer. “This is an amazing opportunity to adapt a script from material […]
Greenland is going to become an American prison in the new series from Syfy, 51st State. The series, created by Oscar nominee Craig Borten, takes John Carpenter’s Escape from New […]
Although you’d hope that this would have been a prerequisite of Twin Peaks’ pick-up by Showtime, it has now been officially confirmed that Kyle MacLachlan will be back for the sequel series. “I’m very excited to return to the strange and wonderful world of Twin Peaks,” MacLachlan said at the TCA tour where the announcement was made. “May the forest be […]
Prolific British writer and producer Brian Clemens has died aged 83. Best known for his work on The Avengers, its sequel The New Avengers, and thriller series The Professionals, Clemens wrote for many […]
On the heels of the CW’s Mark Pedowitz confirming early renewals for Arrow and The Flash, the shows’ creators have indicated that another DC hero could be heading for the small screen. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour on January 11, Pedowitz noted that “We are in preliminary discussions to expand the Flash-Arrow universe,” and Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Marc […]
News of renewals don’t normally come this early, and they certainly don’t usually come in large batches but the CW has broken both rules, announcing today that all eight of its drama series will be returning next season. The Flash and Jane the Virgin will be back for a second season as well as The Originals (Season 3), Reign (Season 3), The […]
HBO has announced the start date for the 5th season of their flagship series, Game of Thrones, with a tweet confirming that “the countdown begins”. The new episodes will begin […]
Rod Taylor, the Australian film actor who starred in George Pal’s 1960 version of The Time Machine, has died, aged 84. Taylor made a name for himself in his native […]
Outlander, the time travel series about a nurse sent back to the time of the Jacobite rebellion, has won Favourite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show at the People’s Choice Awards held on January 7th, one of many genre winners at the ceremony. The new series – which is yet to find a UK broadcaster – beat competition from Doctor Who, Game […]
Frank Spotnitz’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle will form part of Amazon Studios’ first pilot season for 2015 which becomes available from January 15th. […]
Four genre productions are in the running for this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards. The shortlist for the Awards was announced today, with two Big Finish productions – Frankenstein and Survivors – nominated alongside the adaptations of The Exorcist and The Illustrated Man. Alex Jordan is in the running for Best Debut Performance for his role in Frankenstein, adapted by […]
We won’t be seeing new stories from X-Files creator Chris Carter any time soon, with the news that Amazon are not proceeding with a series based on his pilot The […]
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