Dirk Gently heads back to TV?
Douglas Adams’ creation Dirk Gently is heading back to TV, courtesy of IDW Entertainment and Ideate Media. According to a report at Deadline, the companies have optioned worldwide rights to […]
Intruders come to BBC Two
Michael Marshall Smith’s Intruders are heading for BBC Two later this autumn. The eight part series, written and executive produced by Glen Morgan, stars John Simm, Mira Sorvino, James Frain, Tory Kittles and Millie Brown and follows a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. Kim Shillinglaw, Controller of BBC Two, noted: “Drama on […]
RIP Make-Up Artist Dick Smith
Dick Smith, the Oscar-winning make up artist, has died aged 92. After working for NBC in the years immediately after the Second World War as head of the Make Up Department, Smith, […]
New Who makes Entertainment Weekly cover
The new Doctor is set to make an impression on America – or at least, the producers of Entertainment Weekly certainly think so. They’ve given the cover to Peter Capaldi […]
"Musical-ish" elements for Supernatural 200
NB There are some spoilers here for the end of Supernatural’s 9th season Supernatural’s 200th episode will be marked with some “musical-ish” elements, according to executive producer Jeremy Carver […]
Capaldi promises "no Papa/Nicole moments" in his Who
Giving his first full interview about playing the Doctor to this week’s Sunday Times, Peter Capaldi has confirmed that he insisted on no romance between his incarnation of the Time […]
Arrow's new villain and hero revealed at Comic-Con (video)
The new key characters for the third season of Arrow were revealed in a huge DC television panel at Comic-Con which covered everything from Arrow to Constantine, Gotham and The Flash, with airings of the pilots of the latter three shows. Although he’s been a presence throughout the second season of Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul will be turning up properly in […]
Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah to appear in Godzilla 2
Legendary Pictures’ Thomas Tull has confirmed that there will be more familiar monsters in the next Godzilla movie. According to Tull at Comic-Con, Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah will turn up in the next film, which Gareth Edwards will begin shooting after completing work on “a small little sci-fi movie” (aka the first of the Star Wars spin-off films for Disney). “Toho’s been great […]
JMS' Titans coming to the big screen
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski’s new graphic novel Titans is heading straight to the big screen, courtesy of Chernin Entertainment and Graphic India. The story follows the aftermath of ships from an unknown world crash-landing around Earth. The Titans on board — massive entities with no memory of where they came from or where they were going — bond […]
Big Finish triumph at Scribe Awards
The Blake’s 7 audio The Armagedddon Storm has been awarded one of the prestigious Scribe Awards by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. The audio, by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, directed by Ken Bentley, and produced by David Richardson, was in competition with two other Big Finish releases in the Dark Shadows range (The Phantom Bride by Mark Thomas Passmore […]
Nine new castmembers revealed for Game of Thrones V!
Comic-Con’s annual Game of Thrones panel had its usual store of surprises for attendees on July 25, with the unveiling of nine new castmembers for the show’s upcoming fifth season. Star Wars Episode III’s Keisha Castle-Hughes will play Obara Sand, described as “a fearsome warrior and the eldest bastard daughter of the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother was a Dornish […]
Doctor Who's Deep Breath to blow through cinemas (updated)
Deep Breath, the premiere episode of Doctor Who’s eighth season, will be shown in cinemas worldwide, BBC Worldwide announced on July 25, with tickets going on sale from 1 August at 11 am from UK cinema chains Odeon, Empire, Cineworld, Vue, Omniplex and Picture House. An exclusive event will take place at London’s Odeon, Leicester Square on August 23rd with […]
New Tracy Island revealed
With only a few months until the launch of the new Thunderbirds series, ITV Studios has released the first photograph of the new version of Tracy Island. Executive Producer Giles […]
MTV's Teen Wolf gets 20 episode 5th year
The Comic-Con crowds were baying with excitement at the news that MTV has commissioned a 20-episode fifth season for the popular horror series Teen Wolf. Based on the Michael J. […]
New "Human" Villain for Penny Dreadful's Second Year
Speaking at Comic-con, Penny Dreadful creator and showrunner John Logan revealed some of the plans for the series’ second extended season. “The biggest change for me in the second season, […]
Anthony Hopkins leads Abrams' Westworld revamp
Sir Anthony Hopkins will be the lead in JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan’s reworking of the classic 1973 Michael Crichton film Westworld. In the pilot, Hopkins will play Dr Robert […]
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