RIP Don Matheson
Don Matheson, who starred as Mark Wilson in Irwin Allen’s SF series Land of the Giants, has died aged 84. Matheson’s Wilson was a bad-tempered businessman in the 1968 series set […]
Doctor Who scripts leak online!
Scripts for the first episodes of the new series of Doctor Who have leaked online. The scripts were sent to the BBC’s office in Miami for translation, in preparation for the global premiere of the series on August 23rd, but were leaked. The BBC issued a statement via Radio Times: “BBC Worldwide is currently investigating a security issue around Doctor Who […]
Star Wars Episode VII takes unscheduled filming break
Following the accident in which star Harrison Ford injured his leg, filming on Star Wars Episode VII will take a two-week production break in August, it has been revealed. However […]
DWAS celebrate the life of Doctor Who's first producer
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is holding a special event on Wednesday July 23rd to celebrate the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Doctor Who‘s first producer, Verity Lambert. The blue heritage plaque will be on display at Riverside Studios, where many early episodes of Doctor Who were recorded, until the venue closes for development in the autumn, when it will be […]
Frank Cottrell Boyce penning Doctor Who series 8 episode
After a couple of days of rumours, it has now been confirmed that award winning children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce – whose work also includes 24 Hour Party People – will be writing an episode of Doctor Who’s eighth series. Cottrell Boyce’s episode will feature a cast of child actors including Harley Bird, the voice of household favourite Peppa Pig, […]
BBC Three commissions new supernatural drama
Tatau is heading for BBC Three, the first new genre commission by the channel since In the Flesh. The series by Strike Back and New Tricks writer Richard Zajdlic follows two friends from London who travel to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. One of the friends, Kyle, who got a Maori-style tattoo before the trip, has a premonition of […]
Gaiman's American Gods come to Starz
Fremantle’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods has landed at Starz, with Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller and Heroes’ Michael Green penning the pilot and showrunning the series. “Neil Gaiman has created the holiest of holy toy boxes with American Gods and filled it with all manner of magical thing, born of new gods and old,” Fuller explained in a statement. “Michael […]
Christopher Golden's Snowblind heading to TV?
Da Vinci’s Demons’ David S. Goyer and Universal Television are working on a TV adaptation of Christopher Golden’s horror novel, Snowblind, according to a report at Deadline. The novel, described by Sci-Fi Bulletin as “a chiller in every sense of the word“, tells of a group of people who disappear in a snowstorm in a New England town, and the horrors […]
"Brilliant, Scottish and tiny bit Satanic" guest star for Doctor Who (updated)
Green Wing and Bad Education’s Michelle Gomez is joining the eighth series of Doctor Who playing a character called the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere. Little is known about the character […]
Constantine character changes confirmed
Although initial reports regarding the NBC version of John Constantine have been pretty positive, news is emerging that some of the “compromises” that are being made to bring it to network television may alter the character quite considerably. In an interview with Collider at the Saturn Awards, director Neil Marshall confirmed that Constantine will not be seen smoking in the […]
Iron Man 3 and Hannibal honoured at Saturn Awards
The 40th annual Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, were handed out at a ceremony on June 26. Iron Man 3 won Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture with its stars Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Kingsley winning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Gravity was the Best Science Fiction Film, while Spike Jonze’s Her […]
In The Flesh wins at Broadcast Digital Awards
BBC Three’s In the Flesh added to its tally of awards at the Broadcast Digital Awards, held at The Brewery in London on June 25. The zombie series, created by Dominic Mitchell, won Best Scripted Programme; on Twitter, Mitchell dedicated the award to the BBC’s Ben Stephenson and Kate Harwood, “such relentless champions” of the series. Star Emmett J. Scanlan […]
Shane Black preparing sequel to Predator (update)
Shane Black, who gave the Marvel universe a shot in the arm with his well-judged Iron Man 3, is set to write and direct a continuation of the Predator franchise […]
MGM's War Games reboot reaches next level!
The long-gestating remake of the classic John Badham 1980s movie War Games has come a step closer to reality with the announcement that MGM is in negotiations with Project Almanac‘s […]
King's Big Driver sets course for the small screen
Stephen King’s novella Big Driver, which appeared in his collection Full Dark, No Stars, published in 2010, is being filmed for the Lifetime channel in the US, according to a story at the Hollywood Reporter. Maria Bello will star in the TV movie, scripted by Richard Christian Matheson, as author Tess Thorne who is sent on a short cut after […]
Mr Freeze to visit Gotham?
Although he won’t be making an appearance early in Gotham‘s first season, Victor Fries, aka Mr Freeze, will hopefully be turning up to plague Ben McKenzie’s Jim Gordon at some […]
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