Sky and Showtime renew Penny Dreadful
Victorian era melodrama will be returning to Sky Atlantic next year, the broadcaster has announced. A new 10 part series of Penny Dreadful will go into production later this year and […]
Scott Derrickson for Marvel's Doctor Strange
Scott Derrickson, whose recent hit Sinister redeemed his track record after the poor remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, will be helming Marvel’s new film version of Doctor […]
Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie heads to Star Wars
Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie and 12 Years A Slave’s Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o are the latest additions to the cast for Star Wars Episode VII. Christie can currently be […]
The Five(ish) Doctors are coming to DVD
According to the Sixth Doctor himself, Colin Baker, the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, which featured the classic series incarnations of the Time Lord will be coming to DVD (and presumably Blu-ray) later this year. Speaking at the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s Myth Makers event on 1 June, Baker confirmed that the special, written and directed by Peter […]
Devlin & Emmerich reopen the Stargate
Alongside a reboot of the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Cliffhanger, MGM has announced that they are rebooting one of their best-loved SF franchises, Stargate, with the original creators, Dean Devlin and […]
Pop star Foxes joins Doctor Who series 8
In what may be seen by some as stunt casting, British singer-songwriter Foxes has signed up to appear in the next series of Doctor Who, which begins in August. The Grammy […]
Charlie Cox cast as Netflix’s Daredevil
Stardust and Broadwalk Empire star Charlie Cox has been cast as the Man Without Fear in Marvel’s new 13 episode Daredevil TV series for Netflix. The official release makes it […]
Steven S. DeKnight to replace Drew Goddard on Daredevil
The musical chairs on Marvel projects continues this weekend. After the announcement of Edgar Wright’s departure from Ant-Man, it has been confirmed that Drew Goddard is no longer act as showrunner on the Netflix TV series of Daredevil. Goddard was originally writer/executive producer and director on the show, but dropped out of the latter commitment when he was offered the […]
Edgar Wright leaves Marvel’s Ant-Man
Creative differences have been cited for Edgar Wright’s departure from Marvel’s latest Avengers Initiative film, announced by both the company and the director earlier today. “The studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film. The decision to move on is amicable and does not impact the release date on July 17, […]
Godzilla’s Edwards directing Star Wars spin-off
Hot on the heels of the worldwide success of his reboot of Godzilla, Gareth Edwards has been handed the keys to another franchise, with the announcement that he will be directing the first of Disney’s planned Star Wars spin-off films. The new movie – which is connected to, but separate from JJ Abrams’ Episode VII which has just begun shooting […]
Godzilla sequel greenlit after gigantic box office success
After it’s taken over $103 million internationally, and $93 million in America, it’s hardly surprising that Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have confirmed that they’re already working on a sequel to […]
Day of the Doctor wins People’s BAFTA Award
The Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor has won the Radio Times Audience Award at this year’s BAFTAs. The special episode, which saw 13 Doctors appear at various points, beat off competition from Broadchurch, Breaking Bad, Gogglebox, Educating Yorkshire and The Great British Bake Off. The award was accepted by the producers and director Nick Hurran. Watch […]
Oculus team to play Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game
Oculus director Mike Flanagan and writing partner Jeff Howard are working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game, it has been announced at Cannes. The 1992 novel is a companion piece […]
CW to try again with a Supernatural spin-off
After their first attempt at a Supernatural spin-off failed to gain traction during the development season, the CW are going to try again next year, according to CW chief Mark Pedowitz. In a call to reporters in advance of the Upfront presentation on 15 May, Pedowitz said the spin-off ‘just didn’t get there’ this year, and that ‘we want to […]
Roberto Orci confirmed as director of third Star Trek
Star Trek and Transformers co-writer Roberto Orci has been confirmed as the director of the third Star Trek reboot film, set for release in 2016, Variety has reported. Orci, a self-confessed fan of the franchise long before he began working on JJ Abrams’ reinvention of Gene Roddenberry’s classic series, split from his film-writing partner Alex Kurtzman recently, and is writing […]
Stephen King’s The Shop coming to TNT
Stephen King’s shadowy organisation The Shop, the villains in his early novel Firestarter and mentioned in some of his other books and TV projects, is coming back in a new sequel […]
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