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RIP H.R. Giger

H.R. Giger, whose work became best known through its use in Ridley Scott’s seminal SF horror film Alien, has died, aged 74. According to Swiss public television, the surrealist artist died […]

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CW cancel The Tomorrow People

The Tomorrow People’s American jaunt is over – the CW has decided not to renew the show for a second season. The network has also decided to get rid of Star-Crossed. However, The 100 and Beauty and the Beast will be returning. The Tomorrow People, based on the UK series which ran in the 1970s and 1990s, failed to connect […]

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Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds come to Starz

Chuck Wendig’s series of novels featuring Miriam Black – a young woman who is cursed with a gift which means she knows how the people she meets are going to die once she touches them – is coming to Starz. The three books, all named after birds and published by Angry Robot, will form the basis of the series, Blackbirds, which will […]

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Matt Smith joins new Terminator trilogy in “major role”

Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith has signed up for a “major role” in the new Terminator trilogy, which is currently in  production from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, according to a report at Deadline. Smith will appear in Terminator: Genesis, directed by Alan Taylor, and his part will be more important in the second and third films. He will […]

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Shatner awarded NASA’s highest civilian honour

Star Trek star William Shatner has been given the Distinguished Public Service medal, NASA’s highest award for civilians. The honour was presented to Shatner on April 26th in Los Angeles at his annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show, where he raises money for a variety of children’s causes. The citation for the medal reads, “For outstanding generosity and dedication to inspiring […]

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Fox cancel Almost Human?

According to a report at Deadline, Fox has decided not to pick up a second season of the J.J. Abrams/J.H. Wyman SF series Almost Human, starring Dredd‘s Karl Urban. Although its ratings weren’t particularly stellar, matching The Following, the series, about a cop (Urban) partnered with a lifelike combat model android (Michael Ealy) had done well enough for renewal to […]

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Star Wars Episode VII cast revealed finally

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew will all be reprising their roles in the seventh episode of the Star Wars saga, it has finally been confirmed today. They will be joined by John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow for the new movie. According […]

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Genre triumphs at BAFTA Craft Awards 2014

The Doctor Who 50th anniversary stories – The Day of the Doctor and An Adventure in Space and Time – were two of the winners at the BAFTA Craft Awards announced on April 27th, with In the Flesh’s Dominic Mitchell also triumphing. The visual effects team on The Day of the Doctor – Milk VFX, Real SFX, and The Model […]