The CW has given an early pick-up to two of its success stories: Supernatural, which will go into an eighth season of monster-hunting adventures for the Winchester brothers, and The Vampire Diaries, entering its fourth year. The official press release simply calls Supernatural a “fan favourite,” and hails The Vampire Diaries as “bloody good drama” which is the network’s top-rated […]
In a conference call following the show’s renewal for a fifth and final season, Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman dropped various hints about the show’s direction for its concluding year. Asked whether Leonard Nimoy would return to play William Bell, Pinkner said, “We basically erected a sign outside of Leonard’s house that says, ‘Please come back to […]
Remakes of The Mummy and Van Helsing are top of the agenda for Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman as part of their new deal at Universal Studios. The writer/producers have […]
With just under three months to go before Christopher Nolan’s conclusion to his Batman trilogy arrives in cinemas, the final trailer for The Dark Knight Rises has been released, giving […]
TV and movie composer Joel Goldsmith has died, aged 54. Goldsmith followed in his father Jerry’s footsteps into the music business, composing music for various television series, including Stargate SG-1 […]
The long wait between James Bond movies seems to be a thing of the past once more, with Sony confirming that the 24th film in the series based on the […]
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have been brought on board the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. The Star Trek writers will rework a draft by James Vanderbilt for the new movie, starring Andrew Garfield as the superhero, which already has a set opening date of May 2, 2014. “Alex and Bob have a unique ability to write great character and […]
After many attempts over the years to bring it to the screen, Stephen King’s novel The Eyes of the Dragon is finally getting a live-action adaptation, courtesy of Syfy. Michael […]
In their presentation at the American History Museum on April 24, Syfy revealed major new drama plans – including a new series based on True Blood author Charlaine Harris “Grave” […]
NB THIS EXHIBITION HAS NOW CLOSED Celebrating both Star Wars day (May the Fourth) and the birthday of George Lucas on May 14, Generation Gallery in Manchester city centre, will be […]
As well as co-creating Alphas and writing the story for the upcoming Avengers movie, superhero film screenwriter Zak Penn has decided to branch out in comic book writing. His series Hero […]
Speaking at the Los Angeles Festival of Books over the weekend of 21/22 April, DC’s Dan DiDio and Jim Lee presented a panel entitled “DC Entertainment Presents: Watchmen – It’s Not the End, It’s the Beginning,” at which various details of the new series were revealed. Spoilers follow: “Since we’re doing a prequel we have the challenge of featuring characters […]
Rockne S. O’Bannon’s new Syfy series Defiance has added two new castmembers, as production gears up for filming in Toronto. According to the Deadline report, Mia Kirshner (The Vampire Diaries, […]
Jonathan Frid, who played the vampire Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows, has died, aged 87. The actor, who makes a brief cameo appearance in Tim Burton’s new version of the […]
With no decision yet announced regarding the fate of Fringe, despite Joel Wyman’s prediction earlier this week, John Noble has confirmed that plans are in place for either contingency. “We’ve shot two [endings],” John Noble told TVLine on April 12 pointing out, “I hear warm and fuzzy things — but I’ve been hearing them all the time. We just picked up […]
Following the announcement of a new Sabrina the Teenage Witch animated series last year, Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures are working on a new cinematic adventure for the Archie […]
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