Area 52 heads for the big screen
The 2001 comic book miniseries Area 52 is belatedly heading for the big screen, courtesy of Summit Entertainment, Deadline reports. The comic by writer Brian Haberlin and artist Clayton Henry […]
Karl Urban returns to The Chronicles of Riddick
Star Trek and Judge Dredd star Karl Urban looks set to reprise his role of Vaako in David Twohy’s long-gestating new film in The Chronicles of Riddick saga, Dead Man […]
Indian Railways complain after Bond 23 ups sticks for South Africa
Production on Bond 23 will not be taking place in India after all. The Times of India reported that Take One productions, who were working with Eon on the filming, told them on September 22 that “Bond will not be coming to India,” and all plans were cancelled. The decision follows weeks of delays on the part of various parts […]
Michael Keating to resurrect Vila
Original Blake’s 7 star Michael Keating is returning to the role of Vila Restal for Big Finish’s Blake’s 7 audio series which starts next year. Keating maintains his record of working in each incarnation of the show: he appeared in every episode of the original series, returned in the BBC Radio plays, and even showed up in B7 Productions’ prequel […]
J.J. Abrams & Eric Kripke bring on the Revolution
Alias and Lost creator J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke have teamed up for a new one hour TV series, Revolution, according to an exclusive report at Deadline.com. Both men […]
Contagion’s Burns to pen new Blade Runner?
It sounds as if Hollywood’s latest hot writer, Scott Z. Burns, is in the frame for writing the screenplay for Ridley Scott’s new version of Blade Runner. Burns is currently working with Contagion director Steven Soderbergh again on the reboot of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as well as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with David Fincher. Twitch is suggesting that […]
Thor to travel to other worlds in sequel
Marvel studio president Kevin Feige has confirmed that the second Thor movie will see the Asgardian superhero go “literally to other worlds”. Speaking to EW, Feige commented that Thor 2 will “primarily be the journey of that character, of he and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and how the new dynamic with his father (Odin, played by Anthony Hopkins) is working out, […]
Fox enter Asimov’s Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov’s robotic murder mystery The Caves of Steel is being adapted for the big screen by 20th Century Fox. According to Deadline.com, John Scott 3 will adapt the 1954 […]
“Twilight meets Buffy” for the new Sabrina the Teenage Witch series
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is heading back to TV screens for a new series – and this time it sounds as if we’re going to see a much edgier version […]
Joshua Jackson pens Fringe comic
The first instalment of a new Fringe spin-off comic, Beyond the Fringe, has been released today by DC Comics. The seven-issue story is divided between an A story – Peter and […]
Justin Lin drops out of Terminator sequels
Fast and Furious director Justin Lin has had to sever his connections to the reboot of the Terminator franchise – at least for the moment. According to Deadline.com, plans by […]
Doctor Who Christmas details revealed
According to various reports in the British media today, this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special will see the Time Lord in a pastiche of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia tales. Possibly entitled The Lion, The Witch and the TARDIS, the story sees the Doctor acting as caretaker of a creepy old house in Dorset during the Second World War. He befriends mum […]
Disney develops Avatar attractions
The Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World is going to be home to the first Avatar-themed attraction, following a deal announced on September 20 by Disney, Fox and James Cameron’s […]
Want to know every change to the Star Wars films?
In an interview during the making of Babylon 5, creator J. Michael Straczynski said that left to their own devices, writers would try to improve their work until “the heat death of the universe.” Star Wars creator George Lucas has certainly done his best to live up to that mantra, with yet another series of changes present in the recent […]
Game of Thrones adds extra Emmy at main awards
In addition to its Emmy for Best Title Design, awarded at the Creative Emmys on September 10, HBO’s Game of Thrones walked away with the only genre show award presented at the main Emmys on September 18. Peter Dinklage was honoured as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Tyrion Lannister on the show, based on […]
No grand finale for Sarah Jane Adventures
Speaking at a Q and A session after the preview of the first story of the final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures at the BFI IMAX on September 16, […]
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