Although it has been rumoured for some time that he would not be continuing on the hit BBC Three show, Russell Tovey has finally officially announced that he will be leaving Being Human. “I’ve actually left Being Human but no one [outside the production] knows yet,” he told The Guardian, explaining that Aidan Turner’s exit at the end of the third series […]
The X-Files’ erstwhile agent Krycek, Nicholas Lea, is caught up in more time travel antics in his latest role, as Untouchables leader Elliot Ness on Supernatural, according to TV Line. […]
As preparations for the fifth season of HBO’s vampire hit series continue, TV Line has revealed that My Name is Earl star Dale Dickey has been signed up for a recurring role as Annie, the werewolf mother of Marcus, the former werewolf packmaster. “Powerful and respected within the pack due to her late son’s position, Annie is determined to perform […]
Syfy has announced that they are developing three new scripted dramas with Star Trek‘s Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Supernatural‘s Brett Matthews and Person of Interest‘s David Slack as their executive producers. […]
Captain America‘s Hayley Atwell has joined David Morrissey and Hugh Bonneville in the cast of The Return of Captain Nemo, the 3D steampunk sequel that starts shooting in January. Atwell […]
The Showtime adaptation of Stephen King’s mammoth novel Under the Dome has finally got a writer, with comicbook scribe and Lost alumnus Brian K. Vaughan set to turn the thousand page novel into a workable miniseries screenplay. According to Deadline’s report, the Dreamworks series will be Showtime’s first foray into the genre field since the end of the supernatural series […]
Andrew Niccol’s sci-fi movie In Time will carry a credit acknowledging its debt to Harlan Ellison’s short story ‘Repent, Harlequin! Said The Tick-Tock Man’, first published in 1965. The move […]
According to an interview on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend, Aardman Animation, the makers of Wallace & Grommit and Shaun the Sheep, is contemplating transferring production of its TV […]
Warning: This news story contains adult language. Universal President Ron Meyer has slammed some of his own studio’s recent movies, explaining that while “we set out to make good [movies]”, it doesn’t always work out that way, with both The Wolfman and Cowboys & Aliens coming under direct fire. Speaking at the Savannah Film Festival, as reported by Movieline, Meyer […]
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have been hired by Bad Robot to script their adaptation of the graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel for Paramount Pictures. According to the report […]
ABC has granted its fairytale series Once Upon A Time a quick happy ending, with a full season order after only two episodes have been aired. On the show’s Facebook page, the producers posted that “We asked the magic mirror if we would get picked up for a full season, and he said yes. Thank you all for making his […]
Production plans on Alcatraz, J.J. Abrams’ second new series for this season, have been altered, after it was decided to reshoot various scenes for the seven episodes already filmed. According […]
Lucy Griffiths, best known in the UK for her role as Maid Marian in the BBC’s recent version of Robin Hood, has signed up for a regular role in the fifth series of True Blood. She will play Nora, a centuries-old vampire “sister” of Alexander Skarsgard’s character Eric – both were turned by Godric. According to TV Line, the character […]
The US Art Directors Guild has decided to honour the creative team behind the art production on the blockbuster Harry Potter film series during their 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards to be held next February. The honorary Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award has previously been given to individuals including Terry Gilliam, Steven Spielberg, Frank Oz and George […]
FX has announced that its creepy and highly succesful American Horror Story has been picked up for a second run, after only four episodes have been aired. The new batch of 13 episodes will air in 2012, FX Networks President and General Manager John Landgraf announced today. “It’s one thing to have the ambition and guts to reinvent a genre […]
Syfy Films has announced that its first project will be an adaptation of Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin’s shared universe series, Wild Cards. The anthology series began in 1987 […]
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