Stargate’s Damian Kindler rebooting Universal Soldier
Stargate writer/producer Damian Kindler is turning to another Roland Emmerich film for his next TV series: he’s been hired to work on a reboot of the Universal Soldier series, based […]
New showrunner for Alphas’ second season
According to a report at Deadline.com, former Star Trek: Deep Space Nine producer Ira Steven Behr will not be producing the recently announced second season of Syfy’s Alphas. No reason for the departure is given in the brief report, but his replacement as showrunner will be Eureka‘s Bruce Miller, who also worked on The 4400s, ER and Medium. In an interview StarTrek.com […]
X-Files’ Chris Carter creates Unique new series
Chris Carter, the brains behind the creation of The X-Files, Millennium and Harsh Realm, is working on his first new TV series in nearly a decade. His latest project, Unique, is a “female-led” police thriller with a supernatural element, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Carter will write and executive produce the series which is currently set up at Media Rights […]
Mortal Kombat returns to the big screen
Fourteen years after Mortal Kombat: Annihilation lived up to its name and brought the movie franchise to a close, New Line are rebooting the martial arts fantasy series, following a […]
Doctor Who Confidential canned!
This Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who Confidential will be the last in the series, according to a report in today’s Guardian newspaper. A BBC spokeswoman confirmed the news, telling the paper, “The Doctor Who spin-off series, Doctor Who Confidential, has been a great show for BBC3 over the years, but our priority now is to build on original British commissions, […]
AMC launch Walking Dead webisodes on October 3rd
In the build up to the return of The Walking Dead on October 16 (October 21 in the UK), AMC is releasing six mini-webisodes. According to the network’s press release, […]
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 […]
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