BBC Three to air extra mini-Who episode
The BBC has announced that a special one-off three minute Doctor Who episode will air on BBC Three on Saturday October 1st, the same day as the season finale of […]
Moffat promises increased Who over next two years
Speaking to the Daily Beast, Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has made it clear that there has been no reduction in the number of episodes in the next season of Doctor Who and that fans may be seeing more, rather than less, of the programme as it approaches its 50th anniversary. On the same day that the Radio Times […]
New direction for Sanctuary's fourth season
Syfy have given details of the fourth season of Sanctuary, which premieres in the US on October 7. Following the cataclysmic events in the third season finale, the balance between […]
Game of Thrones heads to Iceland
HBO has confirmed that the second season of Game of Thrones will again include location filming away from the show’s Belfast base. Season 1 saw scenes shot in Malta, and the second year will feature material filmed in Croatia and Iceland. The former will represent the Southern locations, while Iceland will stand in for scenes set in the uncharted land beyond […]
Dark Shadows returns to comics
With the new movie featuring Johnny Depp heading for cinemas next year, interest in vampire soap opera Dark Shadows is increasing, with Dynamite Entertainment preparing a comic book for release […]
ABC to update Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
No sooner has NBC ordered an update of the Frankenstein story than rival network ABC plunders the horror vaults for a new version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of […]
Doctor Who triumphs yet again at Hugo Awards
Steven Moffat’s two-part finale for Matt Smith’s first season as the Doctor has won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, at the Awards ceremony held at the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, Nevada, on August 20th. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang won the show’s fifth Hugo Award in the category, making Doctor Who, as writer Paul Cornell […]
Toy Story duo team up with the Muppets!
Buzz Lightyear and Woody will be sharing a screen with the Muppets later this year, when the next Toy Story short film, Small Fry, is attached to The Muppets movie released in November. The latest installment for the Pixar franchise was directed by Angus MacLane. Disney announced the news on its Twitter feed on Friday August 19: “Extra! Extra! The next […]
No new Babylon 5, confirms Straczynski
Contrary to suggestions made by Walter Koenig at the recent Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) is not preparing to bring his epic space saga Babylon 5 […]
Hammer maestro Jimmy Sangster dies
British screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster has died, aged 83. Best known for his work for Hammer Film Productions, Sangster wrote the scripts for X: The Unknown, The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and many other horror classics. He also directed The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire and Fear in the Night, although he admitted that directing was not […]
Ridley Scott to direct a new Blade Runner
According to breaking news at Deadline.com, director Ridley Scott is preparing to produce and direct a “new installment” of Blade Runner, creating a successor to the classic science fiction film […]
Buffy's Spike and Cordelia to guest on Supernatural
Actors James Marsters and Charisma Carpenter, who played Spike and Cordelia on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, are to appear as husband and wife in an upcoming episode of Supernatural. In the fifth episode of the seventh season, “Shut up, Dr. Phil,” Carpenter will portray a witch on the rampage after Marsters’ character “does her wrong”, according […]
Scagliotti wants Warehouse 13's Claudia to "go to the dark side"
Alison Scagliotti, who plays whizkid Claudia Donovan on Syfy’s hit series Warehouse 13, is hoping to show a different side to her character in the show’s fourth season. Speaking to […]
Teen Wolf to "amp up the scares" for season two
With the finale of the first season recently aired in the States, Teen Wolf executive producer Jeff Davis has hinted at some future directions for the show’s second season. Some mild spoilers for the first season follow: Speaking to Zap2It, Davis said, “As long as we can keep a good balance of humour and romance, I’d really like to amp […]
Doctor Who returns August 27 – officially confirmed
The BBC Press Office has released a new press pack for the second half of Doctor Who‘s sixth season, confirming that the show returns to British screens on August 27, as a new prequel has appeared online. Executive producer Steven Moffat introduces the six episodes: “The wait is almost over. The second part of the thrilling new series of Doctor […]
William Sadler returns to Fringe
Versatile American actor William Sadler has confirmed that he will be appearing in the fourth season of Fringe, which is currently filming in Vancouver. Sadler played Dr Bruce Sumner, the director of St Clare’s psychiatric hospital where Walter Bishop was confined before the series began. “Off to Vancouver and the Fringe shoot. It’ll be fun to see Walter again,” Sadler […]
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