Thunderbirds 1965 are Go! (video)
The trailer for a new episode of classic Thunderbirds has been released. The Kickstarter-financed new episodes of the epic series have been shooting for the last few weeks at the […]
Mulder needs Scully in first proper X-Files reunion trailer (updated video)
We’ve never been in more danger, Fox Mulder believes in the first full trailer for the X-Files reunion series set to air next January. With appearances by Mulder, Scully, a bearded Walter Skinner and an old nemesis that many believed could not be back, the trailer gives some hints as to the threat that the agents face. It was originally […]
Netflix’s first Jessica Jones teaser trailer (video)
It’s less than a minute long but the first teaser trailer for Netflix’s second Marvel series, Jessica Jones, gives plenty of clues to the characterisation that the show will feature. According to Marvel, “After a tragic ending to her short-lived Super Hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases […]
Doctor Who at the Radio Times Festival
If you were one of the many who weren’t able to get the day off work to go to the first day of the Radio Times Festival, then you’ll have missed the Doctor Who strand – featuring Russell T Davies, Simon Guerrier and Dr Marek Kukula, and Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, Brian Minchin and Frank Skinner… …but we were there […]
Fast BBC One repeat for opening Doctor Who story (updated)
There will be a second chance to watch the opening two episodes of Series 9 of Doctor Who on BBC One this Sunday, 27th September, at 3.15 p.m. The showing of The Magician’s Apprentice and The Witch’s Familiar is being promoted as a feature-length repeat of the story starring Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Michelle Gomez and Julian Bleach. The Radio Times currently […]
Sam Smith’s Bond theme released to mixed reviews
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall, the theme to the new James Bond movie SPECTRE, was unveiled on radio today. The song begins in typical bombastic Bond style, with some fans calling it the best Bond theme ever – even Sir Roger Moore noted “Sam Smith has delivered a very haunting and wonderfully orchestrated #spectre theme song. Well done!” – […]
Nigel Kneale’s Stone Tape coming to Radio 4 at Halloween
Nigel Kneale’s classic tale of haunting, The Stone Tape, is heading to Radio 4 this Halloween, in a new version by Matthew Graham and Peter Strickland. The one-hour drama will […]
Scott says Prometheus franchise will link with Alien “eventually”
There’ll be some time before the Prometheus movies fully tie in to the Alien mythology from which it grew, director Ridley Scott has claimed. While promoting his new movie The Martian, Scott noted. “Prometheus has its own story to tell before it eventually ties into the movie that started it all…it won’t be in the next one. It will be […]
Warehouse 13’s Jack Kenny adapting Barker’s Weaveworld
Warehouse 13 creator Jack Kenny is writing an adaptation of Clive Barker’s Weaveworld for the CW, which Barker will executive produce. The 1987 novel will be given a contemporary makeover […]
Doctor Who sets ratings record in the US
The Doctor Who series premiere The Magician’s Apprentice set a new television ratings record for the show in the United States. The BBC America broadcast reached two million viewers, attracting […]
Steven Moffat talks Doctor Who Series 9 [Spoilers]
‘Every Doctor and Davros scene is great!’ At this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, Steven Moffat took part in an audience question-and-answer session following an advance screening of The Magician’s […]
Arbroath launch for Kennedy’s Arbroath-based Who novel
A.L. Kennedy will be marking her Doctor Who novel The Drosten’s Curse with a special event in Arbroath – the town in which her story is set. The event at Hospitalfield House in Arbroath will take place on Monday 12th Octobe from 6.30-9.30 pm. Scottish author Kennedy, known for her critically acclaimed novels The Blue Book, Day, Paradise and So I […]
Dr Moreau opening for business once more
An update of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau is on the way from the co-creator of Sleepy Hollow. Moreau will be written by Philip Iscove, and follow the “fiercely intelligent and fearless” Dr Katherine Moreau as she “expands the boundaries of medicine through bold and revolutionary scientific experimentation and treatments in her privately funded island hospital”. The script is […]
Game of Thrones achieves highest total Emmy wins
With four extra awards at the Primetime Emmys to add to the eight it won at the Creative Emmys last week, HBO’s Game of Thrones has set a new bar for the highest number of such awards in a single year. The previous holder was The West Wing with nine, but David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ writing award, and David […]
Lawrence directing new Gaiman Neverwhere TV series
Hunger Games series director Francis Lawrence is set to produce and direct a new TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, according to a report t Deadline. The 1996 TV series has been reworked as a book, a graphic novel and a recent radio series. It follows the adventures of ordinary Londoner Richard Mayhew in “London Below” after he comes to the […]
Jenna Coleman confirms Doctor Who exit
Jenna Coleman has filmed her final scenes for Doctor Who, the actress confirmed this morning (September 18th). “I have left the Tardis and I’ve filmed my last scenes,” she told […]
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