Galaxy Quest lives – in the form of a new TV series on Amazon Prime, according to a report at Entertainment Weekly. The script will be written by the original 1999 film’s co-writer Robert Gordon who will also executive produce the pilot. Dean Parisot will return to direct and executive produce, with Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein also set to return. It’s […]
Supernatural’s Eric Kripke and The Shield’s Shawn Ryan have teamed up to create Time, a large-scale time-travel adventure series, for which NBC has given a pilot commitment. Time is described […]
SPECTRE star Lea Seydoux, who features heavily in the latest trailer for the Bond movie opening in October, will be heading to Fox’s variant of the Marvel Universe for the […]
The performances of the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in the USA are no longer going ahead. Two performances were originally planned for October 7th at the Barclays Center, hosted by Michelle Gomez and conducted by Ben Foster. However an email has been sent to ticketholders: “Vision Nine regrets to announce that the two Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular shows scheduled for […]
The adventures of Department 7 will be continuing for a further year, Big Finish have confirmed. Their update of the classic 1970s series The Omega Factor has been commissioned for a second season. ‘The Omega Factor was one of my favourite TV series of the 70s, and I was so disappointed when it didn’t make it to a second series,’ […]
“You ain’t seen nothing yet!” declares one of the many villains to be seen in the new trailer for Gotham. According to Fox, this season will show “The good. The […]
Netflix’s Luke Cage seems to have found its villain, with the casting of Alfre Woodard as Minetta for the new Marvel series. According to Deadline, Minetta is a “powerful woman […]
Netflix’s new period supernatural drama has found its cast and changed its name. Previously known as Montauk, the series by the Duffer Brothers (who were part of the key creative team on Wayward Pines) will now be called Stranger Things. Winona Ryder and David Harbour will lead the adult cast with Finn Wolfhard, Millie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah […]
The Agents of SHIELD spin-off featuring Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood is back on the cards, after ABC ordered a pilot, Marvel’s Most Wanted, featuring their characters from the TV show. Bobbi Morse, aka Mockingbird, and Lance Hunter will star in the pilot, which could lead to a third SHIELD connected show on air in the 2016-17 season. Plans for […]
Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl in the classic 1960s version of Batman, has died aged 78. The news was announced on her official website. Craig died […]
The Troubles are over. According to TheWrap, Syfy has decided not to commission any more episodes of Haven, the series based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid. The final 13 episodes, comprising the “second half of the fifth season” (ie the sixth season in all but name) will air later this year. Showrunner Gabrielle Stanton told TheWrap that the end […]
Colin Trevorrow will be behind the cameras for the third of the new trilogy of Star Wars films. “Colin is someone I’ve been interested in working with ever since I saw Safety Not Guaranteed,” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy explained. “The power of that film paired with the enormous success of Jurassic World speaks volumes about his abilities both as a […]
A special 14 acre Star Wars Land will be opening at Disneyland in Orlando and Anaheim, Disney has confirmed. Speaking at the D23 event, Bob Iger said that this will be the largest single-themed land expansion ever, with everything including the cantinas coming from the movie mythology. It will be “the first time our guests can immerse themselves in the […]
Syfy’s two big book adaptations, Childhood’s End and The Expanse, will both premiere in the US on December 14th. Adapted from Arthur C. Clarke’s novel by Life on Mars’ Matthew Graham and directed by Nick Hurran, Childhood’s End follows the peaceful invasion of Earth by the alien Overlords, who promise to eliminate poverty, war and sickness – ushering in a golden age […]
Cameras will be rolling in Twin Peaks next month, according to Showtime president David Nevins. The series, which was written as one long script by Mark Frost and David Lynch, will be filmed as a movie and then divided into episodes during the editing process. Casting is yet to be announced, bar Kyle MacLachlan, but Nevins noted “you should be […]
A fresh take on the Friday The 13th mythology is being prepared by the CW, courtesy of The Pretender’s Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle. According to Deadline, the series will be “a sophisticated horror/crime thriller”, and will follow “a detective’s search for his missing brother that is somehow tied to Jason Vorhees, a long thought dead serial killer who […]
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